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Mount Marcy in Winter Home › Private: Forums › Highpoint Discussions › New York-Mount Marcy › Mount Marcy in Winter This topic has 0 replies, 1 voice, and was last updated 10 years, 3 months ago by highpointersclub . Mount Marcy (Marcy-fjellet) er den høyeste toppen i Adirondack-fjella og i staten New York. Equipment List for Mount Marcy Winter Mountaineering 2010 Pack: Backpack - Approximately 5-6000 Cu In. It got down to minus 13 degrees the weekend we stayed up at Marcy Dam. The Van Hoevenberg Trail begins at the Adirondack Loj (near Heart Lake), and is a 15.4-mile hike to the summit and back. A western New York man died at Mount Marcy on Tuesday while hiking with his family. Mount Marcy is the king of New York's Adirondack Mountains. It will tell the story of my brother Steven who was allegedly lost on Mt Marcy on April 12 1976. Some in our group would experience climbing a peak in winter for the first time, and for others this would evoke memories of many peaks from the past. Mount Marcy (Mohawk: Tewawe’éstha) is the highest point in New York, with an elevation of 5,344 feet (1,629 m). During the dead of winter in January 1993 I made a three night trip to the Adirondacks to climb Mt. Winter Guide To Hiking Mount Marcy And Camping In A Snow Cave I must say that this was not an ordinary trip. In any case Mount Marcy would still be a challenge with no guarantee of success. We took the most direct route. Small Additional Duffle Bag - To store items you … Be prepared with the most accurate 10-day forecast for Marcy, NY with highs, lows, chance of precipitation from The Weather Channel and Weather.com If you're all about making challenging climbs harder, tackle 5,344-foot Mount Marcy during the winter, when temperatures drop to minus 30F and glare ice smears the standard walk-up route. Mount Marcy is New York State's highest peak at 5,344 feet.

Mount Marcy, the highest peak in New York State, towers over the Adirondack region at 5,343 feet. Also the story of how my dog Winter found the body of Toma Vracarich in the … On a good summer weekend, hundreds of hikers will reach mount Marcy’s summit via this trail, while even in the middle of winter, snowshoers and skiers will attack the Adirondack’s highest point following the … Wide, worn, fairly graded and well marked, one can almost call it the Van Hoevenberg highway. :-) The only other cost you may want to endure is the Map.

In August 2004 I hiked Mount Marcy and decided that I wanted to return and do it in winter. We'll be carrying quite a bit of gear to our camps on Adams and Rainier, you want a way to carry all of this. My husband David and I climbed the 46 Adirondack High Peaks in winter from 1994 to 1997 and the 48 high peaks of the White Mountains in winter … Trip Notes. This has been a great winter for powder skiing in the backcountry, thanks to a two-month-plus stretch of cold weather without a serious thaw. On Sunday, I skied Mount Marcy with my neighbor, Tim Peartree, starting from Adirondak Loj.

I’ve actually had experience with this mountain before, in fact it may have truly been my first ever state high point!