James Fess is a hiker, conservationist and student. He has thru hiked the Long Trail of Vermont in September of 2016, Appalachian Trail in the spring of 2018, and now the Northville-Placid Trail in September 2018. His hiking experience began in 2015, the senior year of his undergrad degree in biology at SUNY ESF in Syracuse, NY. He started with shorter trails around Cranberry Lake, as well as Cascade and Porter mtns in the High Peaks region of the Adirondack Park, eventually taking a backpacking class at Syracuse University which was his true introduction to long distance hiking. Here, on the Northville-Placid Trail, he took his gained hiking experience back to the Adirondacks where it all began. Look for James on Instagram (@james_fess) for more content of hiking and the great outdoors. 

Here is a 5 minute video of James' Northville-Placid Trail thru hike!