| This is a tough one. Answering which are my favorite summits would be a little easier.
For favorite hikes, there are so many variables.
Marked or unmarked? Street and Nye can test your trail-finding/compass skills.
"Bang for the buck" (short/steep ascent -- Giant of the Valley) or sense of isolation/solitude (Santanoni and Seward Ranges).
Time of the year? (fall colors - hike over the Three Brothers to Big Slide with a view of the Great Range is particularly nice; hot summer day - any hike ending with a refreshing swim in Johns Brook is nice, as is hiking Whiteface via the rock slide facing Lake Placid and ending the day with a swim in the lake)
I like Wright-Algonquin-Iroquis with descent via Avalanche Pass, but I've done it so often and been surrounded by so many hikers doing the same thing that it's lost its "specialness".
Hiking Colden via the Trap Dike is a fun/challenging hike.
It's all good.... |