Big Indian Mountain

"Back to the Cats for a onesie to complete a Fall round of the 35, complete 3 season round #32 and total round #47. A beautiful day of total blue sky and temps rising through the 40s close to hitting 50*. Only met one other hiker, heading for South Doubletop, all day." — Nimblefoot • Dec 17, 2021

"A triple biscuit hike of South Doubletop, Big Indian and Fir from Biscuit Brook trailhead. Got a late start from home so I was a bit concerned with my 9:30 arrival and felt like I was racing the clock all day. Interestingly on my way in on RT 47 both the Panther and Slide mountain trailheads were already full while the Biscuit Brook TH had only two cars. Not surprising I didn’t see a soul though I did find sign-ins in the canisters for today. " — Nimblefoot • Sep 11, 2021

"A loop of the South Peak of Doubletop and Big Indian from Biscuit Brook PA. Hit the summit of Peak 3297 on my way to S-Doubletop then on my way back from Big Indian I went off trail to continue down the ridge and hit the summit of Peak 3369. " — Nimblefoot • Jun 1, 2021

"Ed joined Mimi and I for a triple biscuit of Fir, Big Indian and South Doubletop out of Biscuit Brook PA. Didn’t see a sole all day despite the fairly decent forecast. We did get a few light sprinkles mid-day then three shower bursts of graupel as neared the summit of S-DT later in the afternoon." — Nimblefoot • Apr 19, 2021

"Did a 3 Peaker with Mimi. Real nice track on the P-W trail and up to Fir. Then over to Big Indian the strong winds were starting to fill in the track as if no one had been through in spots. We also had to rebreak the P-W trail over to Eagle and down to McKenley Hollow. The wind blown snow was freezing one side of our face and making it hard to see." — Nimblefoot • Feb 22, 2021

"Completing the month of October for my third grid. Ten months done only April and May left to complete next year. Surprisingly I got the last spot to park in both Bisquit Brook and Halcott trailheads. Nice to have a dry day with blue sky and sunshine. The new snow was nice to see but provided rather slippery footing. " — Nimblefoot • Oct 31, 2020

"A traverse of Fir, Big Indian and Eagle from Burnham Hollow road to McKenley Hollow TH. At the canister on Fir we sipped on hot coffee with maple syrup in our squishy silicone goblets, not just for race day, along with some donuts and donut-like pastry. Over at the Big Indian canister we had our usual tablecloth buffet lunch plus several loafs of Stromboli. After getting properly fortified we made quick work of reaching the brightly painted canister on Eagle then down toward McKenley Hollow with the daylight fading on us. Headlamps we’re deployed for the final half hour." — Nimblefoot • Dec 26, 2019

"We did our usual loop from Burnham Hollow to McKenley Hollow tagging Fir, Big Indian and Eagle. Since this was a special hike we had a longer than usual snack break at the Fir canister. One of our peeps, a CIA instructor, brought some tasty pastry- Stollen and elephant ears which was enjoyed with hot coffee with maple syrup mixed in. Both Christy and Mary completed their Single Season Fall on Big Indian and received their patches via “trail mail”. Additionally Christy completed her 4-Season Grid on BI and received her patch at the canister. Afterwards the eight of us lunched on Korean pancakes, dumplings, kimchi, cookies and cheesecake washed down with homemade spicy ginger tea. Eagle was a quick in and out so we could get down the ridge to McKenley Hollow in daylight, not putting on headlamps until fairly close to the TH." — Nimblefoot • Dec 15, 2019

"Solo loop of Big Indian and Doubletop from the Seager PA. Met Mike and Ellen Dwyer on the whack between Big Indian and DT. They were doing the same two peaks, in reverse order, for Ellen’s 2nd Grid. Then a few minutes after reaching the canister on DT Lou Berrios strolled in from Graham. We had a 15 - 20 minute chat then he headed down or so I thought. I followed about 10 minutes later after I got my sandwich out at 2:20pm. Once my wet feet warmed up I cruised back to the Seager PA hoping to catch up to Lou and the Dwyers on the way but it turned out that I was the first to arrive back. Changed into dry clothes and footwear then prepped for the 2+ hour drive." — Nimblefoot • Nov 11, 2019

"Seven of us did a traverse of Fir, Big Indian, Eagle and Balsam from Burnham Hollow road to Rider Hollow. We had a rather wet start that only got worse the closer to Fir we got then once we hit the canister the rain amazingly ceased. We actually had pieces of blue sky and sun peeking out at us on our way over to Big Indian where we celebrated a Yong Ae’s completion of a single season summer Cat 35. After a tasty Korean banquet complete with table cloth we dropped down to the P-W trail and headed for Eagle. Our first time signing into the new canister. On Balsam Christy and I celebrated our completion of a single season summer and received our triangle patch. Down at the Rider Hollow leanto three friends, Anna, Connie and Jim, prepared hot dogs/buns with sauerkraut and baked beans, beverages, big soft pretzels and brownies. A glorious day once the rain stopped two hours into our hike, walking our clothes dry all day." — Nimblefoot • Sep 2, 2019