Camping and hiking in and around Lake Placid, NY

A bunch of buddies and I went camping and hiking this weekend near Lake Placid, NY. Fun times... but man was it cold... damn cold. They were saying that at the top of Whiteface there was 6" of snow. It's only the beginning of October!! Anyhow, our hike was supposed to be on this mountain called Big Slide, but there were so many people out this weekend, that they needed a shuttle bus for a larger parking lot to get people to the mountain. So we opted to do another one called Pitchoff mountain which was not as high as the rest from what I could tell but there was a series of about 5 peaks to climb and go down... It was a great weekend, until the last 45 minutes of the hike when my knee decided it wanted to hurt... no rhyme or reason... just pain. And now, a day later, it still hurts like a mofo. Hope it's not too serious. I have things i want to do this week!!!
enjoy the pics...