In a normal spring this would have been a late snowshoe, but even though  light snow dusted the ground and continued to fall fitfully during the day 29 Tramps had decent walking with the usual detours around beloved Adirondack mud.  We shuttled cars to the trailhead near the intersection of Routes 29-A and 10 and then began our hike where Snowmobile route 8 heads north toward Fourth Lake from Rt. 29-A.

The trail provides nice views of Burnt Vly and reaches an intersection after 1.1 miles of easy walking.  Here Snowmobile Rt. 82 branches off to the right toward Nine Corner Lake and proceeds gently upward between high hills on either side.  The  open forest is mostly mature maple ash and beech. Nine Corner Lake is a popular haunt of rock climbers  and soon we began to see large, erratic rocks..  After about one mile we skirted around a large beaver meadow and began the last climb to the lake.  A primitive campsite provided ample dry firewood and a sheltered spot for lunch.  After our three- mile climb to the lake the one-mile descent to Rt. 29-A and the cars seemed easy.  After this many of us retired to Arthur’s in Dolgeville for a light repast.

By:  Harold Pier