Lower Wolfjaw Mountain

Lower Wolfjaw Mountain an Adirondack 46er and the northeasternmost peak of the Great Range of the Adirondack Mountains.
It and adjacent Upper Wolfjaw Mountain are so named for their appearance in profile.
The summit is tree covered but a few side trails offer vistas.
Lower Wolfjaw Mountain is flanked to the southwest by Upper Wolfjaw Mountainand to the northeast by Hedgehog Mountain.

Routes

Upper Wolfjaw

13 summits • 14.8 mi • 4,799 ft gain • 7 hr 33 min

ADK Range Trail to Lower Wolfjaw Trail

9 summits • 20.5 mi • 5,917 ft gain • 11 hr 29 min

Roster Comb Brook

9 summits • 10.8 mi • 3,888 ft gain • 9 hr 22 min

WA White Trail to Range Trail

5 summits • 16.0 mi • 5,834 ft gain • 9 hr 22 min

Bennies Brook Slide

3 summits • 10.1 mi • 2,883 ft gain • 7 hr 43 min

Lower Wolfjaw Mountain 12.3 mi route

1 summit • 12.3 mi • 4,157 ft gain • 8 hr 47 min

Lower Wolfjaw Mountain 12.8 mi route

1 summit • 12.8 mi • 3,440 ft gain • 9 hr 31 min

Lower Wolfjaw Mountain 13.7 mi route

1 summit • 13.7 mi • 3,823 ft gain • 12 hr 3 min

Lower Wolfjaw Mountain 13.8 mi route

1 summit • 13.8 mi • 4,728 ft gain • 10 hr 33 min

Lower Wolfjaw Mountain 16.5 mi route

1 summit • 16.5 mi • 4,830 ft gain • 10 hr 25 min

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"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

"Parked at St. Huberts and headed to the AMR gate to hike the lower great range. Hiked down the Lake Road and started up towards Lower Wolfjaw first. Saw some deer on my way up. Headed from Lower to Upper Wolfjaw where I stopped to drink a beer and met three nice Canadians that wished they brought a beer to enjoy on the summit. Continued on to Armstrong and hung out enjoying the view before deciding to call it a day and head down back to the car since it was already 2:30pm. Loooong walk out to get back to the car. " — Kim-Stilson • Sep 19, 2018

"Fin de semaine camping et rando en solo. Je peux finalement décoller en vitesse vendredi vers 18h30. Je me dépêche et j'oublie de quoi mais je n'arrive pas à savoir quoi... Traverse les frontière, attrape l'orage au USA et voilà que la mémoire me revient.. J'AI OUBLIÉ MES BOTTES DE RANDO!!!! Il est vraiment trop tard pour faire demi-tour. Je vais faire ma fds en running. Mud season ou pas?!?! En fait ce n'était pas si pire que ça. Là où il y a de la bouette et de l'eau, il y a aussi des roches sur lesquels je peux sauter! J'entame mon premier sommet des 6 prévus à l'horaire. En revenant sur mes pas de Saddleback je brise atrocement mes nouveaux bâtons de marche. Ça y est, je braille ma vie!!! Bon ok, go mon Frank, tu as toujours randonné sans bâtons jusqu'à l'an passé... Tu peux le faire... Finalement, j'ai tout de même réussi à toutes les faires. 28 beaux KM dans les montagnes... J'ai atteint ma limite personnelle! Demain, j'avais prévu de faire mon démon à moi: Big Slide. Cette montagne me hante depuis l'automne passé. Elle aura ENCORE eu raison de moi! Les souliers détrempé de bouette, rien pour les faire sécher, 1 bâton en moins et une cheville qui semblait vouloir un peu d..." — fsoucy76 • Jun 2, 2018

"Gnarly day gettin pitted with the bros given her a full send on lower and upper wolfjaw, armstrong, pyramid, gothics, and sawteeth. Not many views due to the clouds but all in all a righteous day. " — LGH-Topple • Oct 14, 2017

"Successful Lower Great Range loop, with a couple wild and crazy guys! Rocks were a little wet from rain the night before, and the cloud cover stole some summit views, but when we could see the foliage was on point! Being an aspiring 46er is hard when I live in CO, but I’m hoping to knock a few off a year until I get it done!" — LGH-Dan • Oct 14, 2017

