Gothics: 4,736, 10th Highest Elevation in the Adirondacks
Dan, Magda, Steve & Derek on Gothics, 9/2/01
| We took the West River
Trail
from the Ausable Club, to the Beaver Meadows Falls Trail up to Gothics,
and
returned via Pyramid and the lake road from Lower Ausable Lake
back
to the Ausable Club, a distance of about 9.4 miles total. A beautiful
day
led to a Comedy of Errors, in which we dallied a tad, and the Lake Road
finish
became a forced march in an effort to get Derek to a wedding in Lake
Placid,without
so much as a break in a hot tub. In any case, the view from Gothics is
beautiful
all around, and well worth the hike. From Otter Chalet and Deep
Woods Cabin, take Springfield Rd. south to Jay, 9N south into Keene,
and 73 southeast through Keene Valley and St. Huberts. Hiker parking is
off the second intersection marked "Ausable Club" as you're driving
south on 73 towards the Northway. You have to walk about 1/2 mile from
your car to the Lake Road sign-in point. |
Rainbow Falls near Upper Ausable Lake. Magda, Dan & Derek on trail from Gothics, Pyramid, Sawteeth & Colvin in Background.
Big Slide and, background, Whiteface from Gothics
