LONG-RANGE VIEWS
Placid, on our first trip to the Adirondacks. Starting with that visit, which included a hike around Avalanche Lake and up the Colden Trap Dike, the Adirondacks became our favorite place for hiking and camping. That autumn, we returned and climbed Giant Mountain’s Ridge trail, starting from Chapel Pond. From the summit we continued to Rocky Peak Ridge, spent the night at Mary Louise Pond, and descended to the trailhead on Route 9, in
