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Dec. 31, 2006 (Sun.)

Sawteeth

Elevation: 4100 feet; Order of Height: 35

Participants: Andrew Lavigne, Jennifer Innes

What peak was an unclimbed winter 46er for me, not too long so that we could return for New Year's Eve celebrations, and something I'd not often done? Only one peak satisfied these criteria: Sawteeth.

Wanting to take advantage of another rare and fine winter day in the Adirondacks, we decided to tackle Sawteeth on New Year's Eve. We left the skiis at home, thinking the Lake Road would not be covered with enough snow (it wasn't down low but was up high). After a long and boring trudge, we reached the trails at Lower Ausable Lake.

We chose the rugged 'scenic' route on the way up, and it is indeed rugged and scenic - perhaps even more rugged than I remembered. The trail winds very steeply back and forth up the very steep terrain on the Ausable Lake side of Sawteeth. The trail does a lot of steep climbing interspersed with short horizontal bits where it traverses under cliffs.

After a long and challenging hike up, past many excellent viewpoints, we reach the summit altitude and quickly traverse over to the real summit, where there are superb views of the central high peaks. Wanting to get back relatively early, we take only a short break and then very rapidly make our way down the other side of Sawteeth (which is much easier and more direct), and make our way down to the lake. Another long boring trudge down the road and we are back at the car by 4pm.

See the image gallery link below for a more detailed writeup and the set of pictures.

Trip Reports, Image Galleries or Other References:
Image Gallery: December 2006 Sawteeth Mountain Hike

Oct. 5, 1996 (Sat.)

Sawteeth

Elevation: 4100 feet; Order of Height: 35

Participants: Andrew Lavigne, Markus Wandel, Andree Plouffe, Gilles Plouffe, Brian Connell, Gilbert Benoit

This hike was another in the series of 'learning experiences'. The plan on this one was to do Gothics, but I was feeling ambitious and so planned an elaborate route: From the AMR club, we took not the road but the trail that follows the ausable river, up and over Lost Lookout, then down to lower ausable lake, up over Sawteeth, and then to Gothics. Firstly, it was a lot of extra up and down; and secondly, I was managing my food very badly: I hadn't eaten anything for breakfast and neglected to eat much along the way. Things were actually going very well and we motored along at a good pace, but on the ascent of Sawteeth I simply bonked completely (and Brian did the same thing I did and he bonked at nearly the same place). I was unable to keep up and fell to the back of the pack, feeling miserable. Slowly I managed to regain some energy and semi-enjoyed the climb up Sawteeth, although to tell you the truth I can't remember too much about whether there were good views or not (the weather was very nice, though).

Even at the summit of Sawteeth I still hoped to summit Gothics... but our winding route so far and my and Brian's slowdowns soon made it clear that it wouldn't be prudent (timewise) to try for Gothics. Instead we turned and went down via the trail alongside Cascade Brook and returned to the cars via the Lake Road.

I did not neglect the importance of fuel for the body after this hike!

Trip Reports, Image Galleries or Other References:
Image Gallery: Oct 5, 1996 hike (Sawteeth)

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