Big Crow and Little Crow Mountains

At the Summit of Big Crow.

August 22, 2017 was the date of the Great American Eclipse.
It was also the date that Kailee and I bagged two mountains in a second consecutive day for the first time.

 The eclipse had peaked and it really had no effect on the North Country. So we set off for Keene, NY to learn the trails at Big Crow and Little Crow Mountains. The Crows are in the Hurricane Mountain Range and we had to drive up a long dirt road to get to the trailhead.

There's a number of mountains and loops that one can take from the trailhead but we only had enough time to tackle the Crows.

First up was Big Crow... It's a really easy mountain to Summit at .7 of a mile. It took us about 20 minutes to climb it's steep trail to get there. Kailee wanted to lead us up the hill and I approved. She did a great job!

Kailee leading us up Big Crow.

The Summit of Big Crow offers delightful views of Jay, Hurricane and many other tall mountains.
It looked like you could almost reach out and touch them.

It was a pretty hot day, but it was nice and breezy on top of Big Crow, which was appreciated by both Kailee and I.

Hurricane Mountain from Big Crow.

After taking some time to relax and enjoy the view, we climbed down the other side of the mountain to a col decorated with oaks, maples, and birches before climbing up Little Crow. This added a little over a half mile to our trek and it was well worth it.

Little Crow has some really nice views and it was cool to look back at Big Crow and see how much taller it is and how much we had traveled.

We spent a bit of time checking out things on the trails of Little Crow before making our return trip to Big Crow. Once we climbed it again, we took a brief break before descending to our car.

Big Crow with Jay in the background from
Little Crow.

On the way down, Kailee declared:

"I want to climb all of the mountains in New York State."

A pretty bold statement for a seven year old. But, with seven mountains under her belt this year... I'd say she's off to a good start.

On top of Little Crow.

The Crow's trailhead is located at the end 

of O'Toole Road off Hurricane Road in Keene.
The Nun-da-ga-o loop and Hurricane Mountain can also be reached from the same parking lot.