"A backpacking trip to Blueberry Lean to. Molly and I hiked up Seward, then did Donaldson and Emmons. We opted to come down Calkins Brook herdpath. It made for a longer hike by mileage, but safer. We were going to do Seymour the next day, but it drizzled in the morning, so we hiked out. " — newenglandwarrior • Jul 11, 2021

"The Seward Range with Meenu, Dennis and Mark was a memorably tough hike. Before we left, Jeff had warned us this was the toughest of all the hikes for the 46 peaks for him, which was daunting information. I knew it was going to be long and not easy, but didn't have that piece of information. We left Syracuse around midnight and arrived at the trailhead a little after 3:30 am. It was a little cold but not terrible and we started out with our headlamps at about 4. The first couple of hours were long because of the dark and we were so happy to see the first light of day. As we headed up to Donaldson I thought "this is not so hard" and predicted that we wouldn't actually run into ice. Both were proven wrong. Things started to take longer as we ran into mud. We summitted Donaldson in about 4 1/2 hours and started to worry a little bit that it was taking too long and the weather was going to turn colder and windier. We cut our break time short and headed towards Emmons and this is where mud started really getting rough. We slogged along and each had moments of being very over it ("eff all the mountains right now"), which ultimately provided some good quotes and lots of laughs. We reached..." — kvander • Oct 18, 2020

"Back to the Seward range this time for Kathryn’s 46R quest. Despite a 5:40 am arrival the Seward PA was full so we had to park along the short access to the PA. Fortunately we had much better weather than a month ago and for the most part the trails and HPs were drier. We did Seymour first then came back to the Ward Brook HP to do the other three then take the Caulkins Brook HP back down. Early on our ascent up Seward I made a poor assessment of a mud hazard and went in two feet deep with both feet....lovely! Lunch on Seward then over to Donaldson where I decided to forgo Emmons, as I didn’t “need” it, and descended down the HP while my cohorts went for Emmons. I didn’t get any sleep the night before so I was bit tired all day. Great views, numerous others out on the range and we got Kathryn up to #39/46 a good day for three of us. Tom and Kathryn got back to the PA just before 8 pm, for about a 14 hr day, tired but full of excitement." — Nimblefoot • Oct 3, 2020

"Teamed up with a couple of friends for a Seward range hike. We hiked the 3 peaks of Seward, Donaldson, and Emmons, dealt with mud and lots of rocks. Fun times and great views on Donaldson. " — newenglandwarrior • Sep 19, 2020

"Visiting the summits of Donaldson, Emmons and Seward for Tom’s 46r quest. Ascended via Calkins Brook then descended via Ward Brook and onto the long walk out. Ward Brook was a lot wetter and muddier than I remember, how things change over the years and decades. The overcast skies occluded any views early in the day then eventually the sun broke through the clouds giving us a view here and there and some needed warmth that the blustery wind took away. " — Nimblefoot • Aug 30, 2020

"Intense day! Started super early. It was fun to take the herd path and see the landmarks I was looking for to navigate between the peaks. Surprisingly accomplished in less than 8 hours!" — hanawalton • Aug 12, 2020

"Marathon day on Seward Range. Made camp in campsite on Calkins Brook Trail. Headed up herd path to ridge and Donaldson. Over and back to Emmons and onto Seward. Descended Seward and still had a couple of hours of daylight left and went up Seymour for dusk. Returned back from Seymour and hiked back to campsite with headlamp on. Hiked out next day." — JMindlin12463 • Jun 8, 2020

"Warm day, with light breeze on summits. Combined this hike - Donaldson, Emmons, Steward. Traveled with 2 friends (Roger and Laurie). Long day. Did manage to get turned around for about 1HR on the stream. Longest part of trip was last 2 hrs walking back on relatively flat trail. Good full day." — suzannerunciman • Jul 26, 2019

"A great day with great friends (Laurie, Su) who went the distance and concurred three mountains in the Seward Range Friday Jul26/2019 (Emmons, Donaldson and Seward) Via Calklin Brooks Trail. Couldn't have asked for better companions for a warm but scenic day in the mountains,, Not many views on treed summits other then Donaldson,, Got to share a little lunch and great convo with other like minded hikers along the trail, Trails were great with many mud holes along the way to concur, Not much water supply once you start to elevate closer to the summits, Crazy rock scrambles in a few areas that will test your will but very doable,, And what can I say about the longgg walk out to the car lol. All And all a perfect day Doing what we love!" — ramjet1963 • Jul 26, 2019

"Not a great day, cloudy, windy and drizzling at times. The weather report was totally wrong but we figured we will take on Donaldson and Emmons and depending on the time, shoot up Seward. We did not want to get home too late being it is Sunday and we need to get things done prepping for work on Monday. So we headed out a little late (7:30am) we started! Conditions we a bit muddy but we found the calkins brook trail really nice. We made good timing getting up to the cole between Seward and Donaldson, shot to Donaldson by 11am. and Emmons by 12. Views were no good but the sky was clearing, made our way back to Donaldson and finally got some clear skies for some good pictures. Got back to the Cole by 1:15PM. At this point we figured 2 hours out and back to Seward and then 3 hours out to the car. We have 1 1/2 hour trip home so in our eyes it was too late to hit Seward, we will come back. All in all a nice hike up these 2 mountains #38 and 39!" — hbotc • Aug 6, 2017