Adirondack Sports February 2024

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FEBRUARY 

2024 

Embrace Winter 

CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING 

Mid-Winter Highlights 

ALPINE SKIING & RIDING 

North Creek Snow Train 

SNOWSHOE, SKI & HIKE 

Secluded Hour Pond 

RUNNING & WALKING 

Energetic & Fun March Races 

ATHLETE PROFILE 

Walter Kersch with Pineridge 

AdkSports.com 

● SKIERS ENJOY THE 

BEAUTIFUL FORESTS AND 

TRAILS AT PINERIDGE 

CROSS-COUNTRY SKI AREA 

IN EAST POESTENKILL.

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FEBRUARY 2024 3 

CONTENTS 

3 FROM THE TEAM 

5 NEWS BRIEFS 

9 CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING 

Mid-Winter Highlights 

11 ALPINE SKIING & RIDING 


13 SNOWSHOE, SKI & HIKE 

Secluded Hour Pond 

Locally Owned & Independent 

Adirondack Sports & Fitness, LLC 

15 Coventry Drive, Clifton Park, NY 12065 

(518) 877-8788 

info@AdkSports.com 

17 RUNNING & WALKING 

Energetic & Fun March Races 

20 ATHLETE PROFILE 

Walter Kersch with Pineridge 

23-29 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 

Many Things to Do 

31 COMMUNITY 

St. Lawrence Triple Crown Challenge 

35-39 RACE RESULTS 

Top Winter Finishers 

Publisher/Editor/Founder: Darryl Caron 

Art Director: Karen Chapman 

Consulting Editor: Mona Caron 

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ISSUE 

#277 

FROM THE TEAM 

Winter Wonderland 

Just when we were ready to write off winter, we 

were hit with a wonderful snowstorm! Winter 

is back, then it’s not, then it is, and the season is 

now more interesting and fun with snowshoeing, 

cross-country skiing, downhill skiing and snowboarding, and colder temps 

for ice skating, ice fishing, winter carnivals and festivals – if not so in your backyard, 

go find it. 

Plan a ski trip, sign up for a snowshoe or a Nordic ski race – try it! With great 

sales, now’s also the time to pick up winter gear and clothing if you need it. Try winter 

camping, the February 15 Challenge, where you can visit a state or local park, 

trail nearby or even your own neighborhood – or get ready for the 29.3 Challenge 

of sprint road races. We hope the articles in these pages will motivate you to get 

out and play. 

Please support our advertisers and exhibitors. As we go to press, we’re just six 

weeks away from welcoming spring at our 18th annual Adirondack Sports Summer 

Expo in Saratoga Springs on Saturday-Sunday, March 16-17. It’s the Northeast’s 

annual gathering of outdoor enthusiasts, whether you’re into sports, recreation, 

health/fitness or travel. Join us to shop and learn more about clubs, events, races, 

destinations, services, family adventures, and clothing and gear for bicycling, hiking, 

paddling, running, triathlon. Get inspired to explore the outdoors – we’ll see 

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News Briefs 

FEBRUARY 

15 Canalway 

Challenge 

WATERFORD –The Erie Canalway 

National Heritage Corridor invites 

New Yorkers to take part in a free winter 

fitness challenge, the “FEBRUARY 

15 Canalway Challenge.” Participants 

pledge to complete 15 miles during the month of February by walking, running, 

hiking, snowshoeing, or cross-country skiing anywhere within the Erie Canalway 

National Heritage Corridor. 

Participants can log miles at national, state and local parks, on the Canalway 

Trail, or even in their own neighborhoods. Finishers receive a 15-mile recognition 

sticker, magnet, and set of commemorative postcards. 

“The FEBRUARY 15 Challenge provides great incentive for people of all abilities 

to embrace winter and enjoy the outdoors, while working toward a fitness goal.” said 

Bob Radliff, Executive Director of the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor. 

“The Canalway Corridor, including the many state and national parks located within 

it, have much to offer in every season, and we hope this challenge motivates New 

Yorkers to get outside in winter.” 

