I had a couple of great days outdoors. Yesterday I took a trip to the Great Sacandoga Lake to do some letterboxing. After stopping at the Saratoga County park in Edinburg to find four of the five boxes of the Seven Narnian Lords, we headed up to the Racquet Lake area and did a little searching up there. Found two more boxes there in the Limpkin Lake area. This region is a real nice part of the Adirondacks that is a great place to visit. We scoped out some future kayaking areas, which are plentiful in this region. I hope to return later this summer to do a little paddling.
The two letterboxes I found in this area were Beaver at Fawn Lake and Bear at Babbling Brook.
Now today I spent a little time hiking 5.25 mi into the Lake Colden from Tahawus at the upper works trailhead. Had a great time hiking in and as you will see the scenery was beautiful. It was a little humid today and me and my hiking partner thought it would be nice to do a little exploring. Saw a bear cub print and there is a monument erected in 1845 to honor the accidental death of a family member during a hunting expedition. I didn’t take a picture of that out of respect.
This is an image looking toward Avalanche Pass from the flowed lands
This is from the Lake Colden Dam.
Mount Colden. Steep Hike in from this side.
A cloud capped Algonquin in the distance.
Old Dam at the upper works
Old Blast furnace. It is bigger than this image indicates. Sorry nothing to give it scale.
All and all a real nice two days in the Adirondacks!!!
2 comments:
OMG! I love the Upper Works area, the McIntyre Blast Furnace and the abandoned dilapidated buildings. I was on Blue Mountain Saturday (beautiful weather) and I think I could see Avalanche Pass and Mt Colden - this is the pic I took of that area:
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Avalanche Pass is one of my absolute favorite hikes in the Adirondacks!
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