LAKE GEORGE 12STER

So before I took on the high peaks, I felt like the Lake George 12ster would be a perfect starting point to my hiking adventures. I live about an hour south of Lake George so it's a convenient and beautiful location to hike and explore!

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For those of you not familiar with this challenge here are the hikes involved in the challenge.

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1. Black Mountain

2. Buck Mountain

3. Cat Mountain

4. Thomas Mountain

5. Erebus Mountain

6. Sleeping Beauty Mountain

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& The 6 Peaks of the Tongue Range which consist of:

7. Brown Mountain

8. Huckleberry Mountain

9. Five Mile Mountain

10. Fifth Peak

11. French Point Mountain

12. First Peak

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The nice part about the hiking challenge is you can do it in 3 different ways. The regular summer challenge (which is what I am doing), the winter challenge the ultra challenge - which means you have to complete all 12 peaks in a 24 hour period which sounds just crazy, or for the even crazier hikers - the winter ultra challenge. 

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Another positive part of this challenge is the ability to hike multiple of the peaks in one day. For example most people hike Cat & Thomas at the same time. A lot of people hike Sleeping Beauty & Erebus at the same time and the majority of people do the tongue range hike all in a single day (a long day for sure). 

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It's a totally doable challenge to accomplish over the course of a summer, and provides a lot of moderate hiking options with trails to make it easier or more challenging depending on your hiking level and abilities. 

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Each individual hike is outlined and described in my blog. In total the hiking challenge is approximately 41 miles depending on your route. 

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I finished this hiking challenge on 11/11/2020

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For directions to the trailheads and instructions on the types of challenges visit https://www.lakegeorge.com/hiking/12ster/