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Elevation: 2,712 ft
GPS: 44.55725, -74.14214
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Shared By: Gunkiemike on Aug 31, 2016
Admins: Morgan Patterson, Kevin MudRat MacKenzie, Jim Lawyer
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Scenic, backcountry (2 hr approach) climbing on the smaller peak just east of the recently opened, 3350' elevation fire tower peak. The view from the fire tower is spectacular, and some of the rock (West Crag and the Slab) can be seen from there. The approaches, however, leave the hiking trail about a mile before the summit. Rock is clean and grippy and generally offers solid gear. In addition to the large expanse of the slab, there are numerous small crags scattered around the peak. The best are described here; see Adirondack Rock's new routes page for more:

http://www.adirondackrock.com/newroutes.htm

There is also a small amount of climbable rock on the smaller peak Northwest of the fire tower peak, but I'll leave that area as an exercise for those who wish to do their own exploring.

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From Saranac Lake, take Rt 3 north approx 15 miles to a left on County Rt 26. The trailhead lot (DEC sign to Loon Lake Mt) is on the left at 7.8 miles. See each route for more specifics on the approach to the rock. A GPS unit is almost essential to locating each bit of rock.

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Skip doesn't know it, but he just passed within 100 feet of the West Crag and didn't see it. Bring your GPS. Loon (or maybe Kushaqua) Lake in the distance.
Skip doesn't know it, but he just passed within…
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Looking at just the "east peak" now. The arrow is the Easter Island Face, or something very close to it - there are a lot of cool ledges in that area. If this peak were above Keene Valley we'd all know about it!
Looking at just the "east peak" now. The arrow…
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Loon Lake mountains from the Southwest. You can just make out the fire tower on the left summit, and see some of the rock faces on the east peak.
Loon Lake mountains from the Southwest. You can…
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This was our first look at this face, and we were both struck by the resemblance to the stone heads on Easter Island, hence the name. The route Easter Island climbs directly above the ferns.
This was our first look at this face, and we we…
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On the approach... dense woods up high made for slow going at times. On our first visit it took 6 hours to find the rock we were after.
On the approach... dense woods up high made for…
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Looking East from the fire tower. The close, larger piece of rock is The Slab. Higher up are West Crag and South Crag. This shot shows the sharp delineation between the hardwood forest of the lower slopes (good 'whacking) and the upper conifers (ugh.)
Looking East from the fire tower. The close, l…
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