{"id":8486,"date":"2011-07-13T12:23:56","date_gmt":"2011-07-13T16:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adirondack.net\/dacks\/2011\/07\/trip-report-1.html"},"modified":"2017-12-02T10:51:13","modified_gmt":"2017-12-02T15:51:13","slug":"trip-report-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adirondack.net\/dacks\/2011\/07\/trip-report-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Wright, Algonquin, Iroquois & Colden – Trip Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wow – what a trip! My girlfriend Liz, my friend Mike, and I took to the woods with a nice backpacking trip through parts of the Eastern High Peaks Wilderness<\/b> area earlier this week. Before I get into the report, I would like to thank all that contributed to the blog with advice and\/or recommendations while we were in the planning stage<\/a>, you helped quite a bit!<\/p>\n

Adirondak Loj<\/h2>\n

We arrived at the Adirondack Loj at Heart Lake<\/b> around 10:00am and went inside to check the place out. Built in 1927, the current Adirondak Loj has room for 40 guests, offers home-cooked meals, and has some great stone fireplaces to warm you up during the colder months.<\/p>\n

We just poked our heads in, took a look around, and were on our way to the trail head. In the parking lot, a ranger was happy to see that we had a bear canister with us (required for overnight camping in this area) and told us that the black bears had been quite active lately<\/b>. This was a little unnerving, but we shrugged it off and headed up the trail.<\/p>\n

In My Pack<\/h2>\n

We carried all of our gear<\/i> for most of this hike, which turned out to be pretty long and hard with full packs (as David S. warned in his comment). In my new pack<\/a> were the following items:<\/p>\n