Comments on: Buck Mountain at Pilot Knob, Adirondacks http://newyorktraveler.net/buck-mountain-at-pilot-knob-adirondacks/ Just another WordPress site Mon, 14 May 2012 00:13:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Ross http://newyorktraveler.net/buck-mountain-at-pilot-knob-adirondacks/#comment-150 Ross Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:44:39 +0000 http://newyorktraveler.net/buck-mountain-at-pilot-knob-adirondacks/#comment-150 Glad you enjoyed your partial trek up Buck Mt. trail. We live 1/2 mile north of the trail head and know the area pretty well. Had you taken a right turn approx 1/4 mile up the main Buck Mt. trail it would have taken you to Stewarts Ledges as known by the locals in 1/2 hr. and the views of the Lake are great for a short walk. Not as nice as the top of Buck but great for a short hike. Glad you enjoyed your partial trek up Buck Mt. trail. We live 1/2 mile north of the trail head and know the area pretty well. Had you taken a right turn approx 1/4 mile up the main Buck Mt. trail it would have taken you to Stewarts Ledges as known by the locals in 1/2 hr. and the views of the Lake are great for a short walk. Not as nice as the top of Buck but great for a short hike.

]]> By: Mrs. Mecomber http://newyorktraveler.net/buck-mountain-at-pilot-knob-adirondacks/#comment-149 Mrs. Mecomber Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:14:01 +0000 http://newyorktraveler.net/buck-mountain-at-pilot-knob-adirondacks/#comment-149 Hello, Ed! What a story! We did try to make it to the summit, but as i explained, it got too dark. We are seriously hoping to see the area later this autumn, despite gasoline prices doubling since then. :( It's a shame that New York's business policy is driving so many people from our state. God help us, this has got to stop sometime. Hello, Ed! What a story! We did try to make it to the summit, but as i explained, it got too dark. We are seriously hoping to see the area later this autumn, despite gasoline prices doubling since then. :(

It’s a shame that New York’s business policy is driving so many people from our state. God help us, this has got to stop sometime.

]]> By: ed bruce http://newyorktraveler.net/buck-mountain-at-pilot-knob-adirondacks/#comment-148 ed bruce Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:35:12 +0000 http://newyorktraveler.net/buck-mountain-at-pilot-knob-adirondacks/#comment-148 it was a pleasure to read about others enjoying my old neighborhood. i made a trek over buck mtn one time looking for a plane that had crashed nearby the night before. my cousin and i came up from the other side of the mountain. we were about 17-18 years old at the time. when we started up from shelving rock area, there was only a dusting of snow. as we neared the top the snow had deepened to our waists. looking back, it was really a miserable trek. trodding through such deep snow took all the fortitude we could muster. reaching the summit, we could see helicopters circling the next mountain to the south. we were so tired that we didn't think we could make the trip back down to shelving rock, so we took a quite fast trip (sliding much of the way in the snow). we then had to hitchhike the many miles back to shelving rock to get our car. the summit is worth the trek. you can see nearly all of lake george and surrounding areas in a nearly 300 degree view. on a clear day you can see many, many miles to the south and southwest. it is my favorite place, and i have returned many times. it was while sitting in the clearing at the summit,(maybe a 10 acre area at the time) that i made my final decision to move to florida. it was required only due to the lack of employment there. i will always miss this very special area. between the land, the history, and the people, i doubt there is a more wonderful place to live. i hope you return. it was a pleasure to read about others enjoying my old neighborhood.
i made a trek over buck mtn one time looking for a plane that had crashed nearby the night before. my cousin and i came up from the other side of the mountain. we were about 17-18 years old at the time. when we started up from shelving rock area, there was only a dusting of snow. as we neared the top the snow had deepened to our waists. looking back, it was really a miserable trek. trodding through such deep snow took all the fortitude we could muster. reaching the summit, we could see helicopters circling the next mountain to the south. we were so tired that we didn’t think we could make the trip back down to shelving rock, so we took a quite fast trip (sliding much of the way in the snow). we then had to hitchhike the many miles back to shelving rock to get our car.
the summit is worth the trek. you can see nearly all of lake george and surrounding areas in a nearly 300 degree view. on a clear day you can see many, many miles to the south and southwest. it is my favorite place, and i have returned many times. it was while sitting in the clearing at the summit,(maybe a 10 acre area at the time) that i made my final decision to move to florida. it was required only due to the lack of employment there. i will always miss this very special area. between the land, the history, and the people, i doubt there is a more wonderful place to live.
i hope you return.

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