Ringin' In the New Year on Eleventh Mountain

A little Alberta clipper whizzed through the Adirondack Mountains yesterday, and since I've been on a roll with bushwhacking, I decided to climb Eleventh Mountain. Sophie insisted she wanted to come along, so the two of us headed out to enjoy a mountain bushwhack in the snow.

Eleventh Mountain is enchanting because it is so wild. There are no public trails to the upper elevations, and the chances of finding anyone else climbing Eleventh are next to nil. That's what makes this trip, and others to trailless Siamese Ponds Wilderness peaks, so special. All you need to safely enjoy deep wilderness is a guide to show you the way.

Speaking of which, there are some places available in my mid-week January Snowshoe Safaris. And what do we do if there's little or no snow? We'll just slip the Yaktrax on our boots and hike the wilderness trails.