Hiking stats at a glance: ~14 miles ~4,000 ft elevation gain 2 High Peaks – Nippletop 4,620 ft and Dial 4,020 ft 9 hrs (Parking lot to Parking lot) Now that the holidays are officially over my weekends are free once again, and what better way to ring in the new year than with… I did this in the order Colvin - Blake - Nippletop - Dial. Don’t do Blake unless you’re going for your 46. Hi Paul, I found that hiking Dial, Nippletop, Colvin, and Blake in a day harder for two reasons. The trails on this ridge were very dry the day we hiked. Peaks: Dial Mountain (4020') (#41), Nippletop (4620') (#13) Trailhead: St. Huberts Parking Lot, Ausable Club Trailhead. The trail offers a number of activity options and is best used from March until October. Dial Mountain is a pretty quick hike when starting from the Ausable Club’s Lake Road. The walk from Dial to Nippletop is about 1.8 miles; you will first drop 100′ of elevation and then gain about 720′. From Bear Den, I hiked over to the Noonmark Shoulder. Our first vista of the day, and it reveals that there’s a cloud ceiling hovering around 4000 feet, which means we will not have a view from the top today, bummer! Completed Oct 11th. You'll come out of the woods somewhere between Bear Den and Dial. Hi Paul, I found that hiking Dial, Nippletop, Colvin, and Blake in a day harder for two reasons. The summit of Dial is pretty heavily wooded except for a boulder, which provides more westward views of the places to be conquered in the next few days. Rock scrambles were strenuous. Mileage: 21. The Lake Road in the Adirondack Mountain Reserve has reopened to the public to give hikers access to trails to the summits of Nippletop and Dial Mountain, two of the High Peaks, in the Dix Mountain Wilderness. The designated hikers� parking lot is just off NY to while still keeping it a day hike. Total elevation gain: 6,000’ Time: 13 hours Nippletop at 4620 feet is lucky 13 in height and this peak offers perhaps one of the best views of any of the high peaks. months[2]="February"; The normal route is to head in from the Ausable Club and either climb the Going from Blake to Colvin and then back down Colvin was the worst part of the day. The views of the Great Range were beautiful! What I Wore Ice breaker merino wool baselayers (top and bottom), socks EMS zip off hiking pants Long sleeve tech top Columbia Snow-pocalypse Omni-heat jacket Vasque Snowblime boots It took us under 5 hours to summit Dial, then 1.5 hours over to Nippletop. There is room for about 30 cars and on busy weekends it does fill early and Our thought was to get the steep incline over first and have a easier end to the day. Andy stands proudly in … the fire on Noonmark in 1999. Recorded closer to 20 miles, over 6000 ft elevation. People often make a loop by going over Bear De... Allen Mountain - Adirondack High Peaks - … Dial Mountain (4,020 feet), which lies northeast of Nippletop, was also named by Old Mountain Phelps, who had a reputation for calling peaks something obvious. During the traverse you will really get a lot of time in the high elevation forest; that by itself was such an amazing experience. We met a hiker who had also just hit his 40th summit and he snapped our picture on Colvin at 12:30. We did the loop backward, starting out with Bear Den and ending with Colvin and Blake to save our knees from the hard descent from Dial. Unfortunately Mt. Weather conditions were great, trails were dry, air was cool in the morning, and even later in the day, you aren't that exposed to the sun for long. Hiked 11/6/20. Nippletop is well know to be one of the wetter 46s, The Elk Pass trail being basically a tramp though a vertical swamp and the Gill Brook trail is normally quite muddy as well the final section of the trail is just as steep as any good alpine climb gaining 500hm in less than 1km where it meets the trail from Dial but from here it is another 20m climb up and over the false summit into the saddle and then up again for … Nippletop is a mountain located in Essex County, New York. This being said it is a long day hike and it aax_getad_mpb({ They helped us on the descent when we weren’t working as hard. We reached the Lake road and we were so happy to be on flat ground again. "slot_uuid":"5c20e1dd-bd22-4b98-b9c7-9479f1bc1499" 7 hours about round trip from car. then head down by way of Dial that way your descending home all the way. //]]>. south of the High Peaks sign in Keen or 5.9 mi north of the junction of US 9 and NY Overall though it was rewarding. Overall this took us about 11.5 active hours hiking, dragging our feet towards the end. If you take a short walk (30 feet) past the summit The temp was a crisp 34° at the base and was really frigid and windy on top. Pretty great views on Dial, Nippletop, and Colvin. Quick trek to colvin, blake was very muddy. Exhaustion kicked in around here because the trail ascends AGAIN and not just a little bit, close to 1000 feet. Tough tough day.... be prepared!!! Nippletop Mountain (ADK 24/46) and Dial Mountain (ADK 25/46) 5/22/20, 6:52:04AM) chajec2 1 year, 1 month ago Dial an Nippletop . So, Dial and Nippletop are located in Keene, NY. Mount Colvin, Nippletop, and Dial Mountain Loop is a 18.3 mile moderately trafficked loop trail located near Keene, New York that features a waterfall and is rated as difficult. The things we will do for our fur baby! Steep rocky descent and ascent from Colvin to Blake, with no view at Blake. months[6]="June"; Power banks might be ideal if you plan on using your tech frequently. We have also been asked to mention that dogs are absolutely There are large boulders to the right and a small staircase straight ahead if you're unsure you've reached it. The mountain is part of the Colvin Range. Lot was full, but I was fortunately able to get one of the last spots across the street. Dial has amazing views! document.write(date + ", " + year); Pass below one gets the feeling that is it is much more than a few feet We rinsed off, cooled down, and collected 4L of water here. Was a long and consistent, steep hike for majority of the hike in to those first two peaks. we started at 6.30am and completed the hike at 8.30pm. We were running low on water but got some from the stream on the way out. 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