Armstrong, Upper Wolf Jaw, and Lower Wolf Jaw 29'th, 30'th, and 31'st High Peak Ascent

Armstrong, Upper Wolf Jaw, and Lower Wolf Jaw

The 22'nd, 29'th, and 30'th highest peaks in New York State with elevations of 4,400, 4,185, and 4,175 ft.    

Climbed Saturday 7-26-14 with my two sons Nathan, Joshua, and daughter in law Abbey. We left Speculator around 6 and arrived at the parking lot off of 73 at 7:45 AM.

It was another good hiking weather day, not too hot or humid, and with no rain in the forecast. We walked to the AMR gate and signed in at the register and set off down the Lake Road.

Josh and I were surprised that this was the first time Nathan had started from the Ausable Club. We had both been on this trail several times before.

We walked the road until the start of the Beaver Meadow Falls trail to Gothics/Armstrong.

We stopped for a couple pictures at Beaver Meadow Falls.

It was pretty much straight up to the col between Gothics and Armstrong with we got to at 11:00 AM.

There is not much to see along this trail but there are some interesting rock formations and several wooden ladders to climb both up and down.

After a short snack break at the col we continued to the Armstrong summit and arrived at 11:30.

We had lunch with several other hikers on Armstrong and then headed over to Upper Wolf Jaw. We were on the summit at 12:15.

Another couple that we saw on Armstrong also came up behind us on UWJ. We didn’t spend much time there until we headed over to Lower Wolf Jaw. At the base of Lower Wolf Jaw I dropped my pack in the underbrush so I didn’t have to carry it up and back. The climb was a little less strenuous but not easy since I was getting tired and it was the third peak of the day. We summitted LWJ at 12:35.

I was the last one up and the first one down. I was a little anxious getting back down to my backpack because I later thought I should have taken my keys with me. If stolen I could replace everything but if we couldn’t get in the car and home that wouldn’t have been too smart on my part. As usual the hike out was long and tiring but not very strenuous since it is mostly descending.

We got back to the car at 4:20.