"Great day to spend on our first winter solace hike of 2024, out and back along the Whiteface Jack Rabbit Trail, to Haystack, South Mckenzie and Mckenzie mountain summits, A winter wonderland! Rocking the Saranac Lake winter 6ers" — ramjet1963 • Jan 6, 2024

"Finished some unfinished business on McKenzie (abandoned winter hike in 2019). Less snow today but ice waterfalls all up the south side from Jackrabbit. Coming down the back/north side was much easier until the trail dissolved in a mess down by the lake on private property." — ndru-virus • Nov 26, 2023

"Didn't see another soul today, which was surprising for a beautiful Saturday. As expected, it was muddy and rooty and somewhat slippery in spots, but hiking poles were all I needed to stay upright :) I went up and back on the SOA trail to avoid Jack Rabbit. The SOA trail is a little funky at first when it comes to finding your way around the houses by the lake. The AllTrails navi was very helpful. The trail itself is totally doable without many surprises - it is quite narrow and unkempt in places but there were plenty of SOA blazes to follow and the path was very visible most of the time. The two views on top of McKenzie are great, but for me the really special part was Bartlett Pond. Pure magic. Clocked in at 8 miles total and the only bugs were the face-fulls of spider webs I got - penance for being the first person up I guess. :D" — stacydedring • Sep 9, 2023

"Went up the SOA trail. Broke trail most of the time but lost the trail about .1 miles from the summit. After failing to find the trail I decided it was time to turn back....." — brendanhofler • Feb 26, 2023

"A beautiful winter hike on Ladies Weekend with Maryellen, Chris, Tina, Nancy, and Alison breaking out the trail with snowshoes. A few sketchy places near the top, but not too bad. Fun butt sledding coming down! Lots of water and tree crossings along the way. " — lfrancois • Jan 21, 2023

"Saranac 6 Winter 3/6. Solo. Was really not looking forward to this hike. I remembered it being arduous during the summer I hiked it last years ago. I intended to hike off the Jackrabbit Trail and save some mileage, but alas, the little cutout on the side of the road for that trail was poorly plowed and I couldn’t safely stuff my vehicle into it without being in the roadway. So I backtracked a bit and began on Route 86 around 0745. I was the only car in the lot. I was just on this trail two weeks ago or so, so I knew more or less what I was in for to start with. I snowshoed the entire day. I made quick work of the first couple of well-packed miles to the junction with Haystack, averaging 2+mph. As I turned onto McKenzie’s trail I noticed the only tracks were cross country skis. No biggie, slightly narrow but doable. Wellllllllllll whoever had been skiing there backtracked about a tenth of a mile in & I was stuck following month old tracks with 8” of fresh powder. Trail is super poorly marked here and I was grateful for the old tracks though. Been awhile since I’ve had a punishment hike so I guess it was just time. Slipped a few times into small creeks across the trail th..." — kellieirene • Feb 11, 2021

"Great weather, tough conditions, had to break trail from start of McKenzie trail to summit. Very icy under the snow. Needed snowshoes and micro-spikes. Cold and windy at summit but warm down below. Views are only open in spots but they were nice especially with the clear skies. Had a great hike and great start to the Winter!" — hbotc • Dec 22, 2019

"After completing the Saranac Lake 6ers in April/May 2018, I went back with my niece Serena for Columbus Day weekend. Thank you for starting the Adirondack 29er Peak Challenge... we will be back next year : )" — lancehansen • Oct 6, 2018

"Was a long ol slog,, lots of mud and wet areas,step in sections and a couple sketchy spot nere the summit, Lots of view points along the way. Great solo hike with beautiful views and fall foilage!" — ramjet1963 • Oct 5, 2018

"I'd done this one in the summer and was doing it again for the winter Sixer. It was a tough slog as about 400 meters from the top it was 3 foot postholes. A great day with some great hiking buddies." — MarkEarle67 • Feb 19, 2017