2018-19 Southern Adirondack Guide
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60<br />
Ski Bowl Park Trail System<br />
<strong>2018</strong><br />
The Ski Bowl Park in North Creek is a four season destination.<br />
In the spring, summer and fall it is the starting point for 15 miles<br />
of hiking trails and 20 Kilometers of single track mtn. bike trails.<br />
In the winter the Park is operated by Gore Mtn. Ski Center which<br />
runs two lifts, the Hudson Chair and the Village Lift, to service<br />
great terrain and connect with the rest of Gore Mtn.’s alpine ski<br />
center. In addition to alpine skiing Gore Mtn. Ski Center makes<br />
snow and grooms<br />
trails for Nordic Skiing<br />
in the Bowl. The<br />
Park’s trail system<br />
also connects to 10<br />
miles of “ride up, ski<br />
down” backcountry<br />
ski trails that have shuttle service provided by the North Creek<br />
Business Alliance on snowy weekends in the winter. Snowshoeing<br />
is available on the Ski Bowl<br />
Loop and Ski Bowl Connector trails.<br />
For the snowless six months of the year bikers and hikers have<br />
access to some incredible experiences. Don’t worry about getting<br />
lost the trail system has kiosks with large maps at the entrances<br />
and you- are-here maps at key locations on the Ski Bowl Loop<br />
and color coded trail markers on each trail.<br />
Bikers - Have 15 17 Kilometers of single track riding designed<br />
to give the intermediate and experts a variety of challenging experiences.<br />
1. Ski<br />
Bowl<br />
Loop<br />
Trail<br />
is the<br />
single track<br />
m u l t i - u s e<br />
trail that allows<br />
you<br />
access to the<br />
bike specific trails up on the mountain and to Main Street by way<br />
of the underpass on the Carol Thomas Trail to a cold beer and<br />
dinner in town.<br />
2. Trails Hoot and Alternative - provide classic flowing<br />
single track with rock rides and lots of alternative lines.<br />
3. Heart Brake - requires the technical expertise and physical<br />
fitness that old school experts enjoy.<br />
4. The Long Trail - is the newest addition and longest trail<br />
in the system. It will be extending to the top of Little Gore for a<br />
k20km Trails<br />
Designed<br />
Just for Mt.<br />
Biking!<br />
Mt. Bike!<br />
k1 Mile From<br />
Gore Mt!<br />
Ski Bowl Park | North Creek<br />
Hike The Schaffer Trail up to Gore Mt. - waterfalls,<br />
and beautiful views. Maps/Info VisitNorthCreek.com<br />
Bike The new Ski Bowl Park Trails - Flow trials for<br />
all ability levels! Maps/Video UpperHudsonTrails.org<br />
Backcountry Ski Trails including Raymond<br />
Brook Trail and the “Ride Up - Ski Down” Shuttle<br />
Bus - North Creek Business Alliance<br />
VisitNorthCreek.com | UpperHudsonTrails.org<br />
10 km up and back trip, that<br />
is a fun ride up then provides<br />
750 feet of vertical fun on<br />
the 5 km downride with and<br />
has the banks, rollers, tree<br />
gaps and momentum drops to<br />
make it your favorite ride.<br />
5. Ski Bowl Connector<br />
Trail climbs up to<br />
the Lower Raymond Brook<br />
Trail, with Lower Raymond<br />
Brook being a very fast expert<br />
downhill trail ending at<br />
the Rt. 28 trailhead which<br />
means you should ride down<br />
the north end of main street to<br />
get some cold hydration after the thrilling decent.<br />
6. On-the-Rocks is a sessions trail that has many technical<br />
rock riding challenges which insures you won’t ride it all the<br />
first time.<br />
VisitNorthCreek.org<br />
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