Mount Marcy, Skylight & Gray Peak In The Adirondack Mountains
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 มี.ค. 2020
- Marcy/skylight/gray are broken out... It was eventless up until the Y junction where left goes to Haystack and right goes to Marcy.
I geared up for long exposure. Going up to Marcy with instantaneously knee-high snow drifts and 1 foot of snow most of the way. It eventually turn into a hard icy crust. I made it to the Summit and I worked my way over Marcy knowing that nobody had done that trail in quite some time. I checked the last few days in the log books.
The second I got down near the tree line the snow was up to my waist. I worked my way down very slowly using the GPS constantly to make sure I was on route. I went off route once and I fell in a spruce trap that one up to my head it was horrifying. Anyhow I managed to get myself out and find the trail again.. I was solo and this was something that I should’ve never done but I did because I know my limits and I trust my gear and I spent a lot of time in the mountains. Anyhow . I continued working my way down through waist high snow till eventually making it to the bottom.. No one had touched any of the trails in that area since the recent snow because it was 4 feet of fresh powder everywhere. I slowly worked my way up to skylight and back down where I met a group who had followed my tracks down Marcy to the 4 way. They took the lead across Lake tear of the clouds and Seeing them made my day. Anyhow none of them we’re going to do skylight or gray. We got over near Gray and again I had to go in through 4 feet of fresh snow and slowly work my way up to the summit. It was a slow and tedious process. Stuff that I have only heard of in stories. It took me 1:45 minutes to get up to gray Summit.. keep in mind I am an extremely fast-paced and athletic Hiker. Gray is .3 to the summit.. that’s 35 min a tenth!!!! Slowly but surely with GPS guidance I made my way up and found the summit sign level with the ground. This was the hardest day of my life.
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My Winter Day Pack Gear:
Shoes: Oboz Bridger
Pack: REI 40L Pack
Filmed on a IPhone XS Max
3 Rechargeable Foxelli Headlamps 180 Lumen
Oakley Flak Custom Sunglasses
Burton Goggles
Sawyer Squeeze Water Filter.
Two 64oz HydroFlask Water Bottles with Liquid IV
Hillsound Micro Spikes
MSR Evo Ascent Snow Shoes
Grivel Ghose Ice Axe
Black Diamond Trekking Poles
2 Nike Hyper Warm long sleeve base layers
Two Polyester Nike Gym pull overs.
North Face Gortex Flex GTX Rain/Waterproof Shell
Merrill Arctic Puffer Jacket
Extra Darn Tuff Winter Socks
Outdoor Mountain Research Gloves 5 Fingers
REI Mittens and Wool Liners
Outdoor Mountain Research Approach Gloves
Beanie Hat
2 insulated Pairs of polyester gym pants.
Wool long underwear.
Jet boil stove
Plastic Snow Shovel
North face insulated snow pants.
Solar Powered Battery Bank with charging cables for Headlamps, Phone and GoPro.
First Aide Kit with many diff Items including Advil, Tylenol, Luko Tape etc!
Dude Wipes and ziplock bags to pack it out!
Map/Compass Incase 2 GPS devices fail.
Food and Snacks.. Whatever I feel like eating on that hike Plus always Multiple Protein bars for when I wanna eat on the run!
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Really impressive perseverance idk how you got up Gray Peak. Physical fitness is important, but mind is everything.
Michael Regan It was one of the most proud achievements of my life. This whole range was. I got tears in my eyes on the summit of all three of these mountains
Hey Brian, I was one of the 4 hikers you met after Skylight (the guy in the video who post holed in snow shoes). Great video and fun running into you. Thanks so much for breaking trail down Marcy. We needed that. See you out there again soon!
Jim Watkins hahaha hey!!! What’s up! It was so great meeting you guys. Wished you all want to stick around for the rest of the fun. But I’m glad I got to meet you all nonetheless.
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Yes! I totally appreciate your efforts! Great job! Amazing!
I love winter hiking!
You are a wild man. Amazing footage. I am just glad you made it back safely. I enjoy all your content. I hope to be at your level one day lol. Recently (within the past 3 years) started hiking in the Adirondacks. Maybe i'll see you up there some time hahaha.
This is what I live for! Let's go winter!
You are a beast.....totally epic!! Congratulations on your accomplishment :) I agree, best hiking vlog out there. Onward and upward.....keep them coming!!!
Dawn Mills thank you sooo much dawn!!! I love giving you content you enjoy watching!
That was true mountaineering. Glad you made it through.
Carl K I was very proud of myself.. it was a great day and memory made in the mountains
This is a great video
I'll be doing this solo in 2 weeks. Hopefully conditions aren't quite as rough as your trek haha.
What an epic freaking day! Congrats!
Thanks Daryl!! It was absolutely epic!!!
Daryl it was so fun.. like real life magic.. I have heard stories of days like this from the seward range in past years.. always wanted to make my own epic story I can tell my friends.. this was it.. one of my most epic vlogs
Best video yet!! Thanks for breaking trail.
