fun times in new york state

• told you this picture came out blurry, yet pleasant. :D
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• my parents at connery pond
• connery pond...
• leanto. now you see me..
• now you don't
• more self-timed fooling around
• cute lanterns in the corner
• self-timed artsy photo
• first substantial snow on the trail. little did i know i'd be crawling around in lots more of it later
• ice, ice baby!
• you could see moss through the ice. pretty.
• finally getting views, with about 1/2 a mile left
• great trail
• my shadow's having a good time, too
• lunch with a view
• connery pond in the distance.
• lake placid in all its glory (right side: west side of lake)
• shadow's raising the roof
• shoe's pointing south
• it's a bird..it's a plane...wait, it really is a plane!
• the lame way to get up the mountain (or at least, up to whiteface's nublet peak)
• sign near the summit that convinced me to take a bc ski trail down. thanks, sign.
• getting above treeline..
• i took ~5 pictures of this ski lift
• still going..
• ski trails down below, soon (..1.5 hrs later) to be my way down
• up until this point in the hike, i thought these rocks were the summit.
• and then i took a few more steps. wait...who put this tower here?
• oh, apparently the state of new york did.
• whiteface, mountain of many ways really, there are 5 ways to get down: 2 hikers' trails, ski trails, ski lifts, AND an auto road
• vieu
• requisite triumphant summit photo. my hair doesnt look too triumphant at this point, but whatever.
• observatory? or medieval tower?
• beautiful weather, blue skies, barely any wind, warm temps, do a little dance
• summit visitor center? or medieval playhouse?
• 3:30 pm.
• 4:30 pm
• snow!
• and more snow! and then none.
• ominous warning sign. says that uphill traffic is not allowed after this point. was downhill traffic ok?
• what a view. the operator of this lift has all the luck. and is clearly off from work today.
• ski patrol lodge.
• to the left: ski lift
• to the right: gorgeous views
• ski trail map on the lodge. my path down is drawn (orange down to first lift, black for the rest)
• you are here.
• i felt like i was skiing..except i didn't have skis..and there was no snow
• it is your responsibility. IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY!
• still quite a bit above nublet
• and the sun's setting...
• vieu
• the terrain. mostly grass. :D
• getting closer to nublet...
• high-tech snow maker
• and finally happy to have descended to nublet's height
• another high-tech snowmaker, minified
• hittin' the slopes
• ghost lodge getting struck by lightning
• ...or maybe just the lodge that's halfway down the mountain. closed and deserted.
• the end.