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  • TBPDPTI
    Member
    • Oct 2007
    • 721
    #1

    Any last minute advice?

    Alright, tomorrow I leave to return to NY, and Saturday will be the start of the big 'finish the 46 attempt'. This will include, in this order, Cliff, Redfield, Avalanche, Sawteeth, Colvin, Blake, Dial, then Nippletop. I'm looking for any last-minute advice. Does anyone have anything that we should be watching for on any of these peaks?


    We want to save Nippletop for last, and, as such will likely climb to Dial first, then back up to Nippletop (this is from being camped near the state land border near Indian Head on the Gill Brook Trail). Is it easy to tell when you get to Dial's summit? What about bushwhacking straight up from the trail to the ridge? Anyone here done that? Thanks a bunch everyone.
    High peaks: Summer: 46/46 (1st iteration); 29/46 (2nd); 11/46 (3rd); 7/46 (4th) Winter: 7/46 (1st); 1/46 (2nd)

    The other 56: Summer: 55/56 (1st); 12/56 (2nd); 4/56 (3rd); 3/56 (4th) Winter: 13/56 (1st); 3/56 (2nd); 1/56 (3rd); 4th (0/56)
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    • TCD
      Member
      • Jan 2005
      • 2092
      #2
      Are you planning this as a single backpacking trip? It sounds ambitious, and maybe even a little strange...

      What I can tell you about the last part is that the woods on the Dial Ridge a pretty tough. If you're camped at Gill Brook, and want to climb Dial and then Nippletop, I'm pretty sure it would be faster to walk down the Lake Road and take the HG Leach trail up over Bear Den to Dial, even though it's a lot longer.

      The other approach, which technically satisfies your intent to save Nippletop for last, would be to hike up the trail from Elk Pass, and then turn left and hike to Dial first. You will be climbing most of Nippletop, but the summit and views (and champagne, etc.) are on a short spur to the South from the junction on the ridge.

      TCD

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        • Jason
          Member
          • Nov 2005
          • 266
          #3
          I've bushwhacked up Dial from the Dix side, and it was certainly a tough go. It didn't take forever, but it was nasty stuff. Basically, it's a great way to start out a day, but if you're exhausted, overwhelmed, or your pack feels like it weighs 1000 lbs., I wouldn't recommend it.

          From the other side of the ridge, I have no idea.
          Once you've hiked the mighty wilds of Delaware, you'll never be the same--if you survive, that is.

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            • AntlerPerak
              Member
              • Jun 2005
              • 316
              #4
              Originally posted by Jason
              I've bushwhacked up Dial from the Dix side, and it was certainly a tough go. It didn't take forever, but it was nasty stuff. Basically, it's a great way to start out a day, but if you're exhausted, overwhelmed, or your pack feels like it weighs 1000 lbs., I wouldn't recommend it.

              From the other side of the ridge, I have no idea.
              All depends on what line you take. We whacked up a number of years ago. Followed the first ridge that descended to the stream above Bouquet lean-to. Open hardwood to about a hundred feet below the ridge. Conifers from there up but not thick. Hit the ridge less than a quarter mile from Dial's summit. Great hike.

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