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Old 08-18-2008, 08:16 AM
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West Canada Lakes - Adirondacks

The trail system for this hike is about 8 Miles NW of Speclautor NY.

The hike is about 25 miles. We did some backtracking so ended up at about 30 miles. Using the West Canada Lakes-New York- Hamelton County USGS map we hiked the trails from GPS coordinates North 43 35.226 W 074 29.122. The access road is just past Mead Lake. This is the Jessup River Trail System. We hiked into Pilsbury lake which has a nice lean-to. The camp site was about 4 miles from the trail head. Next night w NOTE: The remainder of this post can be read by PBF members. For FREE membership click here
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Old 08-20-2008, 11:21 PM
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Old 08-21-2008, 06:15 AM
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Since I was hiking with the ADK club the dog was not allowed (the trip leader’s NOTE: The remainder of this post can be read by PBF members. For FREE membership click here
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Old 08-23-2008, 08:29 PM
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That is a nice area and relatively underused compared to the high peaks region. NOTE: The remainder of this post can be read by PBF members. For FREE membership click here
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Old 08-25-2008, 06:16 PM
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