"Took Bailey the Hikin Pup on our first 46ers! This hike was dedicated to both my mother and my Broski Brandon. This has been on my radar for the last 15 plus years. When my mom got into hiking, I wanted so badly to hike this with her. Slowly, distances hiked with her became shorter and I lost her to cancer. Brandon stepped in as a hiking partner and long story short here was he had sadly committed suicide last September. This was a hike we discussed several times and never could get to complete together as we had so many peaks hiked and planned, this one never happened. While early for the 46 Climbs for Suicide prevention, due to my ever changing and never consistant schedule being a manager of a short staffed business, I'm not sure if my time will allow me to climb during that timeframe. I had one day off and made the most of it. After a 4 hour drive, the struggle to park and then the success of hitting especially Cascade, this was an emotional hike indeed, then the 4 hour drive home. Beautiful day, beautiful weather and that summit feeling is unlike any other. No regrets sneaking this all in with the drive etc. This one's for you, Mom and Broski. " — Mousetek • Aug 16, 2021

"Headed up to Lake Placid with Kim's cousin Austin and his friend Donny. Planned to do Cascade and Porter since Austin hadn't done them and this would be Donny's first time in the Adirondacks. Started out later than I am used to, however there were not alot of people on the trails compared to normal (mud season). Those two guys are long distance runners, so they allowed me to set the pace up front which I'm sure was very manageable for them. We wore too many layers and had to stop early to shed items. We passed pretty much every group that was on the mountain on the way up even with my out of shape butt leading the way. We decided to go over to Cascade first to get Donny his first ADK 46er. We got out to the summit and it was super windy. After a photo or two we dropped behind some rocks to enjoy a beer and a snack. Donny shotgunned a beer after I told him that I did it on every 46er during my first round. We met another group of hikers on the summit and hung out with them a little bit before heading over to Porter. One of the guys in their group was wearing shorts and was freezing cold so I gave him my gloves to keep his hands warm before we headed out. We made quick work over to P..." — LGH-Tom • Apr 23, 2021

"Went on my annual Thanksgiving Day hike with Kim. We decided to spend the holiday in Lake Placid this year and she had not yet hiked Cascade and Porter. The most popular 46ers maintained that distinction even on the holiday as we saw at least 30 people on our way back down. Luckily, we started pretty early in the morning and only saw two groups on our way up. Summits were mostly socked in unfortunately, but we did catch a break on the summit of Cascade where we were able to see all the way into Lake Placid. Trails were mainly muddy, but we did have to put microspikes on towards the top to contend with ice on the trails. " — LGH-Tom • Nov 26, 2020

"Hiked Cascade and Porter with Tom on Thanksgiving Day. The weather was surprisingly mild and the trails were mainly muddy with ice at the higher elevations and in the saddle between the two mountains. We saw a lot of people once we were making our way down, but were lucky to have both summits to ourselves on two mountains that are usually full of people. Two more 46ers down for me. " — Kim-Stilson • Nov 26, 2020

"Did a traverse with Kathryn and Tom of Cascade, Porter and Blueberry mountain from RT 73 to the Keene Valley airport. Beautiful weather and great views on our way down from Porter over Blueberry even seeing our air BnB barn on airport road in Keene Valley. Ridge trail certainly doesn’t see a lot of use at Porter end so it’s a bit narrow in spots kind of like a herd path. Kathryn is up to #27 on her 46r quest and Tom got his first repeat peaks. " — Nimblefoot • Sep 6, 2020

"Jen said a few weeks ago, “I want to do the 46.” Today she completed her first two, Cascade and Porter Mountains. Jen took the lead the entire way (she says I’m too fast 🤔) and kept a great pace, proud of you! Slightly cloudy but still beautiful visible views for miles. 2/46 and well on your way now! Today the American Flag is also carried for Flag Day, a reminder how great our country is and can be further if we are all willing to work as one." — scottturner • Jun 14, 2020

"An amazing Hike! This was our first hike into the 46 peaks. We started our hike up and it started off smooth then got steeper towards the top. When we go more towards the summit we were not expecting there to be snow and ice, which was a nice added challenge. We hiked this mountain with our dog Winston and he was able to go up and down with no issues at all. We got to the summit for amazing views and had a much needed break for some food and water. The whole trip took about 4 hours up and back down. Unfortunately did not realize that cascade mountain was right off the same trail head and were unable to get there this time around, but we will be back to check cascade off the list. " — alexreiff • Mar 1, 2020

"Hiked with 3 friends, all multiple round Forty-Sixers. We had a beautiful late fall day - down to shirt sleeves while hiking, wind at summit not too bad, microspikes were very useful." — PJSelmer • Nov 25, 2019

"We were at the summit of Cascade at sunset, and then hiked over to Porter in the dark. When we got to the summit, we laid down on the rock face and looked up at the night sky, and it was the most amazing starscape. Being out there on a clear night and seeing this un-light polluted view was incredible. The hike back down took a long time in the dark with just our headlamps illuminating a few feet in front of us. We had a bit of a search for food at that late hour. Hot and filthy and starving, we found the one bar serving food (Wiseguys - with karaoke going on as a bonus). Loved sharing this experience with Jeff, Meenu, and Mike." — kvander • Sep 21, 2019

"Started of at the bottom of the mountain with snowshoes, about half way up had to switch over to micro spikes for it got very icy, we summited porter mountain first, it was an overcast day with great views from there, by the time we hiked over to cascade about 35 minutes later the clouds rolled in covering the top of cascade so we had no view." — williamcasey • Mar 29, 2019