This coming weekend, I will go out and attempt the northern most peaks of the high peaks, Whiteface and Esther.  These are both north of Lake Placid, and Whiteface was actually a major venue for the 1980's Olympics.   There is an observatory and a road to the top too.... I'll be hiking in from the old Marble Mountain ski area, going to Whiteface first, and then hitting Esther, which is an unmarked trail/herd path, on the way down.

Whiteface: #5 4867 ft

Esther: #28 4240 ft

Today I took my first steps this year towards becoming a 46'er.  The hike was planned to be Giant and Rocky Ridge peaks.  I instead found that the trail was worse than I was expecting, and well, it took me 4 hours to summit Giant around noon.  On top of that, it was in the clouds.

This weekend, May 16th, I plan to start my quest for 46er with Giant and Rocky Ridge Peaks.  The estimated mileage is 7.4 miles per the Locus app.