Basic Information
Day 3 of our Lake George Get-Away
Link to AllTrails website for Tongue Mountain Hike
Date of hike: 05/29/2021
Difficulty level: Hard
Distance: 11.3 miles round trip
Elevation: 4,838 feet
Elevation gain: 3,510 feet
Location: Lake Gorge Wild Forest, Town of Bolton, Warren County, Adirondack Mountains, NY
About Tongue Mountain Hike
Tongue Mountain is a range of mountains that transverses five major mountain peaks, which include Brown Mountain, Five Mile Mountain, Fifth Peak, French Pint Mountain, and First Peak.
Our Impressions
The road to drive to Tongue Mountain Hike is very windy and made me very nauseous. We parked on the left side of the highway as the parking lot had very few spots. We followed the blue trail.
Despite the positive reviews that rave about beautiful views, we found this to be a very boring hike to nowhere. It was just a walk in the forest aside from two vista points with very narrow views through the trees. Possibly, this was due to the time of the year, which accounted for too many leaves on trees obstructing the views. The most interesting part of this hike was that we encountered an adorable orange lizard on the way.
It was steep in the beginning but mostly an up and down type of walk the rest of the way.
Since the temperature was chilly and the hike quite uninteresting, we decided to turn back after 5 miles so only walked 10 miles of the 11.3 listed miles.
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