Category Archives: Trip Reports

Report by Bob Ciganek and Julie Smith – When is a road not just a road? When it’s Chlorinator Road! Sixteen ADKers discovered uncommon beauty as its roadway followed a pristine brook with steep roadsides covered with ferns and mixed hardwoods. This hike will be the year’s last of abundant eft crossings and the beginning ofContinue reading “Chlorinator Road Walk – October 1, 2019”

Liza Mundy led the group to the Upper Gilboa Reservior with a visit to the Gilboa Museum and picnic lunch after the museum tour. Group Photo by Irene Jervis

Group Photo by Irene Jervis – Roberta Austin led this walk across meadows and into woodlands at Windswept Acres in Delancey, NY.  

Report by Tracy Verma – On September 10, 23 people, some new, attended our hike on New Island Trail in Oneonta. It is not a new island. Rather, it is named after John New, an avid local environmentalist long before the environmental movement began. His daughter had hoped to attend. Hopefully next time. The trail-head startsContinue reading “New Island – September 10, 2019”

Report by Currie Marr -On a sunny fall-like day, 26 people came to College Camp for a 2.7 mile hike. The hike started on the Blue Trail with a climb to a patch of grass with a bench. From this point we looped back following a trail with purple-markers. The trail was in good condition andContinue reading “SUNY College Camp – September 3, 2019”

Report by Glenda Bolton – There’s nothing like a beautiful late summer hike and 19 ADK members did just that, on August 27th. We visited Palmer Hill, a new hike for ADK, located just outside the village of Andes. We hiked both the Upper and Lower Meadows Trails for an invigorating 3.7 mile hike. Each trailContinue reading “Palmer Hill, Andes, NY – August 27, 2019”

Report by Jim and Carolyn Austin – Twenty-three adults and five children hiked the Goat Trail Loop at Homer Folks State Forest on Tuesday, August 20. The 3.5 miles consisted of various types of trails and scenery. We traipsed through open areas and then into the woods where we often had to step over rocks andContinue reading “Homer Folk State Forest – August 20, 2019”

Trip Report by Betsy Cunningham – On a drizzly day in August, seventeen ADK members traveled to Jefferson for a woodland walk. We began on a car-less country road lined with ferns, birches and wild flowers. Paths through an adjoining field were covered with wild thyme and filled with milkweed and fruit trees. As we walkedContinue reading “Jefferson Woodland Hike – August 13, 2019”

Report by Linda Pearce – Even though it was a very hot summer day, twenty-nine people came out to walk at Goodyear Lake. While two walkers did the shorter walk on the lake roads, the rest of us did a 3-mile hike from our house to the Collier’s Dam. Along Silliman Cove Rd. we encountered aContinue reading “Goodyear Lake Hike – July 30, 2019”

Report by Ruth Schaeffer – Our hike on Tues., July 23 was at Fetterley Forest, Richfield Springs. This is an Otsego Land Trust property above Canadarago Lake. There were 20 hikers ready to learn about ferns and local, native plants from Connie Tedesco, a botanist who identified ferns and wildflowers. We were hoping to identify 10Continue reading “Fetterley Forest – July, 23, 2019”