For this climb of Phelps, we decided to hike in using the South Meadows Trail. The prices for the ADK Loj parking area was steadily rising, and was now a fairly expensive $9 per vehicle! The South Meadows parking area is free, and trail, although a little bit longer, is a fairly straightforward fire road. Plus we'd all been on the ADK Loj-Marcy Dam trail so many times it was nice to have a chance to hike in a different way.
Start of south meadows trail
courtesy peter
courtesy markus
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Marcy Dam from a different angle
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Peter trying out new S400
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Steep part of trail up Phelps