"Tom, Black and I left the Pilot Knob Trailhead at 10:45 am at 3 degrees under blue skies and calm. Trail was well traveled with light snow and frozen. Pretty much a light incline all the way to the summit. Summited at 1 pm. Beautiful views at both the false summit as well as the true summit. Returned to car at 2:30." — garyogden • Jan 22, 2022

"Loved the trail. All different kinds of terrain which made for an interesting hike. Starts off moderate and gets pretty difficult for the last mile. Got destroyed by black flies at the top. Enjoyable hike overall" — andrewderby • Jun 4, 2020

"Cold, damp, and windy up top. Trail well-broken, used snowshoes, but spikes would have been fine. Only a few inches of snow. Uneventful 2hr 15min ascent over moderate incline, very few tricky spots. All water crossings were minimal." — ndru-virus • Jan 19, 2020

"Quick paced hike up to Buck Mountain. I passed a few people on my way up, but had the summit to myself. I sat up there for 30 minutes listening to the wind and watching the snow bands blow in over Lake George. " — Right-On • Jan 26, 2019

"Black Friday hike. Yes I was "opting outside", but also with the option to go shopping afterwards. Ha ha. It was quiet on trail, which was a sharp contrast to my earlier summer hike of Buck with throngs of people. This hike felt very long. Yes, I had shopping and turkey on my mind. See you again next year Buck mountain!" — bethmorgan • Nov 23, 2018

"Buck Mountain November 7th, 2018 2:00p I started my hike around 1:30p today. A spur of the moment choice as I had nothing to do today. As I got on the trail a girl was coming off the mountain, she seemed to be in a hurry, she didn’t sign out on the book. I started up the right side of the trail and quickly noticed that the river flowing by had taken up a majority of the trail, to the point where I had to walk alongside it instead of on it. Before I forget, on my way here, a deer was walking down Pilot Knob Road… at 130 in the afternoon, how strange? The river kept giving me issues as I approached the start of the actual climb, it had flown over a large section of the trail and was flowing so fast that I couldn’t cross it where I was. I ended up going 1/4th a mile up the river and found a section that was shallow and thin enough to cross over. While I was writing this a leaf blew onto my notebook and refused to blow off. 2:31p After a little longer in my hike I met another hiker who was a bit more friendly but, still seemed to be in a rush to get down from the mountain. We passed and not even a minute later I looked up and saw a tree that had broken in half. I couldn’t find..." — devenmosher24 • Nov 7, 2018

"Enjoyed a chilly climb of this little gem while starting the Winter LG 12ster. We chose the ~ 5 mile RT trail from the Hogtown side as it tends to be less traveled. Although it was clouded in at the summit it was a great day on the trail even without the view." — deb-and-rob • Dec 30, 2017

"Winter Solstice Hike! Chilly temps (about 15-20F), no wind and clear skies. Views of the High Peaks & Lake George. Trail was packed down - bare booted to summit, microspikes on the way down for added traction. Hiked the Buck Mountain Trail from Shelving Rock Road. Phenomenal day in the mountains! This was my first winter Lake George 12ster peak." — PJSelmer • Dec 21, 2017

"Quick hike with Kim today. Lucky to get sort of an early start. This mountain was extremely busy and there was no solitude on top with the 30 other people up there. The best part of the hike was all of the dogs that people had on the trails with them. " — LGH-Tom • Oct 28, 2017

"Hiked to the summit of Buck this morning with Thomas. Met some friendly dogs on the way up and the on the way down. There were a lot of people on the trail today. Didn't spend much time on the summit but it was still a nice hike. " — Kim-Stilson • Oct 28, 2017