FEBRUARY 15 is part of the Canalway Challenge, which is open to people of all 

fitness levels and offers a range of mileage options, including 1 mile for people with 

mobility challenges, 15 miles, 90 miles, 180 miles, and 360 miles. Registration is free 

and open to individuals, teams, and organizations. Sign up: canalwaychallenge.org. 

Winter Camping 

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SARANAC LAKE – St. Regis Canoe Outfitters, 

a full-service outfitter established in 1984, 

now offers winter camping packages. 

Featuring their new fleet of hot tents and 

winter gear, this unique experience opens the door to New York’s most glorious 

season. 

The hot tent packages are designed to fit customers needs as they come with 

set-up and breakdown service, along with hot tent, woodstove and firewood. An 

experienced staff member will meet people at the site to show them the ropes. They 

need to choose the package that’s right for them. 

There’s a basic package that includes 16’ Bell canvas tent, stove, firewood, snowshoes 

and trekking poles. The deluxe package also includes sleeping bags, sleeping 

pas, cook gear, cleanup kit, water, snowshoes and trekking poles. A cot is also available. 

The food package adds dinner the night of check-in, three square meals for full 

days, and breakfast the morning of checkout. Meals are catered to hot tent cooking 

on the wood stove. 

There’s a discount for bookings of three nights or more. The tent capacity is four 

individual cots or six sleeping bags. Go to: canoeoutfitters.com. 

Dr. Maggs Feet 

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SCHENECTADY – The Dr. Maggs Feet 

First System, a groundbreaking injury 

prevention program poised to redefine 

today’s sports medicine industry, 

has been unveiled by Dr. Timothy 

Maggs, an expert and pioneer in the 

field of sports injuries prevention. 

Backed by extensive research, this 

innovative system addresses a fundamental 

revelation, that every human exhibits some degree of collapse in their feet, 

making quality orthotics a crucial first step for injury prevention. 

Dr. Maggs, drawing upon experience and research, highlights the profound 

impact of foot collapse on overall body mechanics and injury susceptibility. The Feet 

First System begins with the integration of high-quality orthotics into all footwear. 

These orthotics, designed and crafted using cutting-edge technology, serve as the 

cornerstone for balancing body weight distribution, reducing strain, and optimizing 

biomechanics. 

Following orthotics, the system introduces an essential component, which is an 

important X-ray to evaluate hip height difference. This assessment determines the 

possible necessity of a heel lift, addressing any discrepancies in hip alignment that 

may contribute to abnormal loading and potential injury risks. 

Furthermore, Dr. Maggs stresses the importance of individualized care, “Each 

person’s body is as unique as a fingerprint, and so is their hip height difference-feet 

relationship. One-size-fits-all solutions are inadequate. Quality orthotics with the 

appropriate x-ray is mandatory.” 

“Understanding the relationship between foot biomechanics and overall body 

alignment is important. This system takes a holistic approach, as mere millimeters of 

imbalance in structural loading can lead to a torn ACL or Achilles tendon compared 

to one that doesn’t tear” states Dr. Maggs. 

The integration of orthotics, coupled with the proper X-ray, showcases his 

commitment to proactive injury prevention and optimizing overall health and 

performance. By addressing foundational issues, this systematic approach aims to 

empower individuals to lead active, pain-free lifestyles while minimizing the risk 

of potential injuries. 

Through a blend of research-backed insights and personalized care, the Dr. 

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ANNOUNCING THE 

Photo by Nancie Battaglia 

ADK TOUR DE SKI 

A new, exciting XC race series: 6 venues, multiple distances. 

Race hard and spend a weekend in the spectacular Adirondacks. 

Race all six or pick and choose. 

(Discount when you register for all six.) 

Dec. 16: 2: Mt Van Hoevenberg 

Jan. 6: 14: Saranac Tupper Lake, Dewey Frenette Mountain Trails 

Jan. 20: 14: Saranac Tupper Lake, Dewey Frenette Mountain Trails 

Feb. 10: Lake Placid, Scotts Cobble 

Feb. 25: Lake Placid, Cascade 

Mar. 10: Paul Smiths, VIC 

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ADK Tour de Ski, February 10, 25 and March 10 

LAKE PLACID – The new, exciting XC race series has been 

a success so far with three venues completed at Mt. Van 

Hoevenberg in Lake Placid, Frenette Trails in Tupper 

Lake, and Dewey Mountain in Saranac Lake. Participants 

have raced hard and spend a day or weekend in the spectacular 

Adirondacks, covering multiple race distances 

and techniques. Upcoming races include Scotts Cobble 

Nordic Center in Lake Placid on Saturday, February 10, 

ADK Cascade Welcome Center on Sunday, February 25, 

and the Paul Smith’s VIC IN Paul Smiths on March 10. 

