# Working on becoming a High Peak 46er **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 21, 2016, 8:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/working-on-becoming-a-high-peak-46er/274022 "2016-06-21T08:23:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yamba6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yamba6/32/5161_2.png) [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 8:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/working-on-becoming-a-high-peak-46er/274022/1 "2016-06-21T08:23:45Z")
It is just a start but as of last weekend I officially started my High Peaks 46ers challenge. I was curious if anyone else has been working on this and how far along they are. This past weekend I went camping at Wilmington Notch next to Whiteface Mountain. We woke up at 5:45am Saturday, got on the Connery Pond trail at 7am, made it to the top of Whiteface at about 12:30pm, hung around the top for about a half hour/hour then started our descent. We got back to the car around 5:45. A grand total of roughly 14 miles with about a total of 3,210 vertical feet climbed. One hell of a time and one amazing day of great weather. This photo shows the pond about .3 miles in where we started. You can see Whiteface in the background which we hiked to. [![http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e96/boarding087/13502540_10157083811640051_5560722409713038912_o_zpst7pmv3ms.jpg](http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e96/boarding087/13502540_10157083811640051_5560722409713038912_o_zpst7pmv3ms.jpg)](http://s37.photobucket.com/user/boarding087/media/13502540_10157083811640051_5560722409713038912_o_zpst7pmv3ms.jpg.html) After the Connery pond you hike about 3 miles to Whiteface Landing which is at Lake Placid/West Lake. The water is clearer than can be. [![http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e96/boarding087/13450062_10157083811625051_479295243941480855_n_zpsnetlvbbx.jpg](http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e96/boarding087/13450062_10157083811625051_479295243941480855_n_zpsnetlvbbx.jpg)](http://s37.photobucket.com/user/boarding087/media/13450062_10157083811625051_479295243941480855_n_zpsnetlvbbx.jpg.html) From there you start an up hill towards the Lean-to. From the lean-to it is about 2 miles which gets steeper and steeper. On the way up you can see Lake Placid [![http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e96/boarding087/13435314_10157083811645051_2403306687593977130_n_zpsvtnhm5xd.jpg](http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e96/boarding087/13435314_10157083811645051_2403306687593977130_n_zpsvtnhm5xd.jpg)](http://s37.photobucket.com/user/boarding087/media/13435314_10157083811645051_2403306687593977130_n_zpsvtnhm5xd.jpg.html) [![http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e96/boarding087/13466558_10157083811770051_5366165300265953936_n_zpsy8mb1srg.jpg](http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e96/boarding087/13466558_10157083811770051_5366165300265953936_n_zpsy8mb1srg.jpg)](http://s37.photobucket.com/user/boarding087/media/13466558_10157083811770051_5366165300265953936_n_zpsy8mb1srg.jpg.html) Got to the top. [![http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e96/boarding087/13466076_10157086656625051_547749223858239361_n_zpsslwrc9wu.jpg](http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e96/boarding087/13466076_10157086656625051_547749223858239361_n_zpsslwrc9wu.jpg)](http://s37.photobucket.com/user/boarding087/media/13466076_10157086656625051_547749223858239361_n_zpsslwrc9wu.jpg.html) The lake in the photo is where the first photo was taken and about where we started. [![http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e96/boarding087/13445716_10157083813505051_4684085567462116407_n_zpsgankcce5.jpg](http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e96/boarding087/13445716_10157083813505051_4684085567462116407_n_zpsgankcce5.jpg)](http://s37.photobucket.com/user/boarding087/media/13445716_10157083813505051_4684085567462116407_n_zpsgankcce5.jpg.html) [![http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e96/boarding087/13442624_10157083813325051_1887884146160320707_o_zpslvn3hycf.jpg](http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e96/boarding087/13442624_10157083813325051_1887884146160320707_o_zpslvn3hycf.jpg)](http://s37.photobucket.com/user/boarding087/media/13442624_10157083813325051_1887884146160320707_o_zpslvn3hycf.jpg.html) [![http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e96/boarding087/13427779_10157083813710051_8664666384966690575_n_zpsynjccjvs.jpg](http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e96/boarding087/13427779_10157083813710051_8664666384966690575_n_zpsynjccjvs.jpg)](http://s37.photobucket.com/user/boarding087/media/13427779_10157083813710051_8664666384966690575_n_zpsynjccjvs.jpg.html) And a photo from the ski resort which is next to our camping site. [![http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e96/boarding087/13501795_10157083814210051_1388046313906316726_n_zpsdqnk6dco.jpg](http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e96/boarding087/13501795_10157083814210051_1388046313906316726_n_zpsdqnk6dco.jpg)](http://s37.photobucket.com/user/boarding087/media/13501795_10157083814210051_1388046313906316726_n_zpsdqnk6dco.jpg.html) In September I will be going with my brother to hike Algonquin, Wright, and Iroquois. Hoping to pick another date this summer to get another 1 or 2 in as well to jump start the 46 needed. Who else is working on this? How many have you done and which did you enjoy? ---
