Kept going N around to Fishbrook Pond (lake) then south to Sleeping Beauty and back to truck. The yellow-blazed Sleeping Beauty Trail begins at Dacy Clearing. Covering about four miles round trip and gaining 1,038 feet in elevation, ⦠Sleeping Beauty Mountain - The trail ascends 1,038 feet and 2.1 miles from the Dacy Clearing Parking Area to the summit at 2,347 feet. Download Adobe Acrobat PDF of the Sleeping Beauty Mountain and Dacy Clearing Road Map for printing or saving. Note that Dacy Clearing Road is only open seasonally, so you may end up walking the 1.6 miles this road covers to get to the main mountain trail. At 2.2 miles from the Hogtown trailhead the trail splits. Sleeping Beauty is located in public Forest Preserve in the Lake George Wild Forest area on the east side of Lake George in Washington County. The Trail. However, if the gate to Dacy Clearing is closed, you must park at the Hog Town Trailhead and hike 1.5 miles to Dacy Clearing. From Dacy Clearing you'll follow the yellow trail markers to the intersection of Fishbrook Pond and Sleeping Beauty. From the parking area, follow the trail about half a mile to the first intersection, then turn right and continue the rest of the way to the summit. Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC) distributes this geographic data with the understanding that geographic data, including land boundaries as represented, are approximate, and are intended for broad scale planning, inventory, mapping and analysis activities. From Dacy Clearing, I took another old carriage road back to Shelving Road Road. The main trailhead is at Dacy Clearing, which is also the trailhead for Sleeping Beauty Mountain. Parked at Dacy Clearing (more in a bit) So hiked up the West side of Bumps Pond to Erebus high point. You can go left to Fishbrook Pond via Bumps Pond following the red trail markers. The way we went was a down-and-back hike from the Dacy Clearing parking lot, which provides the shortest distance to the summit, and the shortest hike total (3.70 miles roundtrip). Well high point and marker for the LG12 not summit based on reviews and requirements. Fishbrook Pond, Millman Pond, Greenland Pond & Lapland all have fine lean-tos available (first come, first served) as well as tentsites. The well-marked trail has varied terrain, so be prepared for a few inclined and rocky sections. You must hike 3 miles from Dacy Clearing to Fishbrook Pond. This is a rugged and steep hike over the well-worn and heavily eroded trail. Beginning at the Dacy Clearing Trailhead, the path to the summit of Sleeping Beauty Mountain is 1.8 miles long. The trail length depends on where you start; it is 6.4 miles from the Hogs Town parking lot and 4.8 miles from the Dacy Clearing Parking lot. If starting from Dacy Clearing, the trail covers 1.8 miles each way for less than 4 miles round trip, with the option to loop around to Bumps Pond. Sleeping Beauty Mountain is a 1.8-mile hike from the Dacy Clearing Road parking lot and trailhead. This trail was a steady downhill, dropping about 1500 feet in 3.7 miles. This trail ⦠It would be a nice XC ski trail if you get there before the snowmobiles get there. If Dacy Clearing is open and you can drive to there, the hike is about 1.8 miles both ways to the lookout (also known as the fake summit), and another 0.4 miles to the actual summit. Map: Sleeping Beauty Mountain and Dacy Clearing Road. Follow the yellow trail markers to the trail junction, and then the blue trail markers (the trail on the right) to the summit. The Millman Pond Lean-To is especially nice. The Lake George 12ster website states an official trail does not exist for Erebus Mountain, so all you ⦠Erebus can be reached by boat from Lake George, but hikers most often use the trail from Dacy Clearing or Pike Brook Road. ... and serves as an important link with the adjoining snowmobile trail network. Or, you can go right to the Sleeping Beauty summit by following the blue trail markers.