Susquehanna Chapter ADK

We had near perfect winter conditions for our ADK activity at Gilbert Lake Park 2/16. A variety of choices lay before us. Some brought snowshoes, some cross country skis; others brought everything including hiking boots and walking poles. Snow shoeing and cross county were the popular choices. A real snowstorm had been promised by the weather report, some folks who had planned to come canceled because at home the snow was coming down hard. You can never really tell about the Gilbert Lake area. I It did snow but it was manageable and no trouble on the roads from Oneonta area.

Thirty three hardy souls joined in for the hike on Tuesday, September 15th at Rum Hill located off Rt 80 and Rt 28 and up Widderspoon Road above Otsego Lake in Cooperstown. Rum Hill and Thayer Farm are properties of the SUCO Biological Field Station. There are hiking trials on both Rum Hill and Thayer Farm properties. Permission required.

A stalwart group of ADK hikers met at the Thayer Farm property off Route 80 north of Cooperstown on Tuesday, March 31st. After walking up the driveway to the new Nature Center we set out on the yellow trail through a handsome pine forest high above Otsego Lake heading west and then north on the property. The trail was easy going for the first 3/4 mile then led us down a more challenging steep wooded area to a stream with three bridges and up again through another evergreen woods.