"Headed out of Tupper Lake to get Loon Lake in the 3-season hoping to find parking despite my casually late departure. Surprisingly the lot was empty. Nice easy hike to some broad views that i didn’t get in the winter due to low clouds. Also found the 3 benchmarks that were hidden under the snow. Next up was to be Jenkins mountain out of the Paul Smiths VIC but I arrived too late to get the hike in before they close. The VIC itself looked poorly maintained outside almost deserted looking short of the most geriatric crowd wandering around. Plan B became Big Crow for the LP-9 challenge. All the way down to Keene for the short hike out and back to Big Crow and it’s little brother since it was right there. First though I had to wait for some returning hikers to leave so I could poach their spot. Another fine Fall day of sun, clouds, colors and no wetness from the sky. Big Crow gets hammered more times with the Little one as the trail conditions change dramatically as you beyond Big Crow. A lot of “Cat scratches” on the exposed rock on either side of Big Crow." — Nimblefoot • Oct 4, 2022

"Solo. Got to the end of the seasonally plowed section of O’Toole Road around 0900, noting the ABSOLUTELY no parking in the snowplow turnaround, and carefully tucked my car into the snow bank where they stop plowing. I was the only one there. Overcast skies and temperatures in the mid 30’s. Walked the .5 or so remaining of the road to the trailhead proper wearing my snowshoes even though the whole width of it was bare booted to all hell. The snow was too greasy for spikes and too soft for me personally to bare boot as it gives me calf pain. I signed in and start up the trail to Big Crow, again noting that at this point no one before me had been on snowshoes. No biggie since most of it was soft snow and it will also snow this weekend. A couple of solid ice patches. The trail was nice and the last push to the summit was a good climb. I wandered around the summit taking photos and taking note of some fresh snowshoe hare tracks, then headed off the summit in the direction of Little Crow which I could see clearly way, way below me. The initial descent off Big was sketchy with bare rock and huge post hole footprints from a previous hiker. It’s quite a steep descent but is over..." — kellieirene • Jan 24, 2020

"Ramjet63 and I made our way down the treacherous col between Big and Little Crow Mountain to grab the summit of the latter. I’m not sure everyone has been actually going to the true summit as it’s in the woods, marked by a big cairn." — MarkEarle67 • Oct 28, 2018

"This is what I wrote on facebook that day: I took a “short” hike today to Big Crow and Little Crow peaks near Keene. The view was gorgeous with many of the high peaks visible from the top ( apparently 28 of the 46 peaks including Giant, Cascade, and Porter). I had a little trouble with the trail and ended up doubling back, so did a total of over 3 miles and over 1000 ft elevation. Good intro to bigger hikes in the future! " — kvander • Sep 29, 2018