Friday, June 15, 2007

Moose Mckenzie

No, it's not Spuds McKenzie's older brother. (ummm .... yeah, he was that party dog in the beer commercials) These are two mountains that Howie and I climbed today in the Adirondack high peaks (near Lake Placid). The weather was nice, so I took the day off to do some hiking. We started at the end of Chipmunk Lane and did a loop up to McKenzie, followed the ridge to Moose and then came back down. It was a nice route with great views, but unfortunately .... it was very buggy. If you stopped for more than five seconds, there would be a swarm of bugs surrounding you. But, it still beat a day at the office.


Summit Elevation: McKenzie 3832 ft, Moose 3898 ft
Round-trip Distance: 9.0 mi
Elevation Change: 2800 ft



old boat at Bartlett pond


Looking south

Looking east

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1 comment:

Queen Monkey said...

In related news, I wrote a fundraising appeal about moose mysteriously disappearing from northwestern Minnesota. Over 2 decades, the population has gone from 4000 to around 230. Bizarre!