My solo hike up Giant began at 10am up the 3.6 mile trail to the summit. The trail was easy to follow and although steep at times was not too difficult. The trail did have one ladder, and a few areas where I was walking up rock slabs, but this just made the trail interesting. Giant is the westernmost high peak and the summit at 4,626 feet provides great views looking east of all the other high peaks. It was a windy day at the summit, but I embraced it after my hot sweaty climb up the mountain. As I was leaving some dark storm clouds began approaching, but luckily I made it down before any rain started to fall. The round trip of 7.2 miles took me about three and a half hours to complete. As one of the shortest hikes in milage of the high peaks, Giant was a great choice for my first solo ascent in the Adirondacks.