Seymour Mountain

"A day hike to Seymour Mountain. The Seward range completed. Awesome day out with great friends doing what we love, Trails were dry ,, very little mud, nice walk in to the mountain then last mile or so kinda step but very doable for this crew,Views were great from the north side and okay to the south, Glad we broke this one up. Another perfect day" — ramjet1963 • Aug 4, 2019

"Finally a good day in the Daks to hike. Weather has been very wet this spring and summer and there have been only a few good days especially on week ends to hike so Deb and I had to take advantage! The sun was out, temperature was nice but due to the rains, mud was all through the Seymour trail from start to summit. Mosquito's were out in full force as well. We did enjoy the day, the trail all the way to the start of the unmarked trail is really nice and very easy, a great warm up. Once on the herd path we found the going tough, very steep and muddy! So we just took our time and went carefully up and back. Views were good from a couple of lookouts on the summit." — hbotc • Jul 16, 2017

"Hiked with Kim Stilson. 39/46. Kim met me at my house stupid early in the morning for the long drive up. We made great time on the truck trail, very light snow covering the leaves- it was really beautiful! We had no issue following the herd path after the Ward Brook LeanTo, however our pace slowed considerably on the icy ascent. The slides were pretty ridiculous and numerous! There were two men on the trail ahead of us who we met near the summit. Unfortunately the weather wasn't great, it snowed lightly most of the day, and we had no views at the top. We needed spikes, but no snowshoes. There were plenty of mud bogs and water crossings to contend with! We celebrated our summit and Kim's 400th (!!!!) mountain with a beer, snapped a few photos and headed back down. Again, our pace was very slow on all of the ice being very sure of our hand holds and foot holds. We practically jogged out the truck trail and were back at the car before nightfall. It was a tough climb but a good one. " — kellieirene • Oct 31, 2016

"Hiked with Kellie. Woke up really early and headed over to Kellie's house to head up to the daks to hike Seymour with her. My 400th individual peak. Slowly working on my ADK46ers. " — Kim-Stilson • Oct 31, 2016

"4th of July weekend (Day 2). Camped near Ward Brook lean-to. Party of 2 + Dog. Sore from day before, but made it up and out. Last hike before serious back injury sidelined me for over a year." — ndru-virus • Jul 4, 2016

"After hiking all the way out to my car and spent the night, I hiked all the way back in to do Seymour. I was quite tired of seeing that 5 mile trail by the end of the day. Herd path definitely went up. Great views to the north from Seymour and a view to the southeast, but that spot was narrow, so only 1 person at a time." — newenglandwarrior • Aug 8, 2015

"Enjoyed a great hike to earn our 23rd of 46 winter peaks. The day was a crisp -15 when we started out at 6:30 with bright sun and blue skies. Throughout the day it would warm to 5 degrees or so with -20 at the summits. Straight in and out trail - nice easy rolling Ward Brook trail for 5.3 miles to Seymour herdpath, approx. 1.7 miles to Seymour summit for a total in/out of 14.1. " — deb-and-rob • Feb 28, 2015

"Enjoyed a great hike up this un-maintained peak trail. Ward Brook trail is an easy 5 miles in to the junction of the Seymour herdpath and then a ~1.5 mile hike to the summit which includes some steep root/rock climbs with a gain of ~1900' to reach the summit. We were on trail by 8 am, enjoyed a fantastic 13.7 mile RT hike including at least an hour on the summit and we're back at the car by 5 pm. " — deb-and-rob • Aug 9, 2014

"Got a late start because I overslept. Pretty straightforward hike in from Corey's Rd to the ward brook lean-to. Herdpath was a little wet and some descent snow at the high elevations. Got back to the car just after dark. " — LGH-Tom • Nov 16, 2013

"A nice 4 mile warmup on the way in from our campsite, then a steep & challenging, muddy & rocky climb to the summit. Views were phenomenal - foliage was at peak & the sun was shining. We rested awhile at the summit, then hiked down to have lunch at the Ward Brook leanto. Perfect end to our camping weekend." — PJSelmer • Sep 30, 2013

"Climbed Seymour from the Blueberry leanto on the Ward Brook truck trail. Previous hikers failed to reach the summit so we had to break the upper half of the herdpath to the canister." — Nimblefoot • Feb 23, 1995

"Frank and I camped at Ward Brook Leanto and "ran up" Seymour, up slide. We enjoyed a conversation with a hiker from Australia who had climbed all 4 peaks in Seward Range that day and was on his way out. Next day we planned to climb the rest of the Seward Range, but rain canceled our plans." — barbaratraver • Oct 18, 1985