CRANE POND paddle & BEAR MOUNTAIN hike, Adirondack Park.
Hamlet of Ticonderoga Essex County Vehicle Recovery: On Oct. 27, 2023 at 3:30 p.m., Ray Brook Dispatch called Forest Ranger Quinn about two subjects stranded near Crane Pond. The pair's SUV got stuck in the water and needed a tow. Ranger Quinn helped find a tow truck operator who could make it to the unmaintained road. The tow truck pulled out the SUV, but the vehicle wouldn't start. Ranger Quinn provided the stranded subjects a courtesy ride to Schroon Lake. July 2019 - CRANE POND. Pharaoh Lake Wilderness. I hiked Crane Pond Rd - some folks with high clearance vehicles drive the 2 miles to the pond. Camped at campsite #2 with views of Pharaoh Mtn to the S & Potter Mtn (trailless, on the to-do list) to the NE, outhouse, long rocky shoreline good for swimming. An unmarked path goes along the N shore past campsite #4, I got to a little short of the talus at the foot of Bear Mtn. Only ever saw 1 loon; only loon sounds were early morning, mostly tremolos wh...