Saturday was a beautiful day more suited to early fall than mid November. Temps were around 10C with clear sunny skies. There was just enough daylight to get a reasonable night's sleep, drive down to Lake Placid, hike Mt Jo and head back home. It turned out I was also able to take some roadside pics as well to take advantage of the clear weather and I made it back to the border before it started to get dark.
I took the "Short" trail up Mt Jo and descended via the "Long" trail. Since the longer of the two is about a mile and a half, neither of the names are really appropriate. Having said that, the Short trail was ice free while the Long trail was icy in spots and also wetter. It was quite windy up top but not too cold. The views from Mt Jo are great from Street in the west around to Cascade and Porter in the east. The main event of the view is of the MacIntyres, Colden and back to Mt Marcy. The best time of day to do this hike would be early morning or late afternoon to avoid looking into the su. I made it up for noon but enjoyed the half hour stay nonetheless.
On the way out I purchased the ADK calendar for 2012 (two thumbs up for this year's version) and stopped at a few spots off the road (Connery Pond) to take some photos in the clear conditions.
This is a great hike to take photos of the fall colors as it takes about a half hour to hike up and has an awesome view. OK, c'mon snow!!
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