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Description: 3 days of Backpacking & Hammock Camping along Cranberry Lake in the Adirondacks. Download Fishing Clash for free fishingclash.onelink.me/dkOM/Sintax77 New users can get a special reward pack by using the gift code FishWithSintax77 For this adventure, I decided to do a fall backpacking trip with some higher trail mileage than I’ve been doing lately. Nestled in New York’s Five Pond Wilderness, the Cranberry Lake 50 is a fifty mile loop hike that circumnavigates it’s namesake, and passes by many smaller ponds along the way as well. Most of these smaller ponds have campsites or even a lean-to shelter nearby, which is quite nice. The CL50 is not really an individual trail, but a collection of trail sections from 12 other trails is the area. The route is well blazed with blue CL50 plastic discs nailed to trees along the way. The trails used to make up the CL50 are blazed with similar yellow trail discs, so you will often see both blazes simultaneously. The Cranberry Lake 50 goes through two towns – Wanakena, where I started, and the town of Cranberry Lake. There’s only about 10 trail miles between them, so neither really poses much logistical value for resupplying, but they are nice towns to stroll through. I chose to hike counter clockwise because the last 10 miles traverse some muddy wet sections due to beaver dams, so I figured it would be best to save that for last. I typically like to do my backpacking trips on a 3 day, 2 night timeline, so that meant my daily trail mileage had to be around 17 miles or so during the shortened daylight hours of October. On the upside, this hike is primarily along the perimeter of a lake, with minimal elevation changes, but did I mention that I hadn’t done a high mileage trip in a while? Yeah, the headlamp got a good amount of usage on this one. Let the night hiking begin… For an easier read, gps data & more info: sintax77.com/50-miles-of-hammock-camping-3-days-backpacking-cranberry-lake-50 Trailhead: 44°07'54.7"N 74°55'19.0"W 20 South Shore Rd, Wanakena, NY The mileage listed below is actual trail mileage. My mileage in the video was slightly higher due to my meanderings and a wrong turn. Trails Used, Day 1 Cross footbridge on opposite side of road Follow the CL50 markers through town of Wanakena for 2 miles Peavine Swamp Trail West Connector Trail Follow CL50 markers through the town of Cranberry Lake for 2 miles East Connector Trail Campground Trail Bandy Brook Flow Trail Setup camp along Bandy Brook Flow Tr This was a nice clear area right at the intersection with Burntbridge Pond Trail with room for multiple tents or hammocks. I didn’t notice any firepits, but water is available nearby at Bandy Brook Flow. Day 1 Mileage: 14.5 miles Day 1 Gross Elevation Gain: 1,236’ Day 1 Gross Descent: 1,232’ Trails Used, Day 2 Bandy Brook Flow Trail Dog Pond Trail Otter Brook Trail South Bay Trail Six Mile Creek Trail Camp along SMC Trrail I left the CL50 at the intersection with Olmstead Pond trail and camped on SMC trail near West Flow with a firepit and piped spring. I didn’t notice while setting up in the dark, but there was another spot farther down the trail that was right on the water. Day 2 Mileage: 15.5 miles Day 2 Gross Elevation Gain: 2,327’ Day 2 Gross Descent: 2,317’ Trails Used, Day 3 Backtrack on SMC Trail Olmstead Pond Trail Six Mile Creek Trail Cowhorn Junction Trail New Plains Trail High Falls Loop Trail Day 3 Mileage: 19.2 miles Day 3 Gross Elevation Gain: 1,394’ Day 3 Gross Descent: 1,408’ Total Mileage: 49.2 miles Total Gross Elevation Gain: 4,957’ My base weight for this trip was a little over 7 pounds. It was similar to this list, but I swapped the rain parka for a heavier button-up shirt. lighterpack.com/r/zfmmbd Notable Backpacking Gear ULA Ohm 2.0 Backpack ula-equipment.com/product/ohm-2-0 Dutchware Pack Cover dutchwaregear.com Dutchware Gear Half-Wit Hammock Dutchware Whoopie Hook hammock suspension w/ kevlar tree straps Hammock Gear Burrow 40 Top Quilt hammockgear.com Hammock Gear Phoenix 30 Underquilt Hammock Gear Dyneema Hex Tarp DIY Cat Can Alcohol Stove Vargo Windscreen amzn.to/2M3uRuG Light My Fire Mini Fire Steel amzn.to/30S3rxm Toaks 750ml Titanium Pot amzn.to/2GR7AJX Sea to Summit Long Handled Spork go.magik.ly/ml/v9xv Potable Aqua Water Purification Tablets amzn.to/3uYZ1TP RevolutionRace Men’s GP Pants amzn.to/3Daldz8 RevolutionRace Campfire Shirt bit.ly/RRPLAYGROUND La Sportiva Wildcat Trail Running Shoes amzn.to/3hyKrMi Nitecore NU25 Headlamp amzn.to/2YVsp0A Benchmade Bugout Folding Knife amzn.to/2JVfBS5 Casio ProTrek F-30 Smartwatch amzn.to/3dtY7Xj Packit Gourmet Backpacking Meals packitgourmet.com Spot X Satellite Messenger amzn.to/3adSjBr GoPro Hero 8 Black amzn.to/2D8n6lL Tripod Grip amzn.to/2MPhGOM