Gothics

On our next venture into the Adirondacks, we crashed the Bouchard-Hall family "man-trip" hike into the high peaks. The first night was spent in New Russia at a classic camp that dated to 1905. We ate drank and were merry before retiring early to prepare for an early hike the next day.

I blew reveille to wake up the crowd in the morning and after a hearty breakfast we headed to the Ausable Club parking area for a hike up Gothics. Our group stopped to admire waterfalls along the way but made steady progress towards the top.

When we arrived, we ate our lunch and took in the fantastic scenery. In fact, from that vantage point, we could see every high peak that we had climbed so far this summer!

The group decided to descend over Pyramid Peak, which gave us a fantastic look back at the sheer stone walls for which Gothics is named (for its resemblance to Gothic architecture).

The descent took us to a look through the valley into Lower Ausable Lake. We admired the view, and continued to a swimming hole to plunge our tired feet. A few miles later, we arrived at the car and went for dinner at the Deer's Head Inn in Elizabethtown.

We spent the next day playing music at the mountain house in New Russia before heading back to Vermont. Other than a quick trip to Split Rock Falls (a fantastic swimming hole), we lounged for the entire day!