**Author:** ![vq30de](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@vq30de](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vq30de)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 8:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/working-on-becoming-a-high-peak-46er/274022/2 "2016-06-21T08:50:40Z")
I read title as 69er. ---
**Author:** ![yamba6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yamba6/32/5161_2.png) [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 9:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/working-on-becoming-a-high-peak-46er/274022/3 "2016-06-21T09:33:16Z")
The list of mountains. [http://cnyhiking.com/ADK46HighPeaks.htm](http://cnyhiking.com/ADK46HighPeaks.htm) ---
**Author:** ![GV1390](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gv1390/32/5432_2.png) [@GV1390](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GV1390)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 9:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/working-on-becoming-a-high-peak-46er/274022/4 "2016-06-21T09:40:31Z")
Looks sweet! Minus your selfie of course… I am hiking a few trails at Yosemite in August, should be a good time! Also will be taking one of the motorcycles out to ADK. ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 10:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/working-on-becoming-a-high-peak-46er/274022/5 "2016-06-21T10:05:25Z")
> [@GV1390](#): > > I am hiking a few trails at Yosemite in August. Bring A LOT of water and don’t trust the resources on maps. It’s crazy dry that time of year. I had a close call hiking porcupine creek a couple years ago in September. ---
**Author:** ![yamba6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yamba6/32/5161_2.png) [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 10:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/working-on-becoming-a-high-peak-46er/274022/6 "2016-06-21T10:48:08Z")
> [@GV1390](#): > > Looks sweet! Minus your selfie of course… > > I am hiking a few trails at Yosemite in August, should be a good time! Also will be taking one of the motorcycles out to ADK. I really would like to go out west with my GF and show her the mountains. I have not been able to experience them in the summer/fall months but they were incredible in the winter. I’m definitely jealous of your Yosemite trip. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/working-on-becoming-a-high-peak-46er/274022/7 "2016-06-21T10:55:30Z")
Does it count if I took the gondola to the top of Whiteface while skiing? If so I can cross one of 46 off. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![XwalkerX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xwalkerx/32/7598_2.png) [@XwalkerX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/XwalkerX)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/working-on-becoming-a-high-peak-46er/274022/8 "2016-06-21T11:14:41Z")
There are TONS of awesome spots out here…A few weeks ago the GF and I hiked to the summit of Mt. Cuyamaca which is about 40min east of her place. It’s 6512ft above sea level and a pretty decent day hike. ![http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160621/4114484fdc23b48c40778b998d6fe3ac.jpg](http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160621/4114484fdc23b48c40778b998d6fe3ac.jpg) ![http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160621/240e3bc3dd240cabe745776a89df8d74.jpg](http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160621/240e3bc3dd240cabe745776a89df8d74.jpg) ![http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160621/5e4f68813b9989a342fef2fd46f37a48.jpg](http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160621/5e4f68813b9989a342fef2fd46f37a48.jpg) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/working-on-becoming-a-high-peak-46er/274022/9 "2016-06-21T11:20:57Z")
I’ve done Whiteface, Marcy, Algonquin, Skylight, Colden and a few others that I’d have to look at a map to remember exactly. It’s an accomplishment to do them all but it wasn’t terribly interesting to me. Do you still have to find the log books and the USGS markers or have the rules changed with technology? ---
**Author:** ![snowracer101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/working-on-becoming-a-high-peak-46er/274022/10 "2016-06-21T11:30:28Z")
so, didn’t hike…but it should be worth something… ![http://www.nyspeed.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=36568&stc=1](http://www.nyspeed.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=36568&stc=1) after this picture was taken, we hiked up to the crater, which is just over 10k feet elevation… kind of a butthole puckering event…as it’s all glacier, and we didn’t have any ice gear. Lots of crevasses & steam vents that lead down into very hot water or oblivion. Come out West, it’s a sight to see getting above the tree line. ---
