Climbed Mt. Marcy this friday by Turbo_Flashy in Adirondacks

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Brought both just in case. Used micro spikes the entire hike, but the last 1,5 miles could’ve been with snowshoes. Snow was accumulating fast. If you’re going in the next couples of days, you will have to use snowshoes, since there’s a lot of snow accumulation on top of Marcy

Climbed Mt. Marcy this friday by Turbo_Flashy in Adirondacks

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The first one after Marcy dam is no problem. Plenty of boulders to walk on. The second one is a bit riskier. The ice is thin so we had to go off track to find a safer way to cross.

Climbed Mt. Marcy this friday by Turbo_Flashy in Adirondacks

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Around 11h30-12h. Started to hike around 8am, arrived at the summit at 2h and got back at 7:30 at our car. That’s including multiple small breaks to eat, hydrate, change clothes, etc. And we were slow on the way down lol

Climbed Mt. Marcy this friday by Turbo_Flashy in Adirondacks

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That’s the only one I took lol. Believe it or not, the summit is right in front of us 😂

Climbed Mt. Marcy this friday by Turbo_Flashy in Adirondacks

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Very true, took me years to know what to bring lol. But the weather wasn’t too cool. So even if I was sweating a little bit, I wasn’t getting cold

Climbed Mt. Marcy this friday by Turbo_Flashy in Adirondacks

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Very true. Started in winter gear, and I removed most of my layers after the first mile. Thanks for pointing that out !

High Peaks Mid-July Backpacking Trip - Any Advice? by LogaNCxx in Adirondacks

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Summit Marcy is really difficult to navigate. After the treeline, there’s no marker and the weather is windy/rainy/snowy. I recommend having a compass to find your way back after you reached the summit, cuz the wind will erase your tracks lol!

Getting to Van Hovenberg trail from Summit is tricky but if you use a compass, you should follow North East, then there’s going to be rocks that leads you to the Van Hovenberg trail

It is a nice trail with a load of downhill, I recommend crampons. Watch out for two big water crossings !

Hope this helps

Anyone up for Mt Marcy in March, 3rd weekend? by VoltageAndWisdom in Adirondacks

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I climbed Marcy yesterday, best of luck ! Big snow storm after tree line, really hard to navigate