Upper Wolfjaw Mountain

Upper Wolfjaw Mountain is an Adirondack 46er and part of the Great Range of the Adirondack Mountains.
It and adjacent Lower Wolfjaw Mountain are so named for their appearance in profile.
Flanked to the southwest by Armstrong Mountain and to the northeast by Lower Wolfjaw Mtn.
The summit is tree covered but a few side trails offer vistas.

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"Parked at St. Huberts and headed to the AMR gate to hike the lower great range. Hiked down the Lake Road and started up towards Lower Wolfjaw first. Saw some deer on my way up. Headed from Lower to Upper Wolfjaw where I stopped to drink a beer and met three nice Canadians that wished they brought a beer to enjoy on the summit. Continued on to Armstrong and hung out enjoying the view before deciding to call it a day and head down back to the car since it was already 2:30pm. Loooong walk out to get back to the car. " — Kim-Stilson • Sep 19, 2018

"Fin de semaine camping et rando en solo. Je peux finalement décoller en vitesse vendredi vers 18h30. Je me dépêche et j'oublie de quoi mais je n'arrive pas à savoir quoi... Traverse les frontière, attrape l'orage au USA et voilà que la mémoire me revient.. J'AI OUBLIÉ MES BOTTES DE RANDO!!!! Il est vraiment trop tard pour faire demi-tour. Je vais faire ma fds en running. Mud season ou pas?!?! En fait ce n'était pas si pire que ça. Là où il y a de la bouette et de l'eau, il y a aussi des roches sur lesquels je peux sauter! J'entame mon premier sommet des 6 prévus à l'horaire. En revenant sur mes pas de Saddleback je brise atrocement mes nouveaux bâtons de marche. Ça y est, je braille ma vie!!! Bon ok, go mon Frank, tu as toujours randonné sans bâtons jusqu'à l'an passé... Tu peux le faire... Finalement, j'ai tout de même réussi à toutes les faires. 28 beaux KM dans les montagnes... J'ai atteint ma limite personnelle! Demain, j'avais prévu de faire mon démon à moi: Big Slide. Cette montagne me hante depuis l'automne passé. Elle aura ENCORE eu raison de moi! Les souliers détrempé de bouette, rien pour les faire sécher, 1 bâton en moins et une cheville qui semblait vouloir un peu d..." — fsoucy76 • Jun 2, 2018

"Successful Lower Great Range loop, with a couple wild and crazy guys! Rocks were a little wet from rain the night before, and the cloud cover stole some summit views, but when we could see the foliage was on point! Being an aspiring 46er is hard when I live in CO, but I’m hoping to knock a few off a year until I get it done!" — LGH-Dan • Oct 14, 2017

"Gnarly day gettin pitted with the bros given her a full send on lower and upper wolfjaw, armstrong, pyramid, gothics, and sawteeth. Not many views due to the clouds but all in all a righteous day. " — LGH-Topple • Oct 14, 2017

"Final mountain of a very long day. Our 12th 46er. Sunlight was fading fast so this wasn't a long stay. The trail between Gothics and this peak was VERY technical, and we nearly got attacked by angry bees!" — RangersApprentice • Aug 26, 2017

"This day Deb and I were out to do Gothics and Armstrong, then figured we traversed across to do Upper Wolfjaw and head out. I had done Lower Wolfjaw back in the 90's with a friend and we both tired so she figured she would do it with me another time." — hbotc • May 28, 2016

"We started at the Garden ~7:45am and enjoyed a nice, easy walk in to the IO. From here we made our way to the Ore Bed slide and ascended Gothics via the chains. Beautiful conditions with areas of snow in the shade over 4000'. Continued from Gothics to Armstrong and onto UWJ. Lots of ice in the col between UWJ and Armstrong as well as from UWJ to the junction before LWJ. As we were starting the decent of UWJ a storm came in very quickly - temps dropped at least 15 degrees in less than 5 minutes, winds picked up and a heavy, icy rain fell - thankfully we had the gear for it. Made our way down safely and the storm passed within 30 minutes. Back to the car by 6:15 including 1 hour and 45 minutes of summit time. Roughly 15.5 miles and 3800' of gain." — deb-and-rob • May 21, 2016

