Whiteface and Esther | Adirondack 46er
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- Опубліковано 13 жов 2024
- After 4 months away from the Adirondacks, it felt absolutely amazing to be back out here climbing some mountains again! Unfortunately, it will be a little while again until I get after the next, as I rolled my ankle BADLY coming down, hoping for a quick recovery, only 10 peaks left to finish! For this trip, I decided to climb Whiteface and Esther. Originally, my plan was to finish my 46er journey on Whiteface. However, after thinking about it, I was not too fond of the idea of finishing such a great accomplishment on a summit full of people who drove to the top. I felt like it would feel more authentic to plan on finishing on Skylight. This was a great trail to climb, heading in from the ASRC, you climb almost immediately up to Marble Mountain. I decided to take the very short bushwhack up to the Marble Mountain summit, as it was right there. After the trail split for Esther, the trail itself to Esther was really fun, with lots of flat sections and TONS of mud. Esther has a small view of Whiteface and a nice plaque commemorating the first recorded climb by Esther Mc Comb who was a 15-year-old girl who in an attempt to climb Whiteface in 1839 ended up on the summit of Esther, thus the mountain being named after her. Once back to the trail junction, the approach to Whiteface is relatively gradual. Once you get past the roadway wall, the trail starts to become exposed, with beautiful views of the summit ahead and a very steep slide going down the mountain face on the left. The views at the top were incredible, presenting 360° views of the surrounding areas, overlooking Lake Placid, all of the other High Peaks, Lake Champlain, Canada, the Vermont High Peaks, and even into New Hampshire on a clear day.
WoW! That’s Incredibly Awesome And Breathtaking Adventure! I Loved it! 🤩❤️✨
@@JUANORQUIO Yeah, it certainly was! Thanks for watching.
Looked like awesome hiking, such blue skies. Thanks for sharing. I hope your ankle feels solid again soon.
Thanks for watching, and thanks for the kind words! It certainly was a great day on trail, with beautiful weather and gorgeous views!
Well done! Great editing
@@01247Brandon thanks!
Nice hike! The mud being ‘no joke’ reminds me of the only time I did hike up that way, it was muddy as all heck! Congrats on no. 35! Just subbed! Looking forward to more!
@michael_budda haha yeah the mud was crazy, but a lot of fun! Whiteface ended up being 36. Thank you for watching and for the sub! Feel free to check out my other videos if you'd like!
@@DerekGHikes I definitely will! And if you're interested in the Whites at all, I have a few videos of that up here 👍
@@michael_budda absolutely, doing the Whites next, so I'll definitely take a look!
I did these two mountains last year and it was fantastic. Thanks for bringing me back! What camera are you using?
@SiriusHikes thanks for watching! I use a GoPro Hero 11 with a Rode microphone.
Whiteface was my very first High Peak and Esther was my 14th
Whiteface has the longest history with me dating back to when I was a child because the cabin that me and my grandma use to retreat to a lot you could see Whiteface from the front deck of the cabin but it doesn’t have the biggest or most intense history with me
Whiteface was an incredible climb, Esther I really enjoyed it, however, I didn't like that Whiteface had a road to the top. That's awesome that you have that childhood memory with this mountain. I'm sure a cabin overlooking any high peak would be an amazing experience to enjoy growing up.