For more details and sign-up, go to: paulsmithsvic.org. ■ 

Ladies Ski Clinic at Lapland Lake, February 3 

NORTHVILLE – Lapland Lake will host their Ladies Skate 

Technique Ski Clinic on Saturday, February 3. The morning 

sessions begin at 9:30am and wrap-up ends at 3:30pm. 

This is a special cross-country ski program for women, 

taught by women. Beginner and intermediate level female 

skiers age 18+, grouped by ability, will receive instruction 

in skate technique in the morning. After a lunch break 

(participants are welcome to either bring their own lunch 

or purchase) the clinic will meet up for a social group 

ski in the afternoon, and enjoy a group skills wrap-up 

and snack at the end of the day. The program is led by 

Lapland Lake’s PSIA-certified instructors. Cost for the 

program includes facility use pass. Equipment rental is 

not included, if equipment is needed, purchase the rental 

separately. Space is limited so register in advance. Visit: 

laplandlake.com. ■ 

NYSSRA Nordic Women’s Ski Day, February 24 

LAKE PLACID – Join the NYSSRA Nordic Women’s Ski 

Day on Saturday, February 24 at ADK’S Cascade Welcome 

Center in Lake Placid. This event serves to illuminate 

female cross-country ski enthusiasts, offering like-minded 

souls the opportunity to gather for a day of skiing – with 

learning, lunch and revelry! A highlight is the learn-toski 

clinics led by female instructors, the emphasis being 

on relaxed, fun learning in a supportive and encouraging 

environment. All ability, skill, and experience levels are 

welcome. NYSSRA Nordic hopes to foster a healthy lifestyle 

through the fun and beauty of being outdoors in the 

winter on skis. 

Clinics include Beginner Classic, Intermediate 

Classic, Skate, Guided Classic Tour. Detailed descriptions 

and schedule are available online. Activities include an 

equipment check, morning instruction, lunch/social, and 

afternoon clinics. There will also be Fischer Ski and One 

Way pole demos for registrants to try equipment. 

The Fundamentals: Designing a Training Approach to 

Progress in Sport and Nordic Ski Training Year-Round will 

be led by Andrea Henkel Burke. There will be afternoon 

guided classic ski and skate clinics. Plus, an informational 

session on Expanding Your Regional Ski Trail Knowledge: 

CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING 

Mid-Winter 

Ski Highlights 

Local “off-piste” Trail Options in the High Peaks Region by 

Bunny Goodwin. 

Participants may choose to bring their own equipment 

or can rent equipment from the Cascade Ski Center upon 

arrival. If interested in the afternoon Skate Clinic, individuals 

must provide their own skate equipment for this 

session. For food service, a variety of catered food options 

for purchase from Green Goddess Market & Café of Lake 

Placid, will be available on site. 

The guest speaker in the afternoon is Andrea Henkel 

Burke, one of the most talented female athletes in 

cross-country skiing and biathlon. Her workshop will 

delve into ski training year-round, guiding participants 

in understanding how to sustain a base fitness level in the 

“off season,” building into a recreational or competitive 

winter ski season. 

Andrea is a four-time Olympic athlete, winning two 

Olympic gold medals and eight World Championship 

titles. As a personal trainer, she has the life-long experience 

as a professional athlete as well as certifications in 

personal training and nutrition. Since retiring from competition, 

Andrea lives in Lake Placid with her husband, US 

biathlete Tim Burke, and continues to travel to Europe for 

professional activities. Visit: skireg.com. ■ 

Swix Lake Placid Loppet, February 24 

LAKE PLACID – The Swix Lake Placid Loppet, presented 

by Ariens at Mt. Van Hoevenberg is set for Saturday, 

February 24. This annual event is open to everyone and 

has been a beloved tradition for over 30 years at Mt. Van 

Hoevenberg. Challenge yourself on a demanding course, 

slightly modified from the 1980 Winter Olympics’ 50K 

route, making it one of the toughest citizen races globally. 

