We had intended to backpack in somewhere this past weekend but the weather didn't give us any great feelings of coperation so we settled for a day hike on Monday which was supposed to be only partly cloudy. Giant had been our first high peak a year ago but we neglected to do Rocky Peak then so, it came down to Monday.
We started this time at The Roaring Brook Trail and came up to The Zander Scott Trail on the ridge of Giant. The trail from this intersection to the intersection of Rocky Peak Trail is loaded with tremendous oppurtunities to view so much of the High Peaks...............if it's not cloudy! Most of the time you could'nt see Round Mtn. just across the road. Our hopes were that by the time we got to Rocky Peak the sun would have a chance to burn thru and reward us, but that was not the case. Going over to Rocky from the intersection didn't appear too bad, 1.1 miles, but like my daughter says nothing in the high peaks is JUST 1.1. The trail down off the ridge was not wet but still it was slippery and slick for alot of the way. We're slow and cautious by nature so we get places usually without incident so slick conditions won't hurt our time schedule. After eating a second lunch on top of Rocky Peak we guessed we had given the clouds all the time to dissapate that we could so we started back around 2:00pm and decided to take the Zander Scott all the way back to rte. 73 and walk the road back to the car. I'm not sure how the milage compares but there is no rock hopping down the shoulder of the highway. Make much better time.
When you get those near cloudless, crystal clear days kind of makes you forget these sort of days when all your hard work got you was a peak bagged! Still and all it was another great day in The Adirondacks with my daughter.
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That's a steep descent from Giant to the col, eh? Too bad you didn't have a clear day. Now you have a good excuse to go back...the view from RPR are awesome!
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