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ADK MacIntyre Range - Friday December 25th, 2009

Link to a larger panaromic picture of the views from the summit of Algonquin

I had waffle for breakfast, everything kinda looks like waffle to me this morning. Ummm... waffle tree.
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Kim under a snow archway.
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Junction to Wright Peak.
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Kim on her way to the summit of Wright.
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Snow near the summit looks like styrofoam.
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Views of Algonquin from Wright.
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Summit is a short walk away.
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Kim and Algonquin in the background.
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Marcy and Colden from Wright.
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Big Al again.
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Panaromic views from the summit of Wright Peak.
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Marcy and Colden from the summit.
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Kim taking picture of the photogenic Colden.
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Lake Placid and Whiteface.
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Big Slide.
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Heading down.
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On our way to Algonquin.
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Beautiful winter hike.
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Views of Whiteface from the trail.
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Looking back at Wright, seems less significant from here. Notice the undercast was moving closer and thicker in the distance.
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More undercast surrounding Whiteface than earlier.
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Last stretch up to the summit of Algonquin.
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Kim at the summit of Algonquin.
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Rhime ice.
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Lake Colden and the Flow Lands
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Colden and Marcy from Algonquin.
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Panaromic views from Algonquin.
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Heading down the backside of Algonquin toward Iroquois.
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Long way to Iroquois...
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Loosing all this elevation only to have to climb back up later...
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Kim descending Algonquin.
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The packed trail ended here, we followed a faint track here and there from now on, and some minor trail breaking.
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Iroquois from Bundary Peak.
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We lost the faint track somewhere near the summit of Iroquois and had to struggle with several spruce traps to make it to the summit.
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Summit of Iroquois is right there, so close yet so far away.
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Finally made it to the summit.
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Views of Colden from the summit of Iroquois.
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Kim leaving the summit of Iroquois, it was very windy and we're running low on daylight, we didn't linger long at all, just a couple of quick shots and left. The climb back to Algonquin was tiring. We made it out before 6 PM.
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