Fifth Peak

"Friday may 26/23. Another incredible day in the lower Dacs working on the Lake George 12ster hiking challenge. Hiking the Tongue range traverse @ 19miles with approximately 5000ft of elevation gain overall on six peaks. First peak, French point mountain, Fifth peak, Fivemile mountain, Huckleberry mountain, and Brown mountain. Flat to start, then some tough ups and downs added some steep bush whacking on the lower section of the range then nicer to moderate trails on the upper range, buggy by midday but got better later in the afternoon and no rattle snakes to report, Long day with some outstanding views" — ramjet1963 • May 26, 2023

"This is absolutely lovely and would make a nice hike on its own. #10/12 for the Lake George 12ster. This is a very beautiful forest. Inevitably, a few snakes did appear, but I made it out nerves intact. " — bethmorgan • Jun 15, 2019

"Did an overnight backpack of the Tongue Range with Bhakti. We climbed the ridge via the Clay Meadows Trailhead, then headed south over Fifth, French, and First Mountains. We then backtracked over the south summits and climbed the northern peaks, stopping atop Huckleberry for a great wooded camping spot. In the morning we broke camp, shot north to bag Brown, then backtracked over the northern summits and down to the car. " — wacbravo • May 18, 2019

"Long hike, 13 miles around the tongue mountain range loop, first 5th peak then french point, then 1st peak, then the hike down to montcalm point, took 7 hours 45 minutes to complete" — williamcasey • Apr 12, 2019

"A full day of hiking in order to complete the Lake George 12 Challenge. Conditions were a bit icy on the way up to Fifth Peak & then intermittent snow along the ridge for the remainder. Snow shoes were not needed, but did wear spikes. Views from French & First Peak were awesome. I chose to walk back on the lake as the ice was still thick & many ice fishers still out. " — billsussdorff • Mar 26, 2019

"Started out the day cloudy, some rain and windy at the summits, especially since we hit fifth peak by 9:30am. The weather then started to clear up and by the end of the day it was clear skies and warm. Views of Lake George were to be had from each mountain. The hike down fifth and up French was probably the toughest part of the trip but wasn't bad at all. The summit of both French and First look like a park, very open and grassy almost like it was maintained. Scenery was to be had almost everywhere you turn. The hike is long especially the 5 mile trek back from Montcalm point. All in all a great trip and we were surprisingly tired by days end!" — hbotc • Oct 20, 2018

"I just realized I never logged this hike, oops. I don’t remember the details as well as I would like, but I do recall the trail being thick with perfectly smooth ice that my micro spikes had a hard time biting into. It was a beautiful sunshiney day but cold, and I met the biggest dog I’ve ever seen in real life. " — kellieirene • Jan 26, 2018

"So, after being super lazy since I finished the Northeast 111, I finally decided to get out of the house and go hiking. The last time I was going to do this loop I turned around after fifth peak because I didn't feel like hiking 12-13 miles. Today I had a another slow start on my way up to fifth peak and I was very dehydrated. I managed to make it up to fifth peak and there were three people that had stayed in the lean-to overnight I only saw one of them and spoke to him briefly before going to the lookout on the south side of the summit. While I was standing there I decided it didn't make any sense to backtrack back down the spur trail when I could see my future destination directly in front of me, so I just started walking south off of the summit and bushwhacked until I met back up with the trail. It was a steep cliff face, but I found a safe route down and continued on to French Point. " — LGH-Tom • Nov 25, 2017

"We accidently missed Five Mile Peak. We dropped down and went up Fifth Peak. We encountered a junction with a sign saying lean to and going uphill. We decided to check it out. We went up, and in the woods behind the lean-to was a sign for Fifth Peak. Lucky break there. Nice view. With Marielle" — newenglandwarrior • Oct 6, 2017

"What a beautiful day for a hike! This loop has been on my to-do list for a while. Great views of Lake George and beyond along the way. Hiked the last 4 miles along the shore in the dark. That section of trail had really poor signage. Combined with the leaves, the trail was extremely hard to follow at times. " — Hillary • Apr 28, 2017