Giant and Rocky Peak - 12/15/2012

ICY! Up Giant and then over to Rocky Peak and then back up Giant. Clouds in the morning with the high peaks above the clouds. Clouds burned off about half way up Giant. After climbing Giant went down a little to trail going over to Rock Point. Trail is 1.2 miles. How hard can that be? Pretty hard as it turns out. Big down on a trail that was primarily ice. Then up to Rocky, back down, and up to Giant. Interesting view of the cliffs on Giant from Rock Point. Cliffs that can be seen from VT.

Porter and Cascade - 11/24/2012

Left from trail near Cascade lake. Went up Porter first and then Colden. Some ice, about 30 degrees and windy. Winds 30-50 on the top of Cascade? Snowing off and on. Dusting to 1-2 inches of snow on the ground.
Carolyn got injured in the car on the ride back when Roxy jumped over/into her and she hit her head on the car.

Sue didn't wear a hood. Ken took his high school pack. Spikes were good

Bridge resturaunt big food, great fries. Ken lightened up after 2 red wines.

Mt. Colden - 10/27/2012

Mt. Colden - 10/27/2012
Sue, Bruce, Steve, Carolyn, Eric, Ken
Started at ADK Loj, went around Avalanche lake to Lake Colden and then up Mt. Colden. Went down by Lake Arnold, then back to Marcy Dam and ADK Loj.
Cloudy day but views of surrounding mountains. Warm day with not much wind at the top of Colden. Trails in good shape with no ice.
Trying to make it back to Robin's house for dinner. Decided we were not going to make it when we got to the top of Colden and called in to cancel.

Eric whined on the way up about how sweet the western trails were- flat, switchbacks, escalators?