I liked hiking mountains this year. We started with Mount Baker. I like that it was easy and had great views.
Then we did Haystack the same day. There was so much mud! It had a cool summit.
Baker and Haystack were my first Saranac Lake Sixers. They were my Dad's last two Sixers and my Dad rang the bell.
Clap Mountain was our next hike. It is at Sharp Bridge Campground. We went up the trail to the cliffs. I liked the view. We bushwhacked to the Summit. All we could see was nature.
We hiked Clark and Silver Lake Mountains in the same day on a hot afternoon in August.
The path at Clark starts next to a big water tank. It was a nice little trail. It only took 15 minutes to climb. It had nice views of a beaver pond and Whiteface!
Then we drove to Silver Lake and climbed that one too! It had nice ledges and views of the lake, Taylor Pond, Clark, and Whiteface again!
The next day* we climbed Big Crow and Little Crow. We saw Hurricane Mountain. We had to climb down the other side of Big Crow to climb Little Crow. Both mountains had great views.
Giant Mountain was our big hike this Summer. It is a 46er. It is the 12th biggest in New York. It had a cool pond and cool trail. It had good views of Keene Valley and the High Peaks.
Next we did Poke-O-Moonshine. It is near home. I caught a newt. We passed a beaver dam on the way up. It had a fire tower on top. We could see Lake Champlain, Giant, RPR, and Whiteface. I liked going up the tower.
After Poke-O, we did Rattlesnake. It had great views. It had the best views of Lake Champlain.
Catamount was a hard mountain. It was a big mountain with a lot of open rock climbing. It had a chimney. We saw Silver Lake from the bumpy summit.
Then we did Mount Van Hoevenberg. It had a pond and a very old trail. It had a bobsled track on the other side of the hill. We walked down to it. It was so cool! I want to do it again, it was that fun!
We did Baxter Mountain. It had switchbacks. It was very fun. It had good views of Marcy, Cascade and Porter.
We also did Mount Gilligan. It was rainy but I still liked it. I was sad but it is fun. Kids can do it. Everybody can do it!
Then we did Noonmark. It was awesome! We were in a cloud. We had to do the long trail down. We walked in the col. I love Noonmark!
We did Porter and Cascade. Cascade had a bald summit. We went in the col and did Porter first. The two mountains are very easy. I absolutely love them.
Cheney and Belfry were our last mountains of the year. Cheney was next to an old dump**. Then we hiked it. Cheney was so fun. It had three lookouts. It had nice views of Lake Champlain. We also saw a mine, it looked like a mountain!
Belfry was like a road. It had a fire tower. It had good views of Cheney. I forgot to take a shower. Me and my Dad got ticks. I love those mountains!
I love all of the mountains! I want to be a 46er.
-Kailee
*Two days later
**An old capped dump.
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| Giant Mountain. |
Kailee Pikachu completed 19 Total Peaks from 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31, (12 ranked).
| Completed | Name | Elevation | Prominence | State | Counties | Quadrangle |
| 2017-11-05 | Belfry Mountain | 1,863' | 207' | NY | Essex | Witherbee - Map |
| 2017-11-05 | Cheney Mountain | 1,353' | 459' | NY | Essex | Port Henry - Map |
| 2017-10-22 | Cascade Mountain | 4,097' | 1,194' | NY | Essex | Keene Valley - Map |
| 2017-10-22 | Porter Mountain | 4,084' | 328' | NY | Essex | Keene Valley - Map |
| 2017-10-15 | Noonmark Mountain | 3,556' | 784' | NY | Essex | Keene Valley - Map |
| 2017-10-09 | Gilligan, Mount | 1,394' | 66' | NY | Essex | Elizabethtown - Map |
| 2017-10-01 | Baxter Mountain | 2,427' | 508' | NY | Essex | Keene Valley - Map |
| 2017-09-24 | Van Hoevenberg, Mount | 2,939' | 627' | NY | Essex | North Elba - Map |
| 2017-09-17 | Catamount Mountain | 3,169' | 1,513' | NY | Clinton | Wilmington - Map |
| 2017-09-10 | Rattlesnake Mountain | 1,328' | 295' | NY | Essex | Lewis - Map |
| 2017-09-04 | Pokamoonshine Mountain | 2,181' | 361' | NY | Essex | Clintonville - Map |
| 2017-08-28 | Giant Mountain | 4,625' | 2,969' | NY | Essex | Rocky Peak Ridge - Map |
| 2017-08-22 | Big Crow Mountain | 2,814' | 108' | NY | Essex | Jay Mountain - Map |
| 2017-08-22 | Little Crow Mountain | 2,575' | 98' | NY | Essex | Jay Mountain - Map |
| 2017-08-20 | Silver Lake Mountains (HP) | 2,374' | 944' | NY | Clinton | Redford - Map |
| 2017-08-20 | Clark Mountain | 1,591' | 525' | NY | Essex | Au Sable Forks - Map |
| 2017-08-14 | Clap Mountain | 1,610' | 249' | NY | Essex | Underwood - Map |
| 2017-08-08 | Haystack Mountain | 2,874' | 299' | NY | Essex | McKenzie Mountain - Map |
| 2017-08-08 | Baker Mountain | 2,457' | 712' | NY | Essex | McKenzie Mountain - Map |
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