"Parking at the Garden was full upon arrival; after a good deal of searching, found parking at Roostercomb trailhead. Walked up the road to the Garden (took around half an hour) and set out on the Phelps Trail. South Side trail has been abandoned due to storm damage, so I took Phelps Trail up to Johns Brook lodge. Ascended up to Lower Wolf Jaw (tough final half mile!) then back down and up to Upper Wolf Jaw. Path from UWJ to Armstrong to Gothics was quite easy. Impromptu decision to hike Sawteeth, then back up Gothics and descended by Ore Bed Brook trail. Back out and down the road. Phone died 23.5 miles in." — hunterjfrost • Oct 9, 2021

"An epic and picture-perfect day hiking the Lower Great Range with Courtney. We started at a little after 6 am - last time needing to park at the AMR lot and walk up Lake Road! This time we walked all the way out to Lower Ausable Lake about 4 miles on the road before turning off onto the AW Weld trail to head to Sawteeth. We first stopped by Rainbow Falls, which was gorgeous and had rainbows, as advertised. The hike up the Weld trail I had read was "gentle" as compared to the scenic route and we took it to save some time on a big day. I wouldn't have described it quite that way and found it plenty strenuous going up. We summitted Sawteeth about 9:30 am, and the blue skies were amazing. We had definitely worked up a sweat and were surprised when we arrived and some girls were saying the wind was cold up there. We proceeded to the lookout point and made sure to get to the actual summit and then came back to sit on the rocks and enjoy the view and have some snacks and quickly understood as we got chilled sitting there. Time for long sleeve shirt #2. The hike from Sawteeth to Pyramid (which for some reason doesn't count) was some of the steepest of the hike and we worked for that on..." — kvander • Aug 15, 2021

"Beaver Brook Trail, then right on the AMR trail to Armstrong, back through to Gothics, and then on to Pyramids. I'm happy we did it that direction. We wanted to cross the bridge by Rainbow falls and take Lake Road all the way back to the gate, but the bridge was out, so we had to take Lost Lookout across and go down the same Beaver Brook trail to Lake Road." — AmyScrambles • Jul 4, 2020

"Began at Rooster Comb parking area for Great Range Traverse. Humid day with some sun, horrible black flies. We added in Pyramid and ran out of time and energy for Haystack. 7 peaks" — bbergman • Jul 3, 2020

"Took 5 aspiring 46ers on this hike over part of the great range which started up the trail to Beaver Meadow Falls then straight up to Gothics. We traversed to Armstrong and Upper Wolfjaw but ran out of steam and decided to skip Lower Wolfjaw. Had great views and gorgeous sunny weather. The group was tired but loved the journey!" — hbotc • Jul 15, 2019

"Was another great but tiring day Solo in the mountains,(55,604 steps) climbing 4 new 46ers, (Lower, Upper Wolfjaws, Armstrong and Sawteeth) Returning to one been to 46er (Gothics) and summiting 3 non significant peaks (Middle Wolfjaw Mountain, Sawteeth-southeast Peak and Pyramid Peak) A total of 8 peaks in 13.5 hrs of ups and downs that make up the Lower Great Range Loop, Awesome day with my first Black bear sighting surprise, about 30ft away enjoying the ground bugs and vegetation, wished I could have gotten a better pic but adrenaline made that impossible at the moment, He moved on and I returned to the trail of the Wolfjaws, Many bridges waterfalls and amazing rock formation along the trail made for an amazing adventure. Doing what you love!" — ramjet1963 • Jun 24, 2019

"took Lake Rd. up to the Scenic Trail up Sawteeth; up and over Pyramid, Gothics, Armstrong, and UWJ to end the day....First hike since breaking my shoulder climbing Marshall 6/17/18" — scottolsen • Jun 8, 2019

"Tom, Black and I left the Garden with headlamps at 6 am @ 26 degrees and light snow. We were planning a 15.2 mile loop over Gothics, Armstrong and Upper Wolfjaw. We couldn't find the blown in trail beyond the junction. Bushwacked to the summit. At the summit the windchill was -22. Ice on the summit was brutal! On the summit there was no visible trail to Armstrong and a near whiteout. We aborted plans to proceed and backtracked. Tom took a bad fall on the way down but luckily was unhurt. Returned to car at 3:46 pm." — garyogden • Mar 17, 2019

"Hiked a Armstrong, Gothics, Pyramid, Sawteeth loop from the Ausable Club. I ascended up from Beaver Meadow falls and then over to Armstrong. The clouds at this point were dancing in and out and when I reached Gothics the summit was completely socked in. I sat there and enjoyed some companionship with a few newly made friends and just when we about to leave the clouds lifted, as if someone had hit a lightswitch, leaving us with an amazing view. I continued down over Pyramid and up to Sawteeth before dropping down the Weld Trail and on a side trip to Rainbow Falls. " — Right-On • Oct 10, 2018

"Started from St. Hubert's parking area again and made my way to the AMR gate. Today I stopped and spoke to the ranger for a little while. I headed up towards Gothics today as my first objective since I stopped yesterday after making it to Armstrong. The summit of Gothics was gorgeous with great views of the rest of the great range. I headed over to Pyramid and then down into the col. I sat there for a little bit deciding weather or not to head up to Sawteeth to get one more peak in. Unfortunately, I decided to head down even though I was only about a half mile from the summit. I'll have to hike that boring Lake Road another time to get Sawteeth. " — Kim-Stilson • Sep 20, 2018