Andy Arthur.
Thirteenth Lake
on April 22, 2011.
Thirteenth Lake is a popular destination in the Siamese Ponds Wilderness, that can be driven too and accessed without too much hiking. Around the lake, there are paddle-in or hike-in campsites every 1/4 mile pursuant to the APSLMP. These are the pictures I took on that particular Friday in April.
Related Maps: Siamese Pond Wilderness.
Related Photos: Thirteenth Lake.
... locations of photos are estimates that were done using heads-up digitizing.
Balm of Gilead Mountain. Looking at it from the shore of the 13th Lake in the Adirondacks. I had wanted to climb it, but I was confused about how you access it (from Old Farm Road Trailhead), but my map from DEC didn't show that correctly.
Thirteenth Lake on April 22, 2011. (N 43° 43' 2.06" W 74° 7' 7.1"
)
Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/800 sec, Aperature: f/5.6, ISO 80, Focal Length: 38mm.
Looking West. Towards Buck Meadow Mountain in the Siamese Ponds Wilderness.
Thirteenth Lake on April 22, 2011. (N 43° 43' 2.5" W 74° 7' 5.95")
Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/800 sec, Aperature: f/5.6, ISO 80, Focal Length: 38mm.
Accessible Campsite on 13th Lake. There are three accessible campsites on the one end of the lake, via P-Gravel paths, but like all accessible campsites in NY State, anybody is free to use them.
Thirteenth Lake on April 22, 2011. (N 43° 43' 3.94" W 74° 7' 7.36")
Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/640 sec, Aperature: f/2.8, ISO 80, Focal Length: 38mm.
Hiking Along Edge of Lake. This is near the edge of 13th Lake Mountain.
Thirteenth Lake on April 22, 2011. (N 43° 43' 1.06" W 74° 7' 8.4")
Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/1000 sec, Aperature: f/2.8, ISO 80, Focal Length: 38mm.
Snow Melt. With it in the 50s, the snow was very much starting to melt on the mountain.
Thirteenth Lake on April 22, 2011. (N 43° 42' 55.69" W 74° 7' 16.14")
Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/1000 sec, Aperature: f/2.8, ISO 80, Focal Length: 38mm.
Unamed Mountain. Along the edge of 13th Lake.
Thirteenth Lake on April 22, 2011. (N 43° 42' 33.05" W 74° 7' 36.37")
Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/800 sec, Aperature: f/4.5, ISO 80, Focal Length: 218mm.
Breaking Up Ice on Lake. Hopefully all this ice and snow in the Adirondacks will quickly become just a memory ...
Thirteenth Lake on April 22, 2011. (N 43° 42' 33.05" W 74° 7' 36.37")
Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/1600 sec, Aperature: f/6.3, ISO 80, Focal Length: 105mm.
Looking Up Little 13th Mountain.
Thirteenth Lake on April 22, 2011. (N 43° 42' 35.93" W 74° 7' 37.78")
Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/640 sec, Aperature: f/4.0, ISO 80, Focal Length: 38mm.
Turn Off for Hour Pond Trail. The other trail goes up to to Peaked Mountain and Peaked Mountain Pond.
Thirteenth Lake on April 22, 2011. (N 43° 42' 32.8" W 74° 7' 42.56")
Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/160 sec, Aperature: f/3.2, ISO 80, Focal Length: 67mm.
Blue Skies. For a while the weather was nothing short of beautiful hiking around 13th Lake. Yet, within a couple of hours the clouds would be back, and and rain and snow could come again...
Thirteenth Lake on April 22, 2011. (N 43° 42' 18.61" W 74° 7' 49.04")
Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/640 sec, Aperature: f/6.3, ISO 80, EV +1/3, Focal Length: 67mm.
Across 13th Pond. You can see the tree starting to bud up in the foreground, and how rapidly the morning's blue skies are turning to grey.
Thirteenth Lake on April 22, 2011. (N 43° 42' 14.72" W 74° 7' 49.19")
Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/640 sec, Aperature: f/5.6, ISO 80, EV +2/3, Focal Length: 38mm.
Rapidly Flowing Creek. All the snow melt lead many of the creeks to be quite flooded up here.
Thirteenth Lake on April 22, 2011. (N 43° 42' 15.05" W 74° 7' 55.38")
Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/80 sec, Aperature: f/3.2, ISO 80, Focal Length: 94mm.
Snow Melt Along Cliff Edge. It's very much spring, especially today with the temperatures in the 50 degree range.
Thirteenth Lake on April 22, 2011. (N 43° 42' 46.66" W 74° 7' 26.98")
Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/250 sec, Aperature: f/3.0, ISO 80, EV -2/3, Focal Length: 48mm.
Ice Breaking Apart. Good bye winter!
Thirteenth Lake on April 22, 2011. (N 43° 42' 47.77" W 74° 7' 23.7")
Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/1000 sec, Aperature: f/6.3, ISO 80, Focal Length: 159mm.
Still Pretty Bright and Sunny. At least for now.
Thirteenth Lake on April 22, 2011. (N 43° 42' 49.46" W 74° 7' 21.25")
Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/640 sec, Aperature: f/2.8, ISO 80, EV +2/3, Focal Length: 38mm.
Beaver Lodge. And kind of a cute pine tree out on 13th Lake.
Thirteenth Lake on April 22, 2011. (N 43° 42' 52.13" W 74° 7' 17.36")
Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/1000 sec, Aperature: f/4.0, ISO 80, Focal Length: 38mm.
White Birch. Along the Lake ...
Thirteenth Lake on April 22, 2011. (N 43° 42' 56.27" W 74° 7' 15.85")
Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/500 sec, Aperature: f/5.6, ISO 80, Focal Length: 38mm.
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