21 Oct 2024 03:05
Northville Placid Trail: 138 miles Through New York’s Adirondack Park
In today's episode of Backpacker Radio presented by The Trek, brought to by LMNT, we are breaking down our recent hike of the Northville Placid Trail. Chaunce, Elise, and yours truly recently set out south from Lake Placid to trek as much of the trail as we could in a 5-day period. Spoiler alert- I was forced off trail first, Chaunce did the full thing, Elise split the difference between the two of us.
We give you a day by day breakdown of our trek, including a not so fun first day, a family fight on day two featuring a midday meltdown, our favorite moments from the trail (like an epic campsite off Long Lake) and much more. We also give you the rough and dirty on the NPT, including the distance, elevation gain, resupply options, terrain, water, etc yatta yatta.
We wrap the show with the triple crown of John Travolta movies, whether we'd prefer the perfect stick or the perfect rock, and a one-minute gear review!
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Panel with Zach, Chaunce, and Elise
Time stamps & Questions
00:05:00 - Reminders: Support us on Patreon for exclusive bonus content, join us in Denver on December 7th and apply to be a 2025 blogger!
00:09:40 - Introducing the NPT Panel
00:11:30 - Northville Placid Trail basics
00:13:30 - Hiking direction
00:15:05 - Day 1 of hiking
00:27:00 - Night 1
00:32:55 - Bugs, darkness, and mileage
00:42:30 - Day 2
00:47:45 - The family fight
00:58:00 - Night 2
01:02:15 - Day 3
01:06:40 - Zach’s incident
01:11:05 - Odds games
