I'm not sure why this has not been posted before, and I have been meaning to do this route for about a decade.  Two of the burliest continuous climbs in the ADK, which includes a 1700' mile, open ridge running, amazing views, and some fast forest road running for contrast.  To maximize the vertical, I started up the poor man's downhill, connected to the Wilmington trail to the summit, then down and back on the Whiteface landing trail.

I'm submitting this to encourage vigorous human vs.