Thanks man it was definitely an epic day!! I’m so glad I vlog because now I can go back and relive it forever
This was super impressive
It was intense!
Bro this is intense. You crushed it!🤘Glad you didn’t have any major mishaps!
Thanks man! Yes this to this day is one of my most accomplished feeling summits
I’m late to the party on this one but gotta give you props! You’re a fucking beast!
Unfortunately I discontinued my TH-cam channel but I have been crushing this winter.. I did a single season winter 35 in 9 total days and currently in New Hampshire right now about to finish a single season winter 48 as well! From January to now I have hiked 300 miles and 100k gain. 195 miles in the last three weeks! About 60 vert
Well, one major mishap fell into a spruce hole and barely made it out
You have a hilarious personality dude. Saw a lot of myself in that video, sort of talking to yourself to keep yourself going (cause no one else is around and you're kinda half wondering...am I completely mental for doing this???...but you do it anyway because it's fun and why the f not). Good route beta for winter ascent of those three, appreciated :), keep up the good work.
Badass! Makes me want to venture out to the peaks in the winter…with a partner though!
Yea man solo winter hiking can be a bit risky.
Crazy to see the difference in conditions in a week. Great video! Must have been such a relief to run into people!
Dr Justin Elwell yea I hear the lake effect dropped 4 feet on the mountains Wednesday
Brian_Hikes_All_Day, it was a long event. I’ve lived in a lake effect zone for 22 years, it can be a suck! I’ve had those 4’ dumps. Not fun to clean up, but fun to play in.
So so so incredibly fun to play it.. takes my winter hiking to a whole new comfort zone
Brian_Hikes_All_Day, definitely! You do some great videos. Hope to see you on the trail sometime!
Def man! Say hi if you see me!!
The Gray Peak sign is like 6 feet off the ground lol
Now that's a hike!
I don’t think I show it in the video, but these three summits were one of my biggest compliment ever because of all the deep snow and trail, breaking and being solo. I was so proud of myself for the accomplishment that I teared up on every Summit and that’s never happened on any other Hike to date
What are you doing this winter?
Well, this was two Winters ago. Last winter I did a single season winter Catskill 35, then drove over to New Hampshire, and did a single season winter 48 as well. This winter, I only had plans of possibly going to Maine and finishing the 14 high peaks in Maine for the winter which would officially finish my winter 115 but I’m really not sure I just care to do it right now. I might not do much this winter at all to be honest.
Insane!
Hell yea bro!!
Your INSANE Brian!
Gary Nedbal I felt the same way
It was honestly so fun tho... I have heard stories from past adk46ers about days where the snow was waist high... I was secretly praying for a day like this.. maybe not solo on this day but an epic success so I can’t complain lol.. it was a playground
Crazy!!
tdg223 dude the definition of crazy!
My man you rock, I live in the Albany area and love those mountains. Thanks for sharing. So please tell me about your face covering, baklava. I so love the way its vented. Please tell. Thank you
I’ll tell you why I love it so much. All your seam gets directly routed down or straight out and nothing goes up and accumulates on the goggles. With buffs the steam goes up and fogs the goggles which could cause potentially an extremely dangerous situation of limited visibility. Just a life hack that I’ve learned from my time in the mountains. Always use handwarmers at the car for every winter hike and if your goggles ever have an issue you can use the handwarmers to melt and clear and dry the ice from the goggles as it sucks away the moisture
@@BrianHikesAllDay so you can please send me a link for your baklava
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@@BrianHikesAllDay great help thank you very much
6:46min is my favourite!! Epic! Seems like the wrath of God up there!
LiveWild Radio lol yes the wrath of god!
OH fuck... you almost lost your glove?!?! Shit. Great PSA about tree wells, etc. and staying on trail. Seriously. Good stuff to share.
thanks so much! this was one hell of a day
Nice! Do your MSR snowshoes have the tails for that deep snow? I did street and I mountain last winter which was beautiful and another time my friend and I attempted Big Slide but there was that same knee deep snow on the first brother was so deep we couldn't get any traction and had to turn back. Well done!
definitely need trekking pole and patients along with lots of food and fuel and energy lol. I don't use tails because they offset your balance
IMHO you have by far the best Adirondack hiking videos on TH-cam. Great video quality and good editing and you make it sound like fun even when you're almost waist deep in snow on a steep slope.
Wait, you can't say "retarded" but you can say the f-word and a few minutes later "Thank the Lord"? Ummmmm...
Yeah. A disabled person watched my video one time and it didn’t go well. Pretty much all the thumbs down on all my videos are from him
I really appreciate the compliment. I try hard to put out a good content. Lots of time and effort goes into it so it’s nice to know that it’s appreciated
Hey Brian, solid effort 👊
Contemplating hiking up Skylight in two weeks. Not an experienced hiker, but generally in decent shape and going with a group. What equipment , food, drinks do you recommend I bring along?
