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Route Name: Iroquois Peak From Adirondack Loj
Route Length: 5.1 miles
Starting Point: Adirondak Loj
Ending Point: Iroquois Peak
Trail begins at the parking lot of the Adirondack Loj at Trail Register. Trail crosses Algonquin Brook via bridge at 0.4m and veers right. This section of trail crosses several ski trails which can make traveling easier during the winter. Trail reaches junction of Van Hoevenberg Trail and Algonquin Trail at 1.0 m.
Length: 1 miles
Difficulty of this Section: 0 Out of 4
Trail is marked with Yellow Markers. Head straight at junction if heading from Adirondack Loj. Trail is moderately flat, with some steeper sections. After 0.4 m you will come to a junction with the Whale’s Tail Notch Ski Trail.
Length: 0.4 miles
Difficulty of this Section: 0 Out of 4
Stay to the right at the junction with the Whale’s Tail Notch Ski Trail if heading from the Adirondack Loj. The trail begins to become steeper. You will cross streams and the old Wright Peak Ski Trail. At 1.0 m you will reach a nice waterfall. After the waterfall the trail starts to have patches of steep sections, followed by more level sections. After 1.7 m you will reach the junction to the Wright Peak Trail.
Length: 1.7 miles
Difficulty of this Section: 0 Out of 4
Stay to the right at the junction with the Wright’s Peak Trail. The trail becomes steeper with sections of open rock. You will hit the timberline at 0.5 m where the trail will become marked by cairns and yellow paint. After 0.9 m you will reach the summit of Algonquin Peak.
Length: 0.9 miles
Difficulty of this Section: 0 Out of 4
Keep following the cairns and yellow paint of the summit of Algonquin Peak until you reach the junction with the Lake Colden Trail and the Iroquois Herd Path at 0.4 m.
Length: 0.4 miles
Difficulty of this Section: 0 Out of 4
Follow cairns for 0.2 m until you reach the summit of Boundary, passing a bog on your right.
Length: 0.2 miles
Difficulty of this Section: 0 Out of 4
From the summit of Boundary, follow cairns down into a wooded patch of the trail until it comes back to open rock where you will reach the summit of Iroquois at 0.5 m.
Length: 0.5 miles
Difficulty of this Section: 0 Out of 4