We hiked Colvin with our Great Range Athlete team on Saturday, May 30, 2026

3:54
The book we mention is Adirondack 46 in 18 Hikes, by James Appleton.

4:20
James Appleton, based in Lake Placid, NY, is the creator of the Great Range Athlete program. He’s trained hundreds of high peak enthusiasts now, and Michelle and Loree are now two of them!

7:23
Throughout this section of the podcast, we speak as if the group was hiking Colvin and Blake, but our goal as a team was only Colvin. Several of us planned to add on Blake as a bonus, on our own, and separate from the GRA group.

16:48
“You can’t get to Blake without going over Colvin.” We, you can. It’s just that it would be a bushwhack! Which is not our jam.

24:38
Michelle is referring here to 21-year old Brianna Mohr, who died of hypothermia while attempting to hike New York state’s highest peak, Mount Marcy, in February of 2026. We think about Brianna and the other high peak hikers who’ve died in these mountains all the time. May they rest in peace.