Owls Head Mountain

"Tom and l left the trailhead at 9:20 am under blue skies at 28 degrees. Trail had a light dusting of fresh snow and about an inch and a half fresh at the summit. We donned trail crampons about halfway up due to ice. Summited at 11:07. Beautiful blue skies. Cabin on the fire tower was open for 360 degree views! Returned to car at 1pm." — garyogden • Apr 2, 2022

"IT WAS PERFECT DAY FOR HIKE STARTED OUT ,815AM HARDLY ANY BUGS.The temperature was perfect 60's breezy.Starts out straight couple traverses, roots rocks beautiful wooded climb.little tricky towards top.Overall good hike recommended for all ages." — craigjohnson • Jul 24, 2021

"Beautiful day for a snowy snowshoe hike with the Trails and Ales crew (Paul Curless, Shane Curless, Mark Earle and myself Roger Meunier) and one guest from the Brockville hiking club (Michelle Cassibo), Unfortunately we lost a brother that day (Mark Earle) on the decent of an apparent heart attack,, A sad day for everyone involved! As far as the summit goes was a beautiful view and a fire tower bonus covered in fresh snow and ice feathers,, So glad that Mark was able to make the summit and finished his ADK Fire Tower Challenge quest before his untimely death,, A toast to Mark and all his endeavors,,, you will be missed and this trip never forgotten As a reminder to my fellow hiker to always be prepared with trip planning, gear and carry emergency numbers of all your party members,, You just never know! " — ramjet1963 • Dec 1, 2018

"What can I say............Jubilation followed by pure trauma and heartbreak. Our good friend, hiking partner & brother finally completed the Fire Tower challenge, on what would prove to be, his final peak. Mark Earle (Peakery Member MarkEarle67) sadly suffered a massive heart attack on the way down, and despite our best efforts with CPR, he sadly passed away in his "happy place". He always wanted to go out this way, quick, painless and in the Mountains. Fly high Brother, keep climbing..............RIP MarkEarle67." — HikingViking • Dec 1, 2018

"The rain set in about a third of the way through the hike. It was a light gently rain and I hadn't hiked in the rain in some time so it was enjoyable. Steep section right before the summit and great views from the top. " — Right-On • May 13, 2017

"Hiked with Dad. A relatively warm day, hike was easy for the first 2 miles but, especially after summiting Blue Mountain earlier, the last mile was more strenuous. No ice on the majority of the trail, but a large patch just before the summit." — RangersApprentice • Mar 26, 2016

"Hiked Owls Head, Bald and Goodnow mtns toward the winter fire tower challenge. Nice easy hike in and wonderful views of the peaks from the tower cab. Temperature quickly rising to over 40 degrees." — Nimblefoot • Jan 31, 2016

"Hiked with Chad Darling. Chipping away at that Firetower Challenge list! Got lucky as there were over 100 other visitors to the peak this day but we had the summit mostly to ourselves for almost two hours! The fall foliage was absolutely gorgeous & the hike was fairly easy. " — kellieirene • Oct 11, 2015

"There was plenty of snow on this January day & I was glad I didn't have to break trail. A short section of the trail is shared with snowmobilers but other than that a very nice hike or in this case...snowshoe. Views from the tower were great & this mountain really is a nice alternative to the more popular Blue Mt." — billsussdorff • Jan 21, 2015

"Had the one the weirdest but coolest days of my life. I decided to go hiking today and about 2.5 miles into the hike I ran into a bunch of Vietnamese guys walking in the woods just randomly. I was like oh sh.. what is this sh... I hid behind a tree and watched them. They were praying and stuff. Out of the blue this guy in a robe sees me and says that they are Buddhist monks from Sullivan county. I walked over to them and started talking. I actually spent the day with them drinking some tea and eating some crackers and bread they had. " — bobbyorellano • Aug 7, 2012