**Author:** ![yamba6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yamba6/32/5161_2.png) [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 11:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/working-on-becoming-a-high-peak-46er/274022/11 "2016-06-21T11:44:31Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Does it count if I took the gondola to the top of Whiteface while skiing? If so I can cross one of 46 off. 🙂 Unfortunately the gondola is about 500ft shy of the peak, unless you hiked the last amount to reach the top. haha > [@XwalkerX](#): > > There are TONS of awesome spots out here…A few weeks ago the GF and I hiked to the summit of Mt. Cuyamaca which is about 40min east of her place. It’s 6512ft above sea level and a pretty decent day hike. I need to find a job out in the mountains, there is a lot of fun activities. - - - Updated - - - > [@Onyx Z32](#): > > I’ve done Whiteface, Marcy, Algonquin, Skylight, Colden and a few others that I’d have to look at a map to remember exactly. It’s an accomplishment to do them all but it wasn’t terribly interesting to me. > > Do you still have to find the log books and the USGS markers or have the rules changed with technology? It kind of sounds like they go by your word now. I’ll end up finding the markers I need and take photos either way. [http://adk46er.org/how-to-join.html](http://adk46er.org/how-to-join.html) ---
**Author:** ![jimmyfloyd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jimmyfloyd/32/3077_2.png) [@jimmyfloyd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jimmyfloyd)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 2:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/working-on-becoming-a-high-peak-46er/274022/12 "2016-06-21T14:12:27Z")
This is something i have wanted to do, but just haven’t had time to get out there, and none of my friends have been interested. Might have to look into it again. Were the trails marked pretty good, or did you have a GPS? ---
**Author:** ![IWantaSupra](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/iwantasupra/32/7222_2.png) [@IWantaSupra](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/IWantaSupra)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/working-on-becoming-a-high-peak-46er/274022/13 "2016-06-21T19:24:24Z")
If you enjoy this type of stuff you would love it out in Colorado. Do this just about every weekend in the summer. [http://www.14ers.com/](http://www.14ers.com/) ---
**Author:** ![fiend540](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bcef8e/32.png) [@fiend540](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fiend540)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 7:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/working-on-becoming-a-high-peak-46er/274022/14 "2016-06-21T19:25:19Z")
I did Mount Evans (14,265’) last year, probably get another one of Colorado’s 14ers in this year as well ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 3:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/working-on-becoming-a-high-peak-46er/274022/15 "2016-06-22T03:41:42Z")
Doing 14 sounds easier than 46, lol. ---
**Author:** ![yamba6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yamba6/32/5161_2.png) [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 5:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/working-on-becoming-a-high-peak-46er/274022/16 "2016-06-22T05:46:23Z")
> [@IWantaSupra](#): > > If you enjoy this type of stuff you would love it out in Colorado. Do this just about every weekend in the summer. > > [http://www.14ers.com/](http://www.14ers.com/) That is awesome. You’d probably crush the 46ers with your lungs. haha I’ve always thought of looking for housing out in Colorado. ---
**Author:** ![fiend540](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bcef8e/32.png) [@fiend540](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fiend540)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 6:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/working-on-becoming-a-high-peak-46er/274022/17 "2016-06-22T06:27:20Z")
> [@Onyx Z32](#): > > Doing 14 sounds easier than 46, lol. Theyre called 14ers because they’re because they’re over 14000 feet in elevation and we have like 50 of them in Colorado lol > [@yamba6](#): > > That is awesome. You’d probably crush the 46ers with your lungs. haha I’ve always thought of looking for housing out in Colorado. Please don’t lol our state is getting pretty full over the past 3 years 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 6:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/working-on-becoming-a-high-peak-46er/274022/18 "2016-06-22T06:36:27Z")
> [@yamba6](#): > > … You’d probably crush the 46ers with your lungs… Colorado ![https://media.giphy.com/media/kJ9EUAWChKNbO/giphy.gif](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/e/3/e33aef9b5d221d95a9d18576fe6a064a2d29b938.gif) ---
**Author:** ![IWantaSupra](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/iwantasupra/32/7222_2.png) [@IWantaSupra](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/IWantaSupra)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/working-on-becoming-a-high-peak-46er/274022/19 "2016-06-22T16:35:49Z")
> [@fiend540](#): > > Please don’t lol our state is getting pretty full over the past 3 years 😉 Isn’t it nuts? I had family out here plus job prospects and did not realize how hot the housing market is. I have been out here for 2 years. Are you right in Denver? ---
**Author:** ![fiend540](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bcef8e/32.png) [@fiend540](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fiend540)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 7:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/working-on-becoming-a-high-peak-46er/274022/20 "2016-06-22T19:36:48Z")
> [@IWantaSupra](#): > > Isn’t it nuts? I had family out here plus job prospects and did not realize how hot the housing market is. I have been out here for 2 years. Are you right in Denver? Yeah I can’t believe what people are paying in rent, everything is a “luxury apartment” in this city it seems haha. I live on the Englewood/Littleton border, super glad we bought a house a little while ago.