St. Regis Mountain 9-16-2018

A Saranac Lake 6er Finish!

Kailee set out to wrap up her final requirement for the Saranac Lake 6ers on September 16.

I had lined it up so that St. Regis Mountain would be her grand finale for a few reasons:
-St. Regis has a stunning view.
-It's a really fun climb.
-There's a firetower (She loves towers).

We ended up getting a much later start than planned, but I wasn't too worried about it. The weather looked like it was going to provide us with great conditions throughout the afternoon as we pulled up to the trailhead.

St. Regis is a very pleasant hike. We walked up and down small rolling hills for 3 miles until the climb began in earnest for the last half mile stretch.

We arrived at the summit. I presented Kailee with a Saranac Lake 6er badge and congratulated her on the achievement. There was a mix of emotions on her end. But, she was very pleased to finish off another hiking challenge and ecstatic to check out the tower.

Kailee confided that St. Regis was a perfect peak to finish the challenge. She loved the views from the tower!

A decent sized group of young adults arrived at the top shortly after us. We chatted with them and  ended up hiking out with them. Kailee walked with one of the ladies & chatted about a number of items (Aaron Rodgers was a hot topic).

Once we got back to the cars, we said our goodbyes & drove off to Saranac Lake. There was one final detail to make things official: Kailee needed to ring the 6er bell in Berkley Green and add her name to the book.

She rang the bell six times and I shouted "Congratulations!" A passerby also shouted out a compliment! This was a great Fall day in the ADK & I'm proud that Kails got to join the club!

Celebrating at the 6er Bell at Berkley Green in Saranac Lake.

Check out a video of our adventure here: