Hiking Esther & Whiteface Mountains | Adirondacks High Peaks | Aspring 46ers
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ค. 2019
- Mark, Daisy, and Jay head out into the Adirondack High Peaks to continue their journey to become ADK 46ers! In this video, the crew heads up Esther Mountain (4,239') and Whiteface Mountain (4,867') for numbers 25 and 26 of 46 High Peaks.
These were the first two high peaks of 2019, and the trail was an excellent combination of steep ascents, deep mud, and awesome scrambles. Whiteface, the 5th tallest mountain in NY, is also a ski mountain with a very popular access road (Veterans Memorial Highway) to the summit. Once we reached the top, we were greeted by hundreds of people, warm sandwiches, and ice cold sodas!
NOTE: it was recently brought to my attention (thanks Elie) that the Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) does not allow folks to walk up/down the shoulder of Veteran's Memorial Highway while during business hours due to the increased risk this presents. I was unaware of this regulation, and I wanted to share it with you all as soon as I found out so you can make informed decisions! Be safe out there!
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Have you been on top of Whiteface Mountain? Did you get there on your feet or in a vehicle? Either way, the views on top were amazing on this beautifully clear day. Thanks for watching!
I finished my 46R on Esther and Whiteface on September 17, 2017. I was lucky enough to have my son come along with me on that hike and turned out to be his first 2 high peaks and turned him into wanting to hike with dad.
That's awesome! My kids love hiking with me, but my daughter (9) isn't interested in big mile days, and my son (14) isn't interested in waking up before the sun to drive 2 hours north for the hike ;)
@@JayMorrisonOutdoors My son (16) doesn't have an issue getting up. It's tough finding the time with his and my daughter's (9) other activities that gets in our way. Check out this hiking challenge that seems very much family/kid friendly and doesn't require those very early mornings: www.adirondack.net/hiking/challenges/moriah-challenge/ I've been wanting to hit this one with my family but need to fins the time.
That's awesome! Thanks for the link -- I'll add it to the list!
Long time ago like 16 years ago I went on white face hiking
Very nice. Thanks
Excellent run guys! It's always a pleasure to virtually join you on your adventures. Keep up the good work.
Thank you for the very kind words of encouragement! I'm glad you're enjoying our adventures, and I can't wait to share so much more with everyone!
Well done guys!!!
Thank you very much!
Thank you for the reply. Love the videos man! Doing Whiteface and Esther this weekend. On my way to 46. Was going to do it from Connery pond. But I've been binge watching your videos. And saw ASRC
Thank you so much! Enjoy your adventure!!
Awesome! I'm doing Esther and Whiteface Saturday as an intro my 46er journey. This video got me very excited.
Excellent! Good luck and have a great time!
Great video and awesome views!
Thanks man! it was an excellent day in the mountains!
hiking this tomorrow: thank you!
Enjoy! It's a beautiful time of year to be in the High Peaks!
23:00 Sorry, that's not a Lot of Mud, that's STANDARD Mud! I ended up doing this as two hikes (long story): Whiteface from the Reservoir, and later, Esther via Marble Mountain. Esther is very nice, and definitely underrated. My buddy Ferd, having trained in the Alps, simply went straight up the side of the highway retaining wall. I was looking for the super wet area on the ridge, after the Esther cutoff--maybe we were there in a wetter year (?) Nice vid, Good Climbing!
Great video. Thanks for sharing. Do you keep mileage and time for your hikes? Just curious
I put together, what is affectionately called, "The Plan" for every hike that has the mileage on it, and I always estimate 1 MPH for the hike (usually it's less, but that affords us extra time to sit and enjoy the views). The actual mileage is usually pretty close to The Plan, and I do keep rough track of the actual time from car to car. For example, this hike was ~9.5 miles and we took 9 hours (car-to-car).
I want to bring my kids up WF this summer, this will be our first. Are the trails marked pretty well or is it easy to get lost? Awesome video!!
Trails from the ASRC are well marked and easy to follow. If you are planning on doing Esther as well, just know that there aren't markers, but it's a very well worn and obvious path.
Good luck and thanks for watching!
@@JayMorrisonOutdoors Thank you!! 😊
Whiteface was my very 1st of the High Peaks and Esther was my 14th High Peak I did them 10 years apart from each other with having 15 of them done now
Awesome!
@@JayMorrisonOutdoors this is the order of the High Peaks that I’ve done so far
1st. Whiteface
2nd. Giant
3rd. Marcy
4th. Algonquin
5th. Wrights Peak
6th. Porter
7th. Cascade
8th. Redfield
9th. Gray Peak
10th. Skylight
11th. Haystack
12th. Lower Wolfjaw
13th. Upper Wolfjaw
14th. Esther
15th. Nye
Try not to leave some lf the less desirable hikes until the end of your journey. They're all beautiful in their own ways, but some of them are tough to stay motivated when you know the trail is a slog and there isn't a view on the summit ;)
@@JayMorrisonOutdoors I’ll do Redfield again when I do Colden and then again when I do Cliff and I can go for a long time hiking in the woods in fact when I did Redfield I knocked out 3 other High Peaks in 6 hours of the 21 hour hike that I did that day
@@JayMorrisonOutdoors when I’m not hiking mountains I’m walking all over 2 counties and the edges on the neighboring counties side I’ve done 51 miles on foot in a day another time I did a 52.6 mile walk(I started at 7:30pm and continued until 2:30pm) with only 1 stop at the Oswego County’s Redfield’s gas station and now I got a 21 hour hike in the Adirondacks under my belt
Sweet. What will be the next place ;)?
Next up is our recent hike up Mt. Colden with some new friends of the channel! Be sure to tune in next Wednesday for that adventure!
Is ASRC the fastest way up to Whiteface? Can u park there without reservation?
I believe its the shortest (distance) route to the top of Whiteface, and no, you donneed a reservation to park there.
did you guys start at the atmospheric sciences research center? And how long round trip? my girl and I are going this weekend
Yea, we started at the ASRC for this trip, but I want to head back out and start from lake trail a some point.
Out-and-back from the ASRC is about 9.5 miles for both Esther and Whiteface. Enjoy the hike!
Are there any parking restrictions for this lot?
No restrictions as of today (July 2022) ... if you find a space in the lot, you should be all set ;)
Just watched the video and I thought I'd ask you what number are you on now? I assume your have been assigned a "writer".
Great pictures of the "Great Wall".
As of today, I have 10 more High Peaks left to climb before I become a 46er. Unfortunately, the pandemic's effect on the Adirondack region (and the world) in 2020 pushed my plans back a bit, but there's no rush - the mountains aren't going anywhere ;)
Thanks for watching!
@@JayMorrisonOutdoors Good luck with the remaining peaks.. John (#4295)
Have yu ever seen bears or rattler hiking
We had a nice sized black bear come out onto the Northville Placid Trail about 30 feet in front of me and John on Day 3 of that adventure. I haven't seen any rattlesnakes, but once when we were hanging out at the lean-to near Brown Mountain (in the Tongue Range), another hiker came up after us and mentioned that there was one sunning itself on the side of the trail - we just didn't see it! They're out there, but thankfully we have given each other enough space to avoid issues.
Thanks for watching!
@@JayMorrisonOutdoors I want to see a bear but rattle snakes nope but people say it's cool to see 1 I disagree they can kill yu rattlers so can bears but black bears aren't aggresaive hoping 1day to do appachlian trail
@@melissatodd1135 LOL caution is the name of the game ;)
I hope you get to hike the A.T. - it's one of the first things I want to do once I retire in 2035.
"Right there, that's Esther, that was an hour and a half ago." No Jay, that was 10 minutes, nice try.
The magic of video editing ;)