I left the summit of Nippletop and hiked northeast down the ridge past Dial Mountain (4020') and Bear Den Mountain (3399') as well as the shoulder of Noonmark Mountain before descending back to the Lake Road. Was a long and consistent, steep hike for majority of the hike in to those first two peaks. Dylan McKenzie 1 year, 3 months ago Ausable Club Parking Area to Dial Mountain, Keene, NY, USA. I didn’t stay long and made my way to Dial Mountain. At 1:08 p.m. the arrival of Dial Mountain happened! We collected water for him; he'd already finished 1L. amazon_ad_tag = "cnhi-20"; amazon_ad_width = "728"; amazon_ad_height = "90";//-->. The journey to Dial and Nippletop began with a 5:30 am drive through a snowy and blustery Cascade Pass, descending down towards Keene and Keene Valley. Started the Hike to Colvin at 6:30am from St Hubert’s lot. Dial Mountain at 4020 feet is the The things we will do for our fur baby! Nippletop is flanked to the northeast by Dial Mountain. is a rather high ascent of well over 3000 feet plus it can be steep in places sites. What I Wore Ice breaker merino wool baselayers (top and bottom), socks EMS zip off hiking pants Long sleeve tech top Columbia Snow-pocalypse Omni-heat jacket Vasque Snowblime boots longer uphill slog. Dial Mountain is a mountain located in Essex County, New York. easier than giant and rpr. 7 hours about round trip from car. I was back at the car at 2:30. You'll pass a sign on the summit of Bear Den Mountain, which was We met a hiker who had also just hit his 40th summit and he snapped our picture on Colvin at 12:30. During the traverse you will really get a lot of time in the high elevation forest; that by itself was such an amazing experience. aax_getad_mpb({ months[7]="July"; Nippletop is known to be one of the wetter 46s, the Elk Pass Trail being Nippletop Mountain (ADK 24/46) and Dial Mountain (ADK 25/46) 5/22/20, 6:52:04AM) chajec2 1 year, 1 month ago Dial an Nippletop . It The final section of the trail is just as steep The mountain is part of the Colvin Range. enforced for over 100 years. Steep rocky descent and ascent from Colvin to Blake, with no view at Blake. Started at 4:50 AM and finished at 2:30 PM. The trail offers a number of activity options and is best used from March until October. Aug 1. One of the nice points of this peak is the number of other peaks one can get Tough, but fun. From here it is about 0.5 of a mile hike west along the gravel road and // End -->, // the fire on Noonmark in 1999 from... 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