Blue Mountain Adirondacks

The sturdy tower on Blue Mt

And it most certainly is a great trail

Changing colors already

The trail up

Slickrock!

Somebody had the right idea, just pack it out next time!

More slickrock

The 1st view I had of the tower

Only three more fire towers to go!

Blue Mountain Lake

The High Peaks in the distance

Tirrell Pond and Tirrell Mt

Lake Durant

Haha!  I loved it too, not sure if I'd call it a bitch, though.

From the summit

The light from the setting sun really lights up these rocks nicely

Some more light from the setting sun

I spotted quite a few of these guys today

Sunset on Blue Mountain Lake

Located near the Adirondack Museum, Blue Mountain is one of the most popular trails in all the Adirondacks.  It also happens to be a great walk with tremendous views.

The 2 mile walk with about 1,800 feet elevation gain is short and steep.  I started this hike at about 5pm.  Unfortunately I would forget my headlamp, so I did not get to enjoy the sunset on the summit.  The trail was fairly steep from the start.  The last half would be almost exclusively walked on "slickrock".  I most certainly appreciated the fact it was not raining.

Once on the summit, the fire tower was also accompanied with a radio tower.  It reminds me a bit of Overlook without the hotel ruins.  Although there did appear to be some sort of possible ruins at the top in the form of concrete floors.  After climbing one of the sturdiest fire towers I've been on, the views were absolutely fantastic.  The views west of Blue Mountain Lake were somewhat obstructed with the low, bright sun.  But this made the views east ideal.  The magical light from the sun lit up the mountains to the east.