Pictures -- North Country Trail: NY, PA, & OH
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Another reserved celebration upon crossing the Vermont border into New York. "Great, now keep walking," sums up my attitude when I hit these landmarks, whether finishing a section of trail, reaching the 2,000-mile mark, or crossing a state border. The only non-reserved celebration of this trek will be when I reach Cape Alava -- make plans to be there…it's going to be big party.
In developing my strategy I identified -- correctly, as it turned out -- Mt. Marcy to be the last place where the weather could hold me up (My route between Marcy and Michigan's Upper Peninsula, is hike-able year-round.) and so I planned my start date such that I would cross over Marcy before the summit was too treacherous. Well, I just made it: the morning I ascended Marcy was the first day the mountain was covered in snow and ice.
The view north towards Lake Placid from Marcy's north face. Ice, ice, baby in the Adirondack's High Peaks.
Avalanche Pass, to where neighborhood friend Joe Kilcullen and I hiked in December 2002 from the Adirondack Loj.
Couchsachraga Ridge catching the last rays of sun.
Morning light on the Cold River.
The Cedar Flow, a perfect description for this extremely slow-moving river. That night I stayed at the Carry Pond Lean-to, which sits next to the Flow, and the silence was deafening -- no running water, no wind, no owls, nothing.
A bridge over one of the Canada Lakes, which all became connected after the lake system was dammed.