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I had first heard of this hike while looking through a friend's Facebook photos when I came across a post of this same hike (Surprise!). I did a bit more digging and found another post on my favorite hiking forum, it's an older post, but it had a bit more information. I was surprised at how long it has been available to the public.

I knew it was a short hike based on what I had read. The sign at the trailhead said it was 1.5 miles to Clements Pond; however, I assume that is to the pond's edge.…

I had started this hike a bit late, about 10 AM. I initially was going to do an out-and-back from the parking lot area in St. Huberts. This would eventually change, and I decided to hike it clockwise. Shortly after signing in, the trail immediately starts the climb up, eventually easing to a gradual climb through a mix of hard and softwoods. I kept seeing fresh deer tracks along the way, obviously pushing the deer as I gradually made my way up to a point around 2600 feet where she finally…

This is a nice little hike at .9 miles to the summit. Deciding later in the day to hike this mountain was a good option. The trail, surprisingly, was well drained and somewhat dry, given the recent rains we have had. It seems like there has been some trail work done; at least, it seemed that way compared to my last visit several years ago to this mountain.

The trailhead is on the left, about a half mile south of the Douglas Campground on Silver Lake road. It is a small trailhead and does not…

Dingo and I took a walk on the Deer Pond Loop Trail located outside Tupper Lake, NY. There are three points to access the trail (off route 3, route 30, and the old Wawbeek road). We (Dingo and I) started from the route 30 entrance around 8:30.

We did the hike in a clockwise direction for no particular reason. Knowing what I know now, I would do it the same way next time. It was relatively flat and easy-going for the first 3 to 4 miles, or until we turned off of the old Wawbeek road onto a…

While camping at Meacham Lake State campground, my pup Dingo and I hiked Debar Mountain. We had started from the trailhead at 9:30 AM. Soon after signing in, we were off. The trail starts very easily walking, following along what must have been a jeep trail at one time and now appears to be a snowmobile trail in the winter. It is very easy walking well past the junction to go left to Debar mountain or go right towards Debar Meadows and onto County Route 26. From here, there is not much climbing…

A great little hike for a beginner, a young family, or for me, that hasn't been out hiking since December. The hike is only about 1.1 miles to the summit. It took me longer to drive to the trailhead than it did to hike the round trip of 2.2 miles.

I arrived at the trailhead around 8:30 am. I would have the trail to myself for the hike. One of the benefits of hiking in the middle of the week is that there usually isn't anyone else on the trails. There wasn't anyone at Blue Mountain trailhead…