"we enjoyed a challenging hike of the Lower Great Range from Gothics to LWJ via the Ore Bed Trail to the Gothics chains. Last January we enjoyed this trail but a storm came in and so we didn't get to climb LWJ. This time we completed the range but the conditions tried their hardest not to allow it - slippery snow up the slide, high wind gusts on the icy chains and what seemed like endless 2' - 3' deep snow to break trail through led to a challenging but very fun day to reach 46W #32!" — deb-and-rob • Jan 16, 2016

"Second peak of four for the day with my brother. Throwing up our packs and sneaking through the tiny crack on one part of the trail was interesting. Pretty hard packed trail for the most part, microspikes were very helpful on some of the scrambles. Actually got a view for about a minute on the summit as well as the only blue sky we would see this day. Made the critical choice of moving forward to the next two mountains rather than heading back to camp. " — kellieirene • Jan 9, 2016

"The Real Marcy’s Playground: A One Day Great Range Traverse From the inception of my days as a hiker, I’ve strived to get better—both in terms of my mental and physical well-being. For some reason, the former has been appeased by abusing the latter to the point of misery. What exactly do I mean by that? Insanity fuels my happiness. More specifically, hiking 25 miles with roughly 9400 feet of elevation gain in one day is my cup of tea. I had been eyeing a one day Great Range Traverse for a long time. I talked it up and talked it up to the point where it seemed as if it had already been done. But had I known then what I know now, it would have been apparent that I had my work cut out for me, regardless of how good of shape I was in. The opportunity sprung up after Lauren and I discussed a great way to start off our second year of dating with a 25 mile death march through the Dacks. *** A Great Range Traverse commences at either the Garden or the Roostercomb trailhead, and often ends with a 2+ mile hike to the other lot. Fortunately, we hitched a ride back to the latter trail from the Garden late at night—but that’s a story for later. At a minimum, the hike ascends Hedgeho..." — justinraphaelson • Sep 5, 2015

"Parked at Rooster Comb, then road walked into Gardens PL. Followed a discontinued trail before reaching the trail leading up between the Wolfjaws. While ascending Upper Wolfjaw, there were points I could look back and see Lower Wolfjaw. This hike really made me appreciate the col depth between these mtns and how serious they were. The view from Upper Wolfjaw was nice. Able to look south. There was a college outing group on the summit as well. I went over to Armstrong, and there was another viewpoint on a ledge looking off towards the Great Range. I would come over Upper Wolfjaw again after doing Armstrong, on my way to Lower Wolfjaw." — newenglandwarrior • Aug 10, 2015

"We enjoyed a very challenging winter hike on a snowy, cold day. Started at the Garden lot, hiked in to the Interior Outpost then Ore bed to Saddleback, over to Gothics, Armstrong, Upper Wolf Jaw and out via the Interior outpost to the Garden. Roughly 5000' of gain over the trip of ~15.7 miles. Lots of ice on the trails so spikes were needed. great challenging hike." — deb-and-rob • Jan 3, 2015

"We enjoyed a great birthday hike with friends. We dropped a car at Rooster Comb and started at the Garden around 9 am heading up to UWJ then LWJ and out RC. This was our first time enjoying the RC trail and also our first hiking to UWJ/LWJ via the Garden instead of AMC. The climb to UWJ is fun with a lot of climbing, the col in between the two and back up LWJ was steeper than we remembered (probably due to hiking 13 miles the day before!) and the RC trail out seemed to go on with many switchbacks but was an enjoyable, easy and open trail. We tracked 12.6 miles and arrived back at the RC lot at 5:15 after spending 30 minutes on each summit." — deb-and-rob • Oct 11, 2014

