Snowy Mt Rock Climbing

Follow the DEC trail (online reports suggest the "blue blazed herd path approach" mentioned in Adirondack Rock is no longer adequately marked). You might have trouble finding the climbers' path cutting off the hiking trail; it's not as close to the summit as the book suggests. Best bet - when you get to the obvious, large clearing just off the right of the trail - the site of the observer's cabin, if I'm not mistaken - you have passed the climbers' trail by 3-5ish minutes. It is really quite prominent, and leads through a small camping spot, with a large cairn (someone mentioned a wood bench/table before, but I think they were making a funny). Follow the increasingly faint path as it trends right (toward the face) AND GOES DOWNHILL for 100' or so - and then mostly right. I didn't see any cairns along the way, and there are several ways to navigate popping out onto the grassy ledge. It took us 2 hr to reach the face from the trailhead.  Depending on how much weight you are packing (esp if camping), it could take 3-4hr.