"Out on the first day of winter doing what we love ending with one of the best sunsets I have ever seen in the ADK hiking these two of three mountains that make up the Santanoni range, although we had to abort Santanoni because of pure exhaustion and light of day concidering the shortest day of the year, we did manage to climb w46er Couchsachraga, a grueling long hike then a quick hike up w46er Panther peak then back out, a four hour slog to the car. What an amazing day spent with like minded individuals, so many memories," — ramjet1963 • Dec 21, 2019

"17 miles in 12 hours. Hiked with Rylan and Tijan. Awesome day! Went up the express which wasn’t bad, over to Couch which was my favorite part of the hike. The view from Panther was incredible but the trek from Panther to Bradley pond sucked. What an awesome day!!" — Amanda46 • Aug 11, 2019

"Extreme weather - we climb these mountains during a heat advisory. We took every opportunity to refresh ourselves in Panther brook on the way. Couchsachraga and Panther were incredibly muddy. " — hiking-Brigitte • Jul 19, 2019

"Tom and I left the Tawhus lot at 5:45 am @ 59 degrees with calm but humid air. Hiked Panther first then Couchy. Summited Couchy at 10:55. Returned to car at 3:35. Black did not hike today due to a foot wound. " — garyogden • Jul 14, 2019

"Crazy day in the mountains with inspired 46ers Bill Houmiel 43/46 and Laurie Sargent 35/46 and my 26/46, Todays climb was to hike and concur the Santanoni Range, Panther ,Couch and Santanoni Peaks. Beautiful day out, not to hot and not to cold, very few bugs with a nice breeze to make every step enjoyable except the mud, I hate mud lol. Not really, I know its all apart of the activity of hiking in mountainous settings, Just over 19 miles,11 1/2hrs back to the car. Just wanted to encourage all my friends to get out and do what you love!" — ramjet1963 • Jun 15, 2019

"I don't understand why this little guy gets such a bad reputation. Sure its 180' short of 4k and out there, but it was a nice unique experience with a great outlook to the south and back at the Santanoni ridge. Will hike again." — Right-On • Sep 1, 2017

"A wet Saturday, a great Marine Corp day to march through the slop of the Santanoni Range. We took off around 6:30am headed out to Bradley Pond and up the herd path to Herald Square and out to Panther 1st. No views, rain and mud was the theme of the hole trip. After descending Panther we hit Time Square had a snack and went on to Couch. By the time we hit the Couch summit there was hints of sun and views above the clouds. Left Couch, went back up to Time Square and out to Santanoni! Finally some sun and the skies were clear for pictures. Views North, South and East were great, unfortunately low clouds West killed those views. Spent some time at the summit then exited via the Santanoni Express trail." — hbotc • Aug 19, 2017

"Solo-ish. Santanoni (33), Couchsachraga (34), Panther (35), clockwise. Started out my day with an interesting encounter in the dark as I pulled into the parking area around 0500 & roused Arran Duncan, who was sleeping in his van. I later spent about half of the hike out in his company, though we started out separately. After hitting the Y junction and going left to drop down into Times Square, I did encounter some more mud than I had on my way up to Santanoni on the Express Trail, but with weather having been dryer than usual, it wasn't too terrible. The drop down on this trail was fairly steep but over before I knew it, and I was at a large boulder, with a small cairn in the middle of the trail just beyond it. Straight/left heads to Couch, whereas to the right is a small clearing that then heads to "Herald Square." Keeping in mind that Arran-of-little-research wasn't far behind me, I took a stick and dug a "C" with an arrow denoting the direction of Couch into the dirt, and headed on my way. (A tree on the left side does have a C carved into with an arrow, but had I not been paying attention, it's easy to overlook.) The trail was much muddier from here, but overall I enjoyed it, ..." — kellieirene • Oct 7, 2016

"The second peak of the day. Met up with a couple of women and we went down together. Lots of ice pockets scattered around and traction needed for those. The mud pit was nasty. We managed to log hop across but my poles suck in a foot. Just below the summit is a 15 foot rock wall climb. Not that difficult. Views were so-so. " — newenglandwarrior • Apr 29, 2016

"Started out the day at Tahawus and we were on trail by 6:45. Headed in the well worn road to the Bradley Pond junction (~1.8 miles in). Followed Bradley Pond trail through to the Herald Sq herdpath and then to Panther, onto Couchsachraga and Santanoni. All trails through this point were in excellent shape - the trail to Couch is a bit tight and is a bit of a trek on the way back - it took us 1 hr 5m from TS on the way out and 1h15m on the way back to TS. Santa is a steep climb in parts and a tight trail in parts as well that opens to a nice open summit. We took the Santa Express down which was a mess at the top (many misleading tracks and a lot of deep spruce traps), the lower part is easier to navigate and was well broken out. We were back at the car at 5:45 - 10 hours of hiking and 11 hours on the trails/summits." — deb-and-rob • Mar 8, 2014