That is such an individual decision and based on the experience and fitness level of the group as a whole. The answer is just too broad and long and unknown. What I can do is send you some direct links to my personal gear and what I carry and also my layering as far as how I dress for these hikes.
This is the gear I Take
th-cam.com/video/aIyDMfuJMkE/w-d-xo.html
This is how I layer
th-cam.com/video/p5R1hFSqjCc/w-d-xo.html
Great video, can you use a sled going down marcy in spots?
In all honesty with all the winter hiking I have done. It’s not so much what mountain or the steepness of the grade that gives you the butt slides it’s the weather conditions. Sometimes you sit down and you just don’t go anywhere and sometimes you sit down and you slide for a mile. The best butt Sliding I have ever done was when it got warm one day, the snow got really soft on the surface And then got freezing cold again and the mountains recovered with an icy crust.. I slid all the way down Algonquin and I also slid all the way down Street and Nye..
I have quite a few winter Vlogs with some epic but sliding footage. Those included.. but I definitely don’t think of Marcy when I think of butt sliding.. Most of the Marcy Trail is very timid and not steep enough for sliding. The back of Marcy towards skylight you might get a little slide out of!
@@BrianHikesAllDay thank you for sharing your awesome adventures and your experiences on the mountains with us. It looks like a lot of fun and I'll be climbing mount marcy this weekend and try to get skylight and gray in. I do appreciate your feedback in regards to the sled. Keep up with the mountain hikes and videos. Be safe on your future climbs. 🙏🏞️🤘
Thanks Mike, I’m always here if you have any other questions. I’m always glad to help
@@BrianHikesAllDay awesome, that's good to know. Thank you Brian!
I want to know what you can teach us about snowshoes and related advice?
Check out the playlist section on my channel and look at my gear topics
@@BrianHikesAllDay My gut reaction when watching this video, was that perhaps a snowshoe that floated higher might have been less exhausting?......I'm in the middle of deciding on snowshoes right now, hence my interest. You'r adventure really tested your snowshoes to the limit I'd have to say.
@@BrianHikesAllDay Ha ha . I just realised I did already watch your snowshoe review for your MSR's. I just didn't recognise you with the hairy face. LOL. Did you utilise the add on piece for these snowshoes and if so did they make much of a difference?
I have been told that the add-on extension piece is too much flotation on the rear and causes you to sink and lean forward on the front causing you to unbalance. Most people I know. Actually all people I know that bought them threw them in the closet
Hey buddy, what month was this? Please let me know.
March 1st 2020 the day after a lake effect storm 😁
@@BrianHikesAllDay oh Jesus !!! Lol
Me and my friend are going up for a March 4th hike , man I don’t mind some snow but I hope it’s not 4 feet deep like you had
Your best bet would be to hike on Sunday that cause almost every trail gets broken out on Saturday
@@BrianHikesAllDay yeah we’re actually hiking that Saturday oh we’ll see what happens
@@BrianHikesAllDay I got some good ice cleats / crampons That should do the job going up to the summit ?
Did you have snowshoes on I hope? I can't tell.
You need to watch more and stop skimming lol
But to answer your question yes I have snow shoes on. :)
@@BrianHikesAllDay lmao! Well played my good man. I'm going to recreate this hike next week. Not sure what conditions will be but I sure hope the trail is broken after watching this lol
I ended up doing different peaks last wear but leaving in 2 weeks to do this trip. #hikeon
What gps do you use?
tdg223 AllTrails on my iPhone.. I have a huge external battery bank that is also solar powered so if I ever get a low battery I just plug it back in and I’m good to go
Brian_Hikes_All_Day Ok Awesome
I like! Keep it up! Would you like to be TH-cam friends? :)
Trap Drip I don’t really Subscribe to anyone on here unless all they do is post Adirondack hiking.
You need to be very careful and respect the mountains as things will go south on you in a hurry. I really don;t like or want to preach, however there is a saying as I relate it to a pilot quip. There are bold pilots and old pilots but no old bold pilots. You will think you have the ability to endure but this is a false flag. We all want the same thing to enjoy the outdoors and hike safely. This comment is not for you as much as those who set out that may not have your ability. Be safe.
Thomas Sibalski I completely and totally agree with you 100%. If I knew what I was going to be getting into before I started I probably would’ve waited for some other people to join. I absolutely don’t agree with hiking solo in the mountains in the winter but I do trust myself enough and because I hike often enough I definitely know my abilities and what I could handle. I hiked 53 miles in 16 hours and 45 minutes in the summer. So I know I’m capable of a lot. I know I could handle 10,000 feet again in a day. I finished this hike strong. And even had enough energy to Trail run out.. Only went through half my food and 3/4 of my water but then I have a stove to melt snow for water if I needed.
Thomas Sibalski And believe me I know because when I fell in that spruce trap it was horrifying