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Whiteface & Esther from the Wilmington Resevoir 7/19/2008

Mike P.

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Date(s) Hiked: 07-19-2008

Trails(s) Hiked: Wilmington trail from the Resevoir

Total Distance: approx 13 miles

Difficulty: moderate

Conditions: muddy, especailly on Esther Spur & on Wilmington Trail in Esther vicinity,

Special Required Equipment: none,

Trip Report: summit was socked in during the AM, when I got there at 12:00 hardly anyone up there or at the Castle, ate a hot lunch instead of a trail lunch. met only a coupel of hikers on the way up but several more on the way down. The clouds that socked in the summit lifted but then it started raining. There were a few ripe blueberries below Marble Mt. Esther spur is marked with a cairn & a sign
 
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