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The Monteregie region wraps around the island of Montreal in the west and the south.

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Gatineau Park
Gatineau Park is a giant wedge of land measuring 361 square kilometres to the northwest of Canada’s Capital Region. In the Park, the NCC protects plants and animals and manages facilities and trails so that the public may enjoy outdoor activities in every season.

Pitchoff Mountain, Page Type: Mountain/Rock, Location: New York United States, North America,

Pitchoff Mountain is just east of the main concentration of peaks that make up the Adirondack High Peaks region. It is the "other" bookend for the Cascade Lakes (Cascade Mountain is the other one). It is a pretty little mountain with some descent views as you traverse the five summits that make up its rather long summit ridge.

This is a great "Conditioning Peak" for other high peaks in the Adirondack Park. A 5 mile hike over 5 summits (4 of them bare). A fairly popular destination located near Cascade Mountain. That said, we still were the only ones on the mountain on the day we hiked it.

Getting There: From Lake Placid, NY, follow Rt. 73 toward Keene Valley. The Trailhead is located directly opposite the trailhead for Cascade Mountain, just before you reach Cascade Lakes. The start of the trail is located 2.6 miles west of the end point for the trail so two cars or prior pick-up arrangements are suggested.

Summer and fall are the most popular times to climb; however the mountain can be done throughout the year. Due to some steep descents on the way down, winter gear might be helpful in winter.

As is typical in the Adirondacks, be prepared for drastic weather changes (+/- 40 degrees) at any time of year, particularly spring and fall. (On our July hike day, the temp on the windsweep summits was no more then 50, while in the low 70's at the trailhead.

In General, bears are being seen quite regularly throughout the High Peaks area due to the drought conditions of the last several years.

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Pitchoff Mountain is more of an elongated ridge just across the highway from Cascade Mountain. It has alot of rocky, scenic lookout knobs along this ridge, and, at the western end, there is a very nice open expanse of rock with huge erratic boulders perched here and there. There are excellent views down into Cascade Pass, across to Cascade Peak, of the MacIntyres, Whiteface, and eastwards into Vermont. Best done as a traverse with one car at the Cascade Mountain trailhead, and the other to the east of Cascade pass just a little ways down the hill. This is one scenic little hike! Excellent intro to the Adirondacks!

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(6) Pitchoff Mountain: (3600’) a bare ridge North of Cascade Lake with exceptional views and lots of open hiking. Off Route 73, 8 miles from Lake Placid, left side of road. Distances – one way 1.6 miles to Balanced Boulder, 2 miles to summit, 4.9 miles to end of ridge at highway (requiring second car).

Easy hikes Cascade/Porter or Pitch off
This is a good initiation to the Adirondack mountain. Cascade is one of the most popular summits over 4,000 feet. It's a short hike and it summit offers an open 360 degree view. The whole hike to Cascade is 7.5 km long. If you look for a longer one, than add Porter on your way to Cascade, it's an other 4,000 feet summit with a nice view over Cascade summit. At the opposite, if you look for a shorter hike, go to Pitchoff summit. The trail starts just on the other side of the main parking lot for Cascade.

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One of the most popular summit of the Adirondack with Algonquin Peak and Giant Mt.. It's the easiest hike among the 4,000 feet summit. Cascade Mt. has a 360° view from its large rocky top. There is a magnificent view to the North of the entire Lake Placid Valley. The entire hike is in a wooden trail except for the last ½ km, which is on bare rock. This summit stands apart from the other High Peaks, so there is no view over those highest summits that are Mt. Marcy, Mt. Colden or Algonquin Peak. Those summits are well seen from another easy hike to Phelps Mt.. On an hike to cascade Mt., it's easy to get also Porter Mt. that stands just 30 minutes from the junction with Cascade Mt..

This summit is located just South of Cascade Mt.. It takes less than 30 minutes to get there from the junction with Cascade Mt.. His summit is a large open rock with a nice viewpoint to Cascade Mt. on one side and to Big Slide Mt. on the other side.

Free Spirit Spheres
Habitat for the Un-Tamed Spirit

Spheres can be hung from the trees as shown or from any other solid objects like buildings or rock faces. A web of rope is connected to any strong points available. This replaces the foundation of a conventional building. A suspended tree house uses the forest for its foundation.
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