Moxham Valley. A marsh, looking south-west from Minerva towards North Creek.

Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest on May 21, 2011. (N 43° 45' 50.94" W 73° 57' 11.77")

Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/1000 sec, Aperature: f/4.0, ISO 80, EV -1/3, Focal Length: 38mm.

North Across Moxham Swamp.

Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest on May 21, 2011. (N 43° 45' 51.84" W 73° 57' 10.98")

Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/640 sec, Aperature: f/4.0, ISO 80, Focal Length: 38mm.

Aiden Lair Historical Marker.

Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest on May 21, 2011. (N 43° 52' 16.97" W 74° 0' 6.88")

Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/800 sec, Aperature: f/3.2, ISO 80, Focal Length: 75mm.

Abandoned Aiden Lair Hotel. Along NY 28. More about the Aiden Lair Hotel, including historical pictures.

Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest on May 21, 2011. (N 43° 52' 16.64" W 74° 0' 6.41")

Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/250 sec, Aperature: f/2.8, ISO 80, Focal Length: 38mm.

North from Aiden Lair on NY 28. In the distance is an unnamed hill near the Vanderwhacker Brook ...

Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest on May 21, 2011. (N 43° 52' 16.72" W 74° 0' 7.74")

Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/1000 sec, Aperature: f/4.0, ISO 80, Focal Length: 38mm.

Aiden Lair Hidden Behind the Trees.

Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest on May 21, 2011. (N 43° 52' 18.37" W 74° 0' 9.5")

Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/1000 sec, Aperature: f/4.5, ISO 80, Focal Length: 59mm.

Run Down Campsite Along Boreas River and NY 28. The picnic table and fire pit was in pretty rough shape, although the outhouse looked a little better off. It's obvious the state has put no repair or effort into the upkeep of this camping area since the early 1970s, although it does appear that it has been mowed.

Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest on May 21, 2011. (N 43° 53' 30.8" W 74° 0' 50.36")

Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/320 sec, Aperature: f/2.8, ISO 80, Focal Length: 38mm.

Outhouse Along NY 28/Boreas Camping Area. One good thing about Vanderwhacker Wild Forest, much like Moose River Plains, is most of the campsites have outhouses, which helps keep things cleaner. Many of them seemed to be in decent shape, unlike the fire pits and picnic tables (where they existed), which where rotten and in serious disrepair.

Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest on May 21, 2011. (N 43° 53' 31.85" W 74° 0' 46.66")

Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/125 sec, Aperature: f/2.8, ISO 80, Focal Length: 38mm.

Field Camping Area. Supposedly they where going to reduce this area down to one large camping area (with the remains of three fireplaces in it), and make other improvements under the Unit Management Plan, but it's obvious that Vanderwhacker has not had any money invested into it in a very long time.

Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest on May 21, 2011. (N 43° 53' 32.14" W 74° 0' 47.09")

Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/800 sec, Aperature: f/2.8, ISO 80, Focal Length: 38mm.

Boreas River. Looking North from the camping area along NY 28N... This part is relatively flat water, but fast moving (in part due to spring), and below NY 28N, you start to get back into the rapids.

Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest on May 21, 2011. (N 43° 53' 31.06" W 74° 0' 52.88")

Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/800 sec, Aperature: f/4.0, ISO 80, EV -1/3, Focal Length: 38mm.

Hewitt Eddy / Boreas Trail. This is another trail to explore in the future, although I bet you this past weekend it would have been pretty, with all the water coming down the Boreas River.

Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest on May 21, 2011. (N 43° 53' 28.1" W 74° 0' 52.56")

Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/200 sec, Aperature: f/3.2, ISO 80, EV -1/3, Focal Length: 82mm.

Warning Rock Snot!. Along the Boreas River.

Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest on May 21, 2011. (N 43° 53' 27.92" W 74° 0' 52.78")

Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/200 sec, Aperature: f/3.2, ISO 80, EV -1/3, Focal Length: 159mm.

NY 28N Over Boreas River. Those clouds look scary, although we got no more rain for the rest of the day. Also, notice the beautiful COR-TEN guard rail, which is rapidly becoming an endangered species, as the DOT is going back to stainless. Maybe at specifically scenic locations, like here, they will choose painted stainless guard rail, as used on the bridge rails here (but not the guardrail).

Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest on May 21, 2011. (N 43° 53' 28.61" W 74° 0' 52.85")

Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/800 sec, Aperature: f/4.5, ISO 80, EV -1/3, Focal Length: 67mm.

Vanderwhacker Firetower Trail Sign. 5.7 miles, if you include the first 3.2 miles you can drive on this rather rough and muddy truck trail back there -- at least time time of year.

Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest on May 21, 2011. (N 43° 53' 31.78" W 74° 0' 55.91")

Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/400 sec, Aperature: f/3.2, ISO 80, EV -1/3, Focal Length: 94mm.

Moose Pond Way.

Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest on May 21, 2011. (N 43° 53' 31.67" W 74° 0' 55.84")

Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/800 sec, Aperature: f/3.2, ISO 80, EV -1/3, Focal Length: 94mm.

Moose Pond Way. This lower section of Moose Pond way is a lot less muddy then the upper section, as I found out ...

Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest on May 21, 2011. (N 43° 53' 31.38" W 74° 0' 56.66")

Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/800 sec, Aperature: f/2.8, ISO 80, EV -1/3, Focal Length: 38mm.

Boreal Forest Along the Boreas River. You can understand where the Boreas River gets it name.

Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest on May 21, 2011. (N 43° 53' 30.55" W 74° 0' 54.54")

Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/800 sec, Aperature: f/4.5, ISO 80, EV -1/3, Focal Length: 59mm.

Vanderwhacker Trail. Here is the head to Vanderwhacker Trail. While I didn't hike it, due to being pretty hot and humid, it was a pretty good muddy and bone jarring drive up to there.

Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest on May 21, 2011. (N 43° 52' 47.93" W 74° 3' 32.11")

Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/160 sec, Aperature: f/3.2, ISO 80, EV -1/3, Focal Length: 82mm.

Less Muddy Section of Moose Club Way. Moose Club way had a little gravel reinforcement in parts, especially the muddiest parts. It was passable, but in some parts was really pretty bad.

Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest on May 21, 2011. (N 43° 52' 47.5" W 74° 3' 23.15")

Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/125 sec, Aperature: f/2.8, ISO 80, EV -1/3, Focal Length: 38mm.

Muddier Section. Parts of Moose Club Way where pretty slick. Fun to go through, but also a little scary, because this a pretty remote part of the Adirondacks. There where a couple of moderately steep hills on the truck trail, that going up like this was a bit rough. You can understand from this picture, why the some of the Adirondack Truck Trails are still closed.

Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest on May 21, 2011. (N 43° 52' 46.85" W 74° 3' 14.51")

Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/125 sec, Aperature: f/2.8, ISO 80, EV -1/3, Focal Length: 38mm.

2.5 Miles to Vanderwhacker Firetower. I will have to check this out the next time I come up here, probably in the late summer or early fall.

Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest on May 21, 2011. (N 43° 52' 47.71" W 74° 3' 33.19")

Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/125 sec, Aperature: f/3.6, ISO 140, EV -1/3, Focal Length: 288mm.

Vanderwhacker Brook. As seen from the truck trail bridge that crosses it, looking south.

Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest on May 21, 2011. (N 43° 52' 49.91" W 74° 2' 17.16")

Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/160 sec, Aperature: f/2.8, ISO 80, EV -1/3, Focal Length: 38mm.

Nice Campsite Along Vanderwhacker Brook. There also was a nice looking fire place, probably used by hunters camping here in the fall, and an outhouse. No picnic table though.

Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest on May 21, 2011. (N 43° 52' 49.33" W 74° 2' 17.05")

Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/80 sec, Aperature: f/2.8, ISO 80, EV -1/3, Focal Length: 38mm.

Vanderwhacker Railroad. It gets mostly snowmobile use nowadays, but the tracks are kept as they may in the future be used for mining operations around Newcomb.

Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest on May 21, 2011. (N 43° 52' 50.05" W 74° 2' 19.14")

Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/250 sec, Aperature: f/2.8, ISO 80, EV -1/3, Focal Length: 38mm.

Mud Soaked Ford Ranger. Did I mention that Moose Club Way was awful muddy? Fun though. I wish I had remember to top off the windshield washer fluid first though. The kayak road perfectly fine on the roof, tied down with bungees and ropes, despite the rough truck trail.

Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest on May 21, 2011. (N 43° 52' 49.19" W 74° 2' 17.45")

Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/50 sec, Aperature: f/2.8, ISO 80, Focal Length: 38mm.

Open Outhouse at Boreas Brook Campsite. It works. A little privacy from views of the campsite, and it's not likely other people would be found wandering the woods around here, except maybe during big game season.

Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest on May 21, 2011. (N 43° 52' 48.54" W 74° 2' 16.22")

Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/60 sec, Aperature: f/2.9, ISO 80, Focal Length: 43mm.

Another View of Vanderwhacker Brook Campsite. There are two other campsites near this area, however by far I fell in love with this campsite. I would have stayed here, but it's a ways back, and I wanted to explore the rest of the forest. I also was worried about the risk of bad weather washing out or making this already super muddy road even muddier.

Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest on May 21, 2011. (N 43° 52' 48.68" W 74° 2' 18.46")

Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/125 sec, Aperature: f/2.8, ISO 80, Focal Length: 38mm.

Another Muddy Section of Moose Club Way.

Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest on May 21, 2011. (N 43° 52' 49.15" W 74° 2' 20.51")

Kodak Z7590 Zoom Digital Camera, Exposure: 1/60 sec, Aperature: f/2.8, ISO 80, Focal Length: 38mm.