"46er #8 for us, and what a tough one this proved to be. Glad we've done it. Some tricky sections going up the trail from Hedgehog, especially the top section about 300m from the summit. Not bad views for a wooded peak, a tough challenging day, but well worth the effort." — UK-Ranger • Aug 7, 2017

"Beautiful day hiking Bennies Brook Slide with my mom. We saw no one until we met up with the ridge trail. Highly recommended hiking the slide on dry days only due to the nature of the slippery slabs of rock. Great views of big slide from behind. 8 hour hike." — heyjudeee • Jul 29, 2017

"Another great hike, got the wife back with me, great to have my partner! Great weather, a little cold in the morning but it turned out to be a nice fall day. Colors from the fall foliage were beautiful, the hike up Hedgehog and Wolfjaw from the Rooster Comb parking lot was moderate with some steep pitches but all and all very enjoyable." — hbotc • Oct 15, 2016

"Just what you would think of for "perfect" July weather. The sun was beaming and it wasn't too humid although very hot out. Right as we reached the summit clouds rolled in and it started to rain and then... hail!! Can you believe it?! Hail in July! We came down the mountain and were laughing in disbelief the entire time. Fortunately, it only lasted about 15 minutes and then went back to warm, "non-hail" weather once again. This trail was a lot of fun, especially because of the group of friends hiking! We had a blast with a lot of laughs and hard work along the way. We made it back to the car injury free, and once again visited one of our favorite spots, the Noonmark diner." — Flyhighrunfast • Jul 23, 2016

"we enjoyed a challenging hike of the Lower Great Range from Gothics to LWJ via the Ore Bed Trail to the Gothics chains. Last January we enjoyed this trail but a storm came in and so we didn't get to climb LWJ. This time we completed the range but the conditions tried their hardest not to allow it - slippery snow up the slide, high wind gusts on the icy chains and what seemed like endless 2' - 3' deep snow to break trail through led to a challenging but very fun day to reach 46W #32!" — deb-and-rob • Jan 16, 2016

"Hiked the entire Lower Great Range with my brother. Started out by hiking from The Garden & setting up camp at our reserved lean-to (Crandall) at Johns Brook Lodge. I've never carried that much weight so the initial hike in although flat was pretty tough on me. Once we set up we headed up to Lower Wolf Jaw- ditching our packs at the 0.5mi from the summit sign. Shared a beer at the summit & met a few fellow hikers we both follow on Instagram which was fun. Summit one of four for the day- hit at approx 13:00. " — kellieirene • Jan 9, 2016

"The Real Marcy’s Playground: A One Day Great Range Traverse From the inception of my days as a hiker, I’ve strived to get better—both in terms of my mental and physical well-being. For some reason, the former has been appeased by abusing the latter to the point of misery. What exactly do I mean by that? Insanity fuels my happiness. More specifically, hiking 25 miles with roughly 9400 feet of elevation gain in one day is my cup of tea. I had been eyeing a one day Great Range Traverse for a long time. I talked it up and talked it up to the point where it seemed as if it had already been done. But had I known then what I know now, it would have been apparent that I had my work cut out for me, regardless of how good of shape I was in. The opportunity sprung up after Lauren and I discussed a great way to start off our second year of dating with a 25 mile death march through the Dacks. *** A Great Range Traverse commences at either the Garden or the Roostercomb trailhead, and often ends with a 2+ mile hike to the other lot. Fortunately, we hitched a ride back to the latter trail from the Garden late at night—but that’s a story for later. At a minimum, the hike ascends Hedgeho..." — justinraphaelson • Sep 5, 2015

"After doing Upper Wolfjaw, Armstrong, then Upper Wolfjaw again, it was time to do Lower Wolfjaw. I was dreading this one since I could see the col depth from Upper Wolfjaw. It wasn't as bad as I was expecting, but still quite rugged. At the summit, saw another pine martin. There was also a group of 3 folks, and one of them recognized me from Moosilauke in July of 2014 along Beaver Brook Tr. Holy Crap. Talk about small world, and a really good memory for him. He was a restaurant manager, I think, out of CT, like Danbury, or someplace around there. Limited views from the summit. " — newenglandwarrior • Aug 10, 2015

