A nice suprise on the horizon

[Gman]

I work in the Canadian city of Brockville, just across the St Lawrence, a dozen miles upstream from Ogdensburg. Today was so gorgeous that I went for a drive east of the city at lunch.

Cresting what constitutes a hill here in the St Lawrence Valley something caught my eye. I braked, backed up and sure enough through the treetops to the southeast I could see very faintly but unmistakeably an Adirondack peak. My guess is it was St Regis by its shape and direction. A long way off, perhaps 50 miles but what a sight! Immediately I smelled balsam and pine, felt icy spring water and saw splashing trout.

This is the furthest west I have spotted the Adirondacks from our side. Previously I thought the Ogdensburg bridge on a clear day was the farthest northwest vantage.

[steve40]

Just gives ya the itch to be there doesn't it.Wish I was close enough to see a peak or two.Steve

[twochordcool]

Yeah man! I'll be back in the wilderness next Thursday - can't wait!

[Hakuna Matada]

I was on St Regis weekend before last and I didn't see Brockville. In fact it was snowing so I hardly saw the lakes below us.

[Gman]

When I got home that evening I pulled out my topo maps and I'm almost certain it wasn't St Regis. It is too far east. Taking into account the angle of the concession road I was on (a right angle to St Lawrence, which runs SW to NW) the mountain lay between 74-65 and 74-40. Somewhere between Cranberry Lake and Tupper. Further calculations put the distance at least 60 miles.

I love looking at mountains from a distance and trying to figure out which peak they are and how far away. When going to Montreal we get great vistas of the northern ADK's from our side. On the flip side I've always wanted to see Montreal from an ADK peak. Only once and that was from Whiteface and that was only the sun relecting off downtown office towers.

[steve40]

If it was between Tupper Lake and Cranberry Lake it could be Arab Mountain.Not very high but it does stand alone.