"Most elevation I’ve ever done in a day. Did the whole great range, Lower Wolfjaw through Sawteeth. Took about 10 hours, some scrambling. Great weather, very dry and awesome views." — Nao • Jun 13, 2025

"13.18 miles, 3,222 Elevation gain, with Kelly, 8:19:26 Duration, a lot of Rain the day before, pick this mountain due to the lack of water crossing, Kelly fell the day before at cabin bruised back, my legs were super swollen...." — vickiduvall • Jul 12, 2024

"started at camping spot off Gil Brook trail. Rained heavily all night, rained throughout the day. Later start around 10am due to rain. Highs in the upper 50s. Took a side quest to Rainbow Falls. Summited Sawteeth at 1:45PM. Summit view of Gothics was clear. out and back to AMR parking lot by 7:30 PM. " — catearonson • Jun 9, 2024

"A hike up the Weld Tr to Sawteeth. Our group of 4 walked up Lake Rd, crossed the bridge, then headed up. Someone had broken out a track for us up until the junction with the Sawteeth summit and Pyramid Peak. The last 0.6 miles was breaking trail uphill. Upon reaching the junction, we had wind hit us. We slowly made our way and reached the summit. No views today. Socked in and cold. We headed back down and went to the Big Slide Brewing afterwards. " — newenglandwarrior • Jan 14, 2024

"Hiked out of AMR, not many cars in parking lot. Lake road started to get icy, stopped by rainbow falls, was immaculate (and saw a rainbow, like the name described). quickly realized on the way up to Sawteeth that snowshoes were needed, which we did not have. a day full of post-holing by breathtaking views." — gregoryskiba • Apr 15, 2023

"Attempted a Great Range Traverse on September 23, 2022 But a freak snow storm, freezing temps, 40mph wind, and a soaking wet mountain range said "no". Modified the plan to exit Gothics towards Pyramid, pick up Sawteeth, and head down the Weld Trail. Afterwards we had to walk out 4.5 miles along Lake Road through AMR and another 2.5 back to the Inn along Route 73 after dark. Memorable." — ndru-virus • Sep 23, 2022

"Parking at the Garden was full upon arrival; after a good deal of searching, found parking at Roostercomb trailhead. Walked up the road to the Garden (took around half an hour) and set out on the Phelps Trail. South Side trail has been abandoned due to storm damage, so I took Phelps Trail up to Johns Brook lodge. Ascended up to Lower Wolf Jaw (tough final half mile!) then back down and up to Upper Wolf Jaw. Path from UWJ to Armstrong to Gothics was quite easy. Impromptu decision to hike Sawteeth, then back up Gothics and descended by Ore Bed Brook trail. Back out and down the road. Phone died 23.5 miles in." — hunterjfrost • Oct 9, 2021

"An epic and picture-perfect day hiking the Lower Great Range with Courtney. We started at a little after 6 am - last time needing to park at the AMR lot and walk up Lake Road! This time we walked all the way out to Lower Ausable Lake about 4 miles on the road before turning off onto the AW Weld trail to head to Sawteeth. We first stopped by Rainbow Falls, which was gorgeous and had rainbows, as advertised. The hike up the Weld trail I had read was "gentle" as compared to the scenic route and we took it to save some time on a big day. I wouldn't have described it quite that way and found it plenty strenuous going up. We summitted Sawteeth about 9:30 am, and the blue skies were amazing. We had definitely worked up a sweat and were surprised when we arrived and some girls were saying the wind was cold up there. We proceeded to the lookout point and made sure to get to the actual summit and then came back to sit on the rocks and enjoy the view and have some snacks and quickly understood as we got chilled sitting there. Time for long sleeve shirt #2. The hike from Sawteeth to Pyramid (which for some reason doesn't count) was some of the steepest of the hike and we worked for that on..." — kvander • Aug 15, 2021

"Tough day! We set off from camp in the morning to do Fish Hawk Cliffs and Indian Head first. We had them to ourselves, which was amazing. Weather was cloudy. Sawteeth was a constant uphill trail--pretty brutal. " — hanawalton • Jul 23, 2021

"Headed out mid morning with Kim with an original idea to hike Dial and Nippletop. It was a nice winter morning, not too cold and no wind at all. We walked at a nice pace to the end of the Lake Road and then made the decision to hike Sawteeth instead, saving Dial and Nippletop for a hike in the near future. We used the weld trail up and back. Trail conditions were great and Kim brought her small sled for the descent. She used that sled most of the way down the Weld trail back to the dam. Overall, it was a very nice day for a hike. " — LGH-Tom • Feb 1, 2020