"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

"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

"A nice little peak lol on the way to the summit of McKenzie Mountain,, One of the Saranac 6ers, Solo hike for me, wet and muddy with a few scetchy areas along the way but a great fall hike running into a few other friendly hikers along the route which made for an amazing day in the Mountains,, Highly recommend this one!" — ramjet1963 • Oct 5, 2018

"Again, passed over the southern peak heading towards McKenzie summit as part of our Winter 6er challenge. 4th mountain in that quest. Today was very icy and some deep snow in parts. Weather was great, clear blue skies made for some stunning views." — HikingViking • Feb 19, 2017

"Passed over this peak on the way to McKenzie Summit. This was our final hike in the quest to become Saranac Lake 6ers. McKenzie is a great, but tough mountain, and getting to this 1st peak is as tough as some of the others by themselves." — HikingViking • Sep 26, 2015