Another nice summer day. Hot in the valleys but nice at elevation. A number of streams on this route to dunk your head into. Started from the ADK Loj and went past Marcy dam. Up past Phelps and took a break at Indian Falls. Indian Falls is an interesting place and a good place to hang out by the stream. It is about 7.5 miles to the top of Marcy from the Loj. Good views in all directions and nice temperature to hang out at the top. Very little wind for the top of Mt Marcy. I then headed to Haystack which is 2 miles each way although a tough 2 miles. A lot of down and up, down and up, etc. Haystack has unique views of the side of Marcy which has some steep slides on it. 19 mile day total. A long day but I stopped a lot and plenty of light to do the hike without getting there early.
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| Haystack |
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| Skylight and Elk Lake |
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| Haystack |
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| Marcy |
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| Heading down Haystack |
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| Gothics |
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| Indian Falls |
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| Marcy Dam |
