Yesterday I lead a hike up Noonmark for ADK.  This is the second of what has now become my tradition of winter warmup hikes.  Hikes designed to get you used to carrying the heavier pack and hopefully walking in microspikes and snowshoes.

Absolutely beautiful day up Noonmark.  We started off with 4 people around 8 in the morning.  A late start, but it was going to be a short hike.  Th trail up Noonmark reminded me of the high peak trails just a bit further down the road.  A stead steep with some crazy steep spots.  With the rain that had come through earlier in the week, it was not as snowy, and there was plenty of ice.  Towards the top the snow started to dominate and we could have justified switching to snowshoes, but it wasn't really that deep....