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Jul 11, 2024 — Pitchoff Mountain is a minor summit in the Adirondacks, but served well as a shorter outing to kill some daylight amidst a storm. The summit can be reached from either the eastern Pitchoff Mountain Trail or the shorter western side, which is the one that I took. The more popular destination leads to a feature called Balanced Boulders, and apparently there are some nice views from this spot. Since I was socked in anyway I didn't make the effort to visit the feature and just made it the goal to reach the summit.
The Pitchoff Mountain Trailhead is shared with hikers heading to Cascade Mountain, a more popular and pretty hike, so there is a lot less visitation on this hike than the parking lot may suggest. I started by crossing the busy State Route 73 and took the stairs next to an old trailhead sign. Once in the forest the hike began pretty tamely as it traversed the mostly flat southwestern ridge of Pitchoff Mountain. If I had just a little bit more visibility I would have at least seen Upper Cascade Lake along the way, but instead the result of this trip report is mostly just forested photos. I encountered some Class 2 scrambles along the way, lots of pretty mosses strewn across slabs, and eventually made it to the forested high point.
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