Alternative approach to Algonquin Peak
Hello, so we are planning a hike down from The Mt Jo lot, through the marcy dam areas (to camp) through algonquin, mt colden, and maybe marcy and then back to camp. The thing is, camping out there means we would have to backtrack most the way back to the lot to go to the Algonquin summit. But on the map we saw a very interesting (and convenient) kind of wide clearing with a ?stream? and rocks going all the way up the mountain (800m ascent by Alltrails map. If anybody knows if its hikable please let us know, we are decently experienced with bushwacking, although with the ticks now that might scrap this completely,
Edit: We are not greenhorns, we are aware of the difficulties this may have, as I commented below-
Even if this is scarmbles all the way up it would be faster and more exciting than the path all the way around. We are very aware what it is or may be, we can see what is seemingly hikable for us from the map, and are asking solely because of things like loose rocks and other danger conditions that are impossible to gauge from a map. Plus near the top there are 2 visible slides going up into sharp cliffs near the peak. We have done a somewhat similar peak like this in the catkills via bushwacking, and is the reason we are speculating on this.
