Ascent of Baker Mountain on 2016-06-18| Date: | Saturday, June 18, 2016 | | Ascent Type: | Successful Summit Attained | | Peak: | Baker Mountain | | Location: | USA-New York | | Elevation: | 2457 ft / 748 m |
Ascent Trip ReportUltra 6er challenge - We met at the Green just after 4 am, signed in and we were on our way at 4:17 am. Started with McKenzie at the Jackrabbit Trail at 4:37 am and after ~3.8 miles and ~1900' of gain we reach the summit at 6:56 am. We stay for ~15 minutes and then make our way down for the trek to Haystack. We reach the junction after the 1.7 mile descent and hook the right (west) towards Haystack until we reach the cairn ~0.3 miles further. From there it is a quick shot to the summit for a beautiful view. Summit after 0.8 miles, 500' of gain at 8:29 am. From here it is ~2.7 miles back to the car to head towards Scarface. We are on trail at Scarface at 10:10 and after 3.4 miles of hot climbing we reach the summit at 12:22 pm. From here we descend and reach the car at 2:10 pm and head to Ampersand. We are on trail at Ampersand at 3:05 and gain 1800' over the next 2.7 miles (steep) to reach the summit at 5:10 pm. Stayed on summit 20 minutes and arrived back at car at 6:35 to head to St. Regis. When we arrived at St. Regis at 7:25 pm we knew we could make the sunset if we pushed it, so we pushed it and reached the summit after 3.5 miles and 1300' of gain we reach the summit at 8.30 and we are rewarded with a beautiful sunset. We stay on the summit until 9:20 and then start our way down, reach parking at 10:20 Pm and head to Baker - our final summit. We reach Baker at 11:14 - its only 0.9 miles and 900' of gain but after 5 mountain it felt a bit like Everest to us :) - we reach the summit at 11:45 and celebrate with the gang until 12:10. And then its down (car at 12:35) and ringing the bell at 12:45! For those attempting - we spent time at each trailhead cooling down, changing shirts, socks, etc. We also took our time on some of the steep areas due to the heat affecting some of our group. We were right around 20 hours all in.- |
| Summary Total Data | | Total Elevation Gain: | 981 ft / 298 m | | Extra Gain: | 33 ft / 10 m | | Round-Trip Distance: | 1.8 mi / 2.9 km | | Route: | trail | | Trailhead: | Baker TH 1542 ft / 470 m | | Route Conditions: | Maintained Trail | | Ascent Statistics | | Time: | 30 Minutes | | Descent Statistics | | Time: | 25 Minutes | Ascent Part of Trip: Ultra 6er Summer
Complete Trip Sequence:
Total Trip Gain: 7514 ft / 2290 m Total Trip Loss: 8860 ft / 2700 m |
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