I dragged myself out to Mont St-Hilaire last Sunday to meet 9 other hikers.  It was a mostly cloudy day, abut 10 C.  Note that none of us were at the hike the previous day, so we had 19 members in total out on club hikes this weekend.
I say “dragged” because I was feeling a bit under the weather.  Fortunately, I had already arranged to delegate the hike-leading duties to the capable hands of Steve Bubnich.  After we reached the first lookout point of Burned Hill 1.5 km into the hike, I decided I had subjected the group to enough of my coughing and wheezing and I turned back.  But the remaining nine hikers continued on.  They conquered the main lookout of Pain de Sucre and then continued north on the trails that loop near Dieppe and Rocky.  It was another great outing at Mont St-Hilaire. 

Many thanks to Steve for leading the hike and ensuring that everyone had a good day.

 

Each year we have in mind to organize an Adirondacks hike, but we are often thwarted by bad weather or scheduling issues.  This year we finally succeeded, although much to my frustration I was unable to participate!
Monique Isler led a group of 9 hikers up to the summit of Noonmark Mountain, near Keene Vally in the Adirondacks.  The weather conditions were good with a temperature range of 10-13 C and no rain.  Indeed, it turned it to be warmest at the summit as the sun broke through as they stopped there to admire the view and have lunch.  It was a long hike, about 5 or so hours on the trail.  Several of the hikers said it was one of the best hikes they had done in a long time!

Thanks to Monique for making this hike happen.  We promise to try and schedule more hikes like this in the future.