Ascent of Fir Mountain on 2019-11-30| Others in Party: | Josh
| | Date: | Saturday, November 30, 2019 | | Ascent Type: | Successful Summit Attained | | Peak: | Fir Mountain | | Location: | USA-New York | | Elevation: | 3620 ft / 1103 m |
Ascent Trip ReportParked at the DEC Biscuit Brook parking area and started hiking at 8:00am. Josh and I followed the blue blazed Pine Hill-West Branch trail to the top of Big Indian and then followed the herd path .25 mile to the canister at the peak. This was peak #38 for me...one more to go! The summit was like a winter wonderland with 3-4 inches of snow in the ground and the trees hanging heavy with snow...it was beautiful but made the hiking a little more difficult. From there we headed off to Fir. We found a herd path as we neared the top of Fir which led right to the canister. Peak #39...done! From there we bushwacked back to the blue blazed trail and hiked the 2 miles back to the car. Overall the hike was 10 1/2 miles and took us 6 1/2 hours. |
| Summary Total Data | | Route Conditions: | Maintained Trail, Bushwhack | | Weather: | Cold, Breezy, Clear | | Ascent Statistics | | Route: | Piine hill-w. branch trail | | Start Trailhead: | Biscuit Brook parking area | | Time: | 2 Hours 45 Minutes | | Descent Statistics | | Route: | Bushwack down from Fir | | End Trailhead: | Biscuit Brook parking area |
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