"Tom and I did the trio of Cliff, Redfield and Gray on a cloudy drizzly day with wind on the summits. No views and plenty of water and mud on the trails/herd paths to soil ourselves quite well. Puts Tom at 39 peaks towards his 46r quest." — Nimblefoot • Sep 1, 2020

"Peaks #4 and 5 of 46 done with Jeff, Meenu, Ben, Dennis, and John. It was quite an adventure, leaving 2 am, hiking 15 hours and getting back home 2 am the next day. The long hike out to the junction (first 4 miles in another recording, accidentally stopped watch) started easy. The floating logs were a challenge and we almost lost a phone there. Went up Cliff first and this was a tough but fun climb. I loved the rock climbing part of it! Finally made it to the summit, tired and hungry and soaked with sweat. Three of us got there first and didn’t realize that in the group a few minutes behind, Dennis had just passed out. He was okay but we got some food into him, water, and Gatorade. It was a warm day and he had a big pack, not enough fuel or water. We rested a bit – but were behind on time so needed to get moving. Back down Cliff to the junction. We decided Dennis would wait for us at the Y and we would do Redfield “quickly”. Tensions were a bit high with this as we were tired and needed to hustle. It took another 2.5 hours to go up and down. Views were amazing up and down each of these peaks. We all were running out of water but fortunately had some filters to be able to get some i..." — kvander • Jul 3, 2020

"Big loop hike to some of the quieter 46er peaks. Had most of the day to myself on this busy holiday weekend! It helps to start well before sunrise and spend all day deep in the woods. ;) " — wacbravo • Oct 12, 2019

"Perfect 6:45am via Upper Works Trailhead in Newcomb N.Y. With amazing friend Laurie Sargent, Banging out #44 & #45 of the ADK 46ers. Cool Morning made for a great day to be in the mountains with almost no bugs, Trails where dry, rocky and muddy in areas but we pushed on through to make another long but epic day,, Mount Marshall, We are coming for you! Enjoy" — ramjet1963 • Aug 24, 2019

"What a day, hit Redfield and Cliff, the conditions were not supposed to be as great as they were so Deb and I lucked out. Absolutely gorgeous weather and what a work out this hike is. Left from Upper Works at 6:20am. didn't get back until 6:45pm. Redfield was something, hiking along a beautiful stream almost all the way to the summit! Cliff was the challenge everyone said it would be! An absolute mud pit from start to finish and some real steep and slippery spots. Worth every step, found this hike to be a great challenge and accomplishment. " — hbotc • Jun 10, 2017

"Cliff&Redfield. 42&43 respectively. The beginning notes of this hike can be found on my Cliff log. After coming down mostly on my butt off of Cliff I was back at the junction (10:45) and took a sharp right to get out to Redfield. My leg cramps were being a real bear and I was grateful I selected to do this peak second instead of first. It was a slow ascent, I stopped frequently to hydrate and stretch, but I think my leg cramps were just due to my inactivity over the past month. The hike was nice and steady, well-packed and easy to follow, no crazy climbs whatsoever. I reached the summit around 12:15. The wind had picked up significantly and I took a few minutes to snap photos of the now somewhat hazy (but still incredible) view. I only stayed on the summit for about fifteen minutes. Butt-slid most of the way down. I got back to the Uphill LeanTo around 13:25, and started hustling out. After getting the initial up out of the way, my leg cramps subsided somewhat and I made good time- getting back to Flowed Lands at around 14:45. Knowing it was due to snow in the evening, I tried to maintain a quick pace- and sure enough, about a mile from my car the snow started coming down hard and ..." — kellieirene • Jan 17, 2017

"After Cliff, Redfield was next. This one was annoying. A dissolving monorail on top of a brook most of the way up. I didn't post hole at all. Instead, I would have sections of the monorail just collapse under my weight, so I would usually still be on top of the ice/snow when it hit the water. Eventually reached the summit. Great views to the south and west further into the ADK's. Managed to get back to my car before dark. " — newenglandwarrior • May 6, 2016

"We enjoyed a great hike into the Flowed Lands on our way to Red and Cliff to earn our Winter Peaks 43 and 44. The walk to the Flowed Lands is a relaxing grade over 4.6 miles and crossing the ponds in winter was beautiful. After roughly 8.0 miles we reach the Red / Cliff herdpath junction and take the herdpath to red which gains ~ 1400' over 1.4 miles (longer than I remembered). From here we descended and crossed over to Cliff - a quicker climb of 650' over a mile but with significant ice on the cliffs which made it very tough. Once at the summit we made the decision to try the bushwhack back down as we did not want to navigate the ice covered cliffs and we were up for a fun challenge. The bushwhack was fun ... and tough, and scratchy and just as long as the trail hike (just in case someone thought it would be quicker). Avoiding the cliffs and completely a challenging bushwhack felt pretty good on the relaxing 4.6 mile hike out to the car. Great day!" — deb-and-rob • Mar 5, 2016

"Woke up at 5 AM after a night at Uphill. Got to summit at 6-ish. Enjoyable but challenging climb up a stream bed most of the way. Summit has great views of Allen and other peaks in the distance." — petergnade46 • Jul 29, 2015

"Enjoyed a weekend backpacking trip through the ADKs where we hiked Gray, Skylight, Marcy, Haystack, Redfield and Cliff. The hike in from Tahawus was low, steady gain until the Flowed Lands with intermittent mud areas. The next 3 or so miles to Uphill L2 has some gain to it :) The junction for Gray is about 1.6 miles from the L2 area and is a slab type hike that is short and steep but it is not too difficult. After this we continued past Lake tear of the Clouds towards 4 corners and crossed over to climb Skylight. This trail was a bit longer and more of a rubble stream hike. The last part of the approach is a massive open rock summit and was awesome! We had the windy summit to ourselves and enjoyed a snack while we watched all of the people on Marcy. After that we hiked back down to 4 corners and started the ascent to Marcy. This approach to Marcy is a steep slab hike that leads to a very steep open rock scramble which was a bit tough but fantastic. After enjoying the crowded summit we went over and down the VH trail side towards Haystack. This route to Haystack is about 2.2 miles and is very steep but it is well worth the views - amazing. We returned to Marcy and back t..." — deb-and-rob • Jun 22, 2014