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Day 2 on the Northville-Placid Trail will have Josh and I planning to hike from Kelly Point to Duck Hole, but due to a waking up covered in two inches of snow and a winter wonderland at the Kelly Point Lean-To's, along with a slight mileage miscalculation along with slower winter conditions we called an audible and hiked to Cold River Lean-To #2 here on day 2 of our first section of the NPT.The 46 of 46 Podcast: The Northville-Placid Trail Edition is sponsored by Crua Outdoors. Crua Outdoors makes the world's best insulated tents and outdoors gear. Check out their website for tents, sleeping bags, pads, and more. www.cruaoutdoors.comSpecial thanks to Pure Adirondacks for their constant support of The 46 of 46 Podcastwww.pureadirondacks.com

The Northville-Placid Trail is a 138-mile backpacking trail through the Adirondack Park and this season of The 46 of 46 Podcast is going to take you on the journey with me all 138 miles. I sectioned the trail and each episode will take the listener through every day on the trail with eight episodes chronicling all eight days. In this first episode I'll begin my journey hiking northbound for a few days beginning at the Lake Durrant Campground to Kelly Point on Long Lake.The 46 of 46 Podcast: The Northville-Placid Trail Edition is sponsored by Crua Outdoors. Crua Outdoors makes the world's best insulated tents and outdoors gear. Check out their website for tents, sleeping bags, pads, and more. www.cruaoutdoors.comPick up my new 140+ page High Peaks eBook, "From 1-to-46: A Complete Guide to Climbing the 46 High Peaks". Available now at www.46of46.com. Click on the eBook tab and download to your phone or tablet. Kindle users can download via the Kindle App Store.If you want to support the show and you enjoy what I do with this podcast head over to www.46of46.com or visit www.46of46store.com to pick up a t-shirt, hoodie, hat, sticker, and more. I appreciate all the support.Want to book a time with me to help you plan out your next hike or your entire 46'er journey? Maybe your entire Northville-Placid Trail thruhike? I can help you plan it out start to finish and give you all the tips and tricks you'll want to know to have a successful day in the woods. Check out 46of46.com to find out more information.As always use the promo code "46podcast" to save 15% off your order at www.PureAdirondacks.comPick up some Campfire Blend steeped coffee packs for your next camping trip at www.RecessCoffee.com and save 10% with the promo code "recess46"

Created in 2013 the Trans Adirondack Route traverses from the top of the 6-million acre Adirondack Park to the bottom over the course of 235 miles through the most remote backcountry in the Park. On this Summit Session I speak with the Fastest Known Time holder Marilyne Marchand about her experience hiking the TransADK Route and we will break it down day by day from start to finish. Grab your map and guide book and follow along as we go northbound along this rugged route known to some as the "Triple Crown Killer". www.marilynemarchand.comwww.transadk.com

In this special Northville-Placid Trail edition of the Summit Sessions I'll bring back fan-favorite Kenny Kendall to talk all things Backpacking gear. We will go through a complete gear rundown of everything I took on my 138-mile Northville-Placid Trail hike. Everything from my backpack, to my sleeping setup, tents, clothes, food, cookware, shoes, and more. If you're planning to do some backpacking this episode is for you.

In this Summit Session I'll speak in depth with John LaFarnara, a Buffalo, NY native, about his entire journey becoming an Adirondack 46'er in a single year while living 350 miles away from the Adirondack High Peaks. John's 46'er journey dealt him punch after punch but he persevered and kept moving forward despite many set backs, moving both literally and figuratively one step at a time to accomplish his goal. An awesome story of what a person can do when they set a goal, create a plan with a deadline, and won't quit until they succeed.

Pitchoff Mountain is a part of the Adirondack 100 Highest List and is a mountain I've hiked numerous times. This day however in an attempt to see this peak from a new perspective I climbed up via a trail I've never explored and it turned out to be better than I could have ever expected. Sometimes taking the trails-less-traveled will reward you in a big way.

When hiking in the backcountry there's always the very real possibility of a day hike turning into an unplanned overnight. After getting lost on the trail after hour 15 Jay and his crew found themselves in a tough situation deep in the remote Santanoni range. Find out what Jay did right and wrong in this fascinating story of a day hike not going to plan.

In this edition of the Summit Sessions we talk all about the high peaks, all 552 of them. While there's only 46 high peaks in the Adirondack Park, one challenge of sorts, known as "The Grid" involves hiking all 46 of them in every month of the year totaling 552 total high peaks. An unbelievable task and my guest tonight is over 400 peaks in as she works towards her goal of Gridding the high peaks.

The Adirondack Park is a remote and a desolate wilderness. The home of unexplainable things happening deep in the forest. Things that conventional thinking can't explain. What happens late at night down at the Couchsacraga Bog will leave Andy and Sara running for their lives in the latest edition of The 46 of 46 Podcast ADK Campfire Stories series.

Scarface Mountain is a lone peak towering above the towns of Ray Brook and Saranac Lake that often gets flack as "not having any views". This however is not true and the actual hike and woods the trail runs through make for a terrific hike and therefore I'm declaring this mountain the most underrated hike in the Adirondack Park.

A Northville-Placid Trail thru-hike story from start to finish. In this episode Danielle Rootes takes us day-by-day through her entire thru-hike of the 138 mile Northville-Placid Trail, a single trail stretching across the heart of the Adirondack Park in upstate New York. Grab your NPT map and follow along as Danielle breaks down all 8 days on the trail in what is undoubtedly the most NPT information you'll find in any podcast.

On this edition of the Summit Sessions I'll speak with two hikers who spend next to all of their time in the woods off trail, bushwhacking their way around the Adirondack park and seeing places most hikers never will.

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In this Summit Session I had the opportunity to speak with Adirondack legend, Erik Schlimmer, author and founder of the TransADK route. Erik's outdoors resume is extraordinary as he's hiked over 15,000 miles, spent over 1,000 nights in the woods, an avid bushwhacker, and explored more of the Adirondack park and the northeast than anyone I've ever met. Pick up Erik's books here:www.transadk.comwww.beechwoodbks.com

Today I enjoyed a spontaneous afternoon hiking the Tupper Lake Triad as the winter season starts coming to an end. Coney Mountain, Goodman Mountain, and Mt Arab make up this terrific little ADK Hiking challenge and is a perfect choice for the whole family or someone who wants a lot of bang for very little buck on the summit. Is it Spring yet?