Solo Winter Hike and Trail Break of Mount Marcy, Skylight & Gray Peak In The Adirondack Mountains!

Marcy/skylight/gray are broken out... It was eventless up until the Y junction where left goes to Haystack and right goes to Marcy. I geared up for long exposure. Going up to Marcy with instantaneously knee-high snow drifts and 1 foot of snow most of the way. It eventually turn into a hard icy crust. I made it to the Summit and I worked my way over Marcy knowing that nobody had done that trail in quite some time. I checked the last few days in the log books. The second I got down near the tree line the snow was up to my waist. I worked my way down very slowly using the GPS constantly to make sure I was on route. I went off route once and I fell in a spruce trap that one up to my head it was horrifying. Anyhow I managed to get myself out and find the trail again.. I was solo and this was something that I should’ve never done but I did because I know my limits and I trust my gear and I spent a lot of time in the mountains. Anyhow . I continued working my way down through waist high snow till eventually making it to the bottom.. No one had touched any of the trails in that area since the recent snow because it was 4 feet of fresh powder everywhere. I slowly worked my way up to skylight and back down where I met a group who had followed my tracks down Marcy to the 4 way. They took the lead across Lake tear of the clouds and Seeing them made my day. Anyhow none of them we’re going to do skylight or gray. We got over near Gray and again I had to go in through 4 feet of fresh snow and slowly work my way up to the summit. It was a slow and tedious process. Stuff that I have only heard of in stories. It took me 1:45 minutes to get up to gray Summit.. keep in mind I am an extremely fast-paced and athletic Hiker. Gray is .3 to the summit.. that’s 35 min a tenth!!!! Slowly but surely with GPS guidance I made my way up and found the summit sign level with the ground. This was the hardest day of my life. My Winter Day Pack Gear: Shoes: Oboz Bridger Pack: REI 40L Pack Filmed on a IPhone XS Max 3 Rechargeable Foxelli Headlamps 180 Lumen Oakley Flak Custom Sunglasses Burton Goggles Sawyer Squeeze Water Filter. Two 64oz HydroFlask Water Bottles with Liquid IV Hillsound Micro Spikes MSR Evo Ascent Snow Shoes Grivel Ghose Ice Axe Black Diamond Trekking Poles 2 Nike Hyper Warm long sleeve base layers Two Polyester Nike Gym pull overs. North Face Gortex Flex GTX Rain/Waterproof Shell Merrill Arctic Puffer Jacket Extra Darn Tuff Winter Socks Outdoor Mountain Research Gloves 5 Fingers REI Mittens and Wool Liners Outdoor Mountain Research Approach Gloves Beanie Hat 2 insulated Pairs of polyester gym pants. Wool long underwear. Jet boil stove Plastic Snow Shovel North face insulated snow pants. Solar Powered Battery Bank with charging cables for Headlamps, Phone and GoPro. First Aide Kit with many diff Items including Advil, Tylenol, Luko Tape etc! Dude Wipes and ziplock bags to pack it out! Map/Compass Incase 2 GPS devices fail. Food and Snacks.. Whatever I feel like eating on that hike Plus always Multiple Protein bars for when I wanna eat on the run! #MSRevoAscent #HydroFlask #BlackDiamond #NorthFace #DarnTuff #Hillsounds