Hiking - Cliffs on Moose Mountain

Every year, on Columbus Day Weekend, Holly and I head to the southern Adirondacks and bushwhack about 90 minutes to the cliffs on Moose Mountain. While the more popular areas of the Adirondacks are teeming with leaf-peepers, we've never seen another soul on this hike. There's no trail, and we use GPS, map, and compass to navigate to the cliffs on this isolated summit.

Today, many of the more brightly colored leaves had already fallen victim to last week's high winds, but the yellows and oranges were still brilliant in spots.





This summit is only about an hour from home, and we've hiked it every year since 2001 on this holiday weekend. While this year's colors were pretty subdued, it's always nice to be able to just park the car on the side of the road and set off through the woods completely on our own, and find our way to these unspoiled views. In the next few years, there are plans to build trails here, and we're not looking forward to the day when this becomes a more popular destination.