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Trails were fine on the way up despite the previous day's rains, with the cloud cover lifting during the morning. Marcy and Algonquin were partially hidden by clouds, which progressively lifted. Our 16-year-old son raced ahead and was waiting atop the underpass rock on the summit ridge, waving his sweatshirt when we finally got to the northern sub-summit. It was very windy on top; we had lunch and did "summit" photos in the lee of the balanced rock. We left after only 25 minutes, and the kids raced down the south slope, which was wet and slick as slug slime. We waited at the Lake Colden trail for stragglers and fed the insects for a while. Our son ran ahead and took a nap between the Hitch up Matildas. Avalanche pass and back via Marcy Dam were dry enough for our friend to peel down to socks (new, unbroken in boots, woops!) for the return to the Loj. There was a pair of snakes curled up in the sun on the dam, very neat.
Enjoy,
Gray Marshall
Enjoy,
Gray Marshall