I took a trip up Marshall and out via Indian Pass in part because I saw reports the trail was clear and the river was low, and in part because I haven't hiked about 7.5 miles of the trails (about 1/2 of the planned route).  I got lucky, it was a beautiful day to hike, and  I saw some of the most amazing landscape I've ever seen.

Today I guided 2 people up the three mountains of the Tupper Lake Triad.  The weather was looking questionable with a forecast of on and off showers all morning and possible thunder storms in the late afternoon.  I was hopeful that we'd be able to get off the peaks before the thunder happened, and we did.  We didn't stay dry though, about 1/2 of our hiking was in drizzle to light rain, but it was a fun experience for all.

Today I headed out and tried to get some trails I haven't hiked before in order to be familiar with them if someone wanted me to guide them there.  I started out going up the Deer Brook from 73.  This trail is on private property and you are reminded of that many times on the way up.  It also has a warning that its a rough trail.  It wasn't lying.  It was a bit rough, but also full of beauty.  Once up to the top of the brook, a side spur brings you to a beautiful cascade. The rest of the trail was quite pleasant to hike.

One of my personal goals is to hike every mile of trail in the High Peaks Wilderness.  This is known as Red Lining, and I've hiked most of the miles to get to the peaks, but there is still a lot of low trails that I haven't hiked yet.  This hike was to hit some of the low trails.  The long term benefit of this is that I gain experience of those trails, so if requested to guide in that area, or someone wants to do something other than peaks, I can speak from experience and not just what I read in the guide book.

Guided an open trip up Goodnow Mountain.  It was a lovely day for a hike.  Temps were around 70 at the base when we started and around 80 when we got back down a bit after noon.  Humidity was reasonable, and the skies were nearly cloudless.  Really a perfect day to be in the woods.

We took a hike up a lesser used trail to summit Yard Mt (not a high peak, but many say it should be one) and Big Slide Mt. It was a lovely day, even with the random rain. Well worth the hike!

I spent the day sitting at the Meadows Lane parking area doing trailhead stewarding for the 46ers.  As a treat to myself, after duty was over, I took a trip up Mt. Jo.  I've been up it before, but it's been a couple years, and there is a new long trail that I've been needing to hike.  Drove into ADK Loj and surprisingly found parking.  I hiked in and went up the short trail, which is short and steep.  You're literally climbing about 550 feet over 0.4 miles.  That's more than your standard ADK mile of 1000 feet per mile.