September 6, 2026
6.28 miles
2206 feet of elevation gain
I first stopped at the Rooster Comb parking lot thinking I might go to Hopkins mountain. This parking lot (and all of 73 and the Adirondacks) was a zoo. Cars were all over. I took off and headed to the lot in New Russia where I got the second to last legal parking space. Note to self, stay away from the high peaks on holiday weekends when it would be really crowded.
I took off for Blueberry Cobbles on the trail that went all the way to Giant, and included Rocky Peak Ridge. The thought entered my mind to go to RPR, but I quickly dismissed it. On the way to the cobbles there are a couple of lookouts which I stopped at to look at the views. From the Cobbles I took the shortcut trail back in order to make a sort of loop. On the way back is when I saw most of the people. Lots of mushrooms grew all over the place, I missed all the blueberries. I bet the area was saturated earlier.
Getting back to the parking lot greeted me with cars all over the place. It was all I could do to just get out of there.
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