"Started out a bit late as we only planned on the Wolfjaws. Ended up hiking LWJ through Armstrong and down the Beaver Meadow Falls trail with our oldest and his friend and teaching them how to read / navigate with a map and compass on the way, Our pace was slow and we took in a few extra vistas as well as a nap for the 'kids' on UWJ :) so our 12.5 mile journey took us 11.5 hours (2 hours of summit time). Great day on the range." — deb-and-rob • Jul 5, 2015

"We enjoyed a great birthday hike with friends. We dropped a car at Rooster Comb and started at the Garden around 9 am heading up to UWJ then LWJ and out RC. This was our first time enjoying the RC trail and also our first hiking to UWJ/LWJ via the Garden instead of AMC. The climb to UWJ is fun with a lot of climbing, the col in between the two and back up LWJ was steeper than we remembered (probably due to hiking 13 miles the day before!) and the RC trail out seemed to go on with many switchbacks but was an enjoyable, easy and open trail. We tracked 12.6 miles and arrived back at the RC lot at 5:15 after spending 30 minutes on each summit." — deb-and-rob • Oct 11, 2014

"Saturday afternoon my brother and I drove up to the Adirondacks for his first High Peak and my first actual winter High Peak. We arrived in the early evening and got our stuff unloaded at the Keene Valley Hostel. We then jumped back in the car to get gas and so I could show Chad some of the sights. First stop was the Garden trailhead where I ended up getting stuck in the snow when trying to turn around in the parking lot. Chad got out of the car to push me out and a few embarrassing minutes later we were on our way back down the narrow, slippery, snow covered road. Next we stopped for gas, some beer and M&Ms and then continued on all the way to the Adriondack Loj. While we drove down to check out the Loj, which I had actually never seen despite camping and hiking there, I pointed out to Chad the different High Peaks I recognized. Once we got back closer to Route 73, I stopped and jumped out of the car into the wind to take a few pictures. We then headed back to the hostel to hang out before going to bed. We had a big day ahead of us tomorrow. Continue reading trip report here: http://ishouldgohiking.blogspot.com/2014/03/lower-wolfjaw-31614.html" — cuterocky • Mar 16, 2014

"Wolfjaws via Rooster Comb. Plan was to push all the way to basin for the night but hiking partner felt ill, so we bailed via the Wedge Brook trail and hitchhiked back to the trailhead." — GregMahnken • Jul 7, 2013

"The last peak of the day! Did the Lower Great Range starting at Sawteeth and making our way over to LWJ. This one was brutal! The sun was setting behind UWJ to our backs and it seemed we might be racing daylight. It seemed to take forever to descend UWJ before hitting the White trail. We had lost a LOT of elevation coming down UWJ as well. The hike up was a lot of elevation in the .5 miles leaving the junction. The trail was pretty dry and I knew it would be easier coming down. Not much of a view at the summit, no marker of any sort but we ran into a few illegal campers setting up tents for the night. Made our way back to the junction in 15 minutes!" — johngilligan • Jun 15, 2013

"6th ADK High Peak. We ascended Lower Wolfjaw via Deer Brook to WA White Trail. This appeared to be an unpopular trail route as we were completely alone on ascent until just prior to reaching the summit. Due to high waters at the beginning of the trail we had a take a short detour, taking us along a crushed stone road. The trail was similar to many of the peaks we had completed prior to this one- with small areas of steeper, but manageable ascent, followed by leveled out or flat areas. We did notice several areas on the trail which brought us back down to descent however, so it can feel like an up/down trail. The summit is quite small and almost entirely tree covered. There are a few small spots which provide for a view of the surrounding valleys and mountains. We were able to see (and hear!) the thunderclouds rolling in. There was no benchmark on summit. We moved on to Upperwolf Jaw after a quick lunch on the summit and despite the storms which poured on us for several hours, we were glad we combined both peaks. The views from Upper Wolfjaw were better in comparison to Lower Wolfjaw. On descent we decided not to ascend and descend Lower Wolfjaw again in the thunderstorms and took t..." — elizabethsweet • Jun 23, 2012

"Climbed from the Garden up the Phelps Trail to Haystack then continued on the Great Range past Basin, Saddleback, Gothics Armstrong, Upper Wolfjaw, Lower Wolfjaw and back to the Garden. See my pics and trip report at: http://www.offonadventure.com/2012/06/most-of-great-range-day-61512.html" — Telemarkmike • Jun 15, 2012