"Second peak of what proved to be a huge day exploring one of the hardest trails ever hiked in the northeast. Upper Wolfjaw was a quick climb from the LWJ-UWJ col. Good views of clearing clouds over Armstrong and Gothics." — scott • Oct 3, 2014

"3rd summit of the day, second 46er on the way along the Range trail. Slowly gaining more elevation each time. Better view here than Lower Wolfjaw. Excellent view of the valley from the peak. " — MooseHiker • Aug 2, 2013

"Wolfjaws via Rooster Comb. Plan was to camp after Basin and then finish the next day with Marcy and Phelps at the Loj, but my partner's stomach wasn't agreeing with her. We finished the wolfjaws and bailed via the Wedge Brook trail. Very technical climb, and many people told us the false summit (with the big rock) was the summit. We thought we had grabbed armstrong and then realized we had only gotten to the true Upper WJ summit! Found a cool tent site on the Wedge Brook trail (still on public land- not listed on any high peaks map though). Check it out if you plan on camping in that area." — GregMahnken • Jul 6, 2013

"Fifth summit of our Lower Great Range traverse. Seemed like it took a LOT longer than the 1.45 mi. that is stated on a sign in the col between Armstrong and UWJ. Descent views, not the best of the bunch, but certainly not the worse" — johngilligan • Jun 15, 2013

"7th ADK High Peak. We combined this hike with Lower Wolfjaw. While on the summit of Lower WJ we had a good view of the thunderclouds rolling in. By the time we reached the summit of Upper WJ, lightning was in clear view, so we did not stay long on this summit which is smaller and covered with some tress but does provide for some good viewpoints. Many people move on to Armstrong after this summit. In fact, we were passed 2x by a group of 3 older ladies and a single older man who questioned our not going on to Armstrong. A humbling experience for sure! We questioned adding Armstrong ourselves - but instead returned back, taking the Wedge Brook Trail (33) to West River Trail (28) so as to avoid another ascent and descent of Lower WJ in the storms. The trail from Lower to Upper WJ is very steep in spots. The wet/muddy rocks provided for a slower ascent and descent. There was no benchmark on the summit. The trail back was again extremely quiet and once we split off from Lower WJ we were alone and did not encounter any other hikers. The trail back provided for some nice streams, waterfalls and bridge passes. This could be a good place to fill up on water if necessary. Highlights: the..." — elizabethsweet • Jun 23, 2012

"Climbed from the Garden up the Phelps Trail to Haystack then continued on the Great Range past Basin, Saddleback, Gothics Armstrong, Upper Wolfjaw, Lower Wolfjaw and back to the Garden. See my trip report and pics at: http://www.offonadventure.com/2012/06/most-of-great-range-day-61512.html" — Telemarkmike • Jun 15, 2012

"My mom and I climbed these two on Sunday, July 18th 2010. We were unsure from the start which mountains we wanted to do. By the time we got there though, we met this older lady named Caroline that we ended up talking to as we walked down this pretty long road. She has done the 46 mountains over and over again, but could not do any at the moment because she was recovering from hip surgery. She was nice and ended up leading us to Beaver Meadow falls trail, after missing other trails that we were thinking of taking. So, once we decided on that trail at the spur of the moment, we just decided to see which mountains we wanted to do when we got up. My favorite part of the hike was when we got to the high falls there! So beautiful. I took many pictures of that. I say this was the toughest trail with many ladders and other obstacles to go climb through. We got to the fork of the trail where it said Gothics and Armstrong .5 miles in opposite directions. We ended up going to Armstrong and Upper Wolf Jaw. In the end, we came down a different trial after Upper Wolf Jaw and we had to turn on our head lamps. My feet were extremely achy at the end of the day. However once we saw the golf cour..." — heyjudeee • Jul 18, 2010