The Topo Map Browser combines maps from Google and property line information to produce a perfectly good map of the entire adirondack park that illustrates private, public and state owned lands...
I have selected several spots to explore using these tools, and today, we visited two of them.
The first was a mountain along Beaver Pond Road by Brant Lake. We hiked in a little, but were discouraged by the increasingly marshy and thick woods, we'll have to save it for another day when we can figure a different approach.
The second area is along Padanarum Road... an old, remote, unmarked dirt road that spurs off of Rt. 9. The road is incredible, and weaves through old, tall woods and over old one lane bridges with weight limits... ah, good times.
We parked at the intersection of Wardsboro Road and Padanarum Road... also unmarked besides an old wooden sign, felled right in the middle of the intersection.
After hiking along Northwest Bay Brook and up along the hill, we were beginning to lose hope, there was a rock, but very scarce and not too promising... and then we saw it, down the hill was the the huge grey silhouette of what could only be a boulder, a HUGE boulder.
The Dihedral Cave on the First Big Boulder. Much more impressive in person.The first feature we noticed was an incredible dihedral cave on the front of the boulder with an obvious hard line on it, and a beautiful 10 degree wall full of crimps and edges.
10 degree Crimp Wall on the First Big BoulderWhat followed were what always follows upon finding new boulders, fondling of holds, screaming "CHECK THIS OUT" to eachother, and exploring more and more...
We found 10-15 boulders, all with 2+ problems on them. The first boulder alone probably has 20-30.
This area is very promising, as there are a good deal of holds, on very angular, overhung rock with little choss and an easy hike in.
More on this area as we clean this week.
-WB
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