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Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Guilderland, NY
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Cellar Mountain MRP 5/11/2019
Decided to make use of the great weather to go play with the new mountain bike as well as make a little progress on the HH. Cellar Mountain in Moose River Plains was the target. It's a fairly short bushwhack but with the road closed for mud season the approach to the trailhead was nearly 8 miles.
The ride in was pretty uneventful. I'm a road biker first so progress on the mountain bike felt slow and laborious. I blamed the pain on the previous nights beers but later realized it probably had more to do with all the climbing. The trail was too muddy to bike so I made my way on foot to check out Cellar Pond. Wasn't too much to write home about on this one. I retraced my steps to the height of land, then veered off trail to follow the ridge up. A good portion of the woods were fairly open but I managed to find the thick spots with blow down to make me feel at home. The northern slope still had plenty of pockets of knee deep snow too ![]() Took the steep eastern slope for a relatively quick exit back to the trail. Reaped the rewards of the climb in with a fast and easy bike out. Just as I was getting back to the gate at Wakely Dam a bobcat crossed the road in front of me ![]() Before making my way out I stopped at the Dam to take in the scenes and have my lunch. Chatted for a bit with a nice couple who had hiked in. |
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Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Wilmington, DE
Posts: 229
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Nice adventure. Thank you for sharing!
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Ballston Lake, NY
Posts: 1,181
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A bobcat! That's cool. I've never seen one...yet
Nice photos too ![]()
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Join Date: Dec 2017
Posts: 2
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That summit marker is tough, didn't think it would survive another winter when I saw it last summer - esp seeing how it's just loosely attached to a low lying skinny branch. Evidence it's close to 5 years old:
http://www.offonadventure.com/2014/1...er-plains.html |
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