Whether you prefer classic or skate skiing, you can conquer 

the full 50K course, or opt for the Kort 25K if you’re 

looking for a shorter challenge. 

If trying it or speed is your game, join the Citizens 

Series in the afternoon, offering races in 12K, 6K or 3K. 


DEC IN THE 3P HOUSE. SIX OFF-DUTY FOREST RANGERS 

JOINED IN THE FUN AT THE INAUGURAL SARANAC 3P 

RACE IN MARCH 2023. CAPTAIN BURNS SKIED DOWN MT. 

PISGAH, RANGER O’CONNOR RODE A FAT BIKE TO DEWEY 

MOUNTAIN, RANGER PRACZKAJLO WENT XC SKIING AT 

DEWEY, RANGER ADAMS BIKED TO BEAVER PARK, RANGER 

LEWIS PADDLED TO THE FISH & GAME CLUB, AND RANGER 

DUCHENE RAN IT HOME TO THE FINISH LINE. AT THE 

FINISH, THEY HELPED KEEP THE CROWD PUMPED AS THEY 

CHEERED ON THE OTHER FINISHERS. SARANAC LAKE 3P 

It’s a fun-filled day for the whole family, featuring Mt. Van 

Hoevenberg’s scenic trails, entertainment, and food. The 

Loppet is a winter season highlight you won’t want to 

miss, attracting skiers from near and far, and young and 

old, in a welcoming environment. 

This is what you’re in for: 50K Loppet is two laps of 

the 25K loop, and the 25K Kort Loppet is one-lap on the 

25K loop. On the course, the height difference 183 meters 

and maximum climb is 69 meters. The Kort includes 560 

meters of climbing and the Loppet has 1,120 meters. More 

info and to register: skireg.com. ■ 

Saranac Lake 3P, March 2 

SARANAC LAKE – The Saranac Lake 3P is a six-leg multisport 

race event organized to showcase the incredible 

local recreational venues in and around Saranac Lake. 

The event serves as a community celebration of their 

unique and diverse frontcountry. It also leverages the 

spring shoulder season as participants follow the spring 

snowmelt from the area’s mountains to the river all under 

their own power on skis, bikes, and in boats. This year, this 

second annual charity event will benefit Friends of Mt. 

Pisgah / Saranac Lake Ski Club, a group of locals committed 

to improving all aspects of the Mt. Pisgah experience 

– locals who are making a huge positive impact on the 

community. 

“The lifestyle up here prepares you for this race. We run, 

bike, paddle and ski, so it hits all of the targets.” –Keith 

Kogut, winner, 2023 Saranac Lake 3P race. 

The race, where contestants compete either individually 

or in teams of two to six, consists of an alpine ski/ 

snowboard leg, a town tour bike leg, a cross-country ski 

leg, another quick bicycle leg, a boating leg, and finally a 

running segment to bring participants back to the start/ 

finish line at Mt. Pisgah. 

Participants will skin up (ski uphill with climbing 

skins attached to the underside of their skis) or snowshoe 

up the slope of Mt. Pisgah, alpine ski or snowboard 

down Mt. Pisgah, bike to Dewey Mountain where they 

will cross-country ski two loops on a set course on the 

groomed trails, bike to the Saranac River where they will 

paddle down to the Saranac Lake Fish & Game Club, 

before finally running back up to the start/finish line at 

Mt. Pisgah. An after-party will be hosted at the Mt. Pisgah 

Lodge, adjacent to the start/finish line. 

See the website and maps page for more details on the 

routes, elevation profiles, rules and tidbits. There will be a 

new Kids “Pole-Pedal-Play” Race for ages 5-15 to follow. 

Register: saranaclake3p.org. ■


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◀ HARDY SKIERS USED 

ROPE TOWS IN THE 1930S 

AT WHAT IS NOW GORE 

MOUNTAIN SKI RESORT. 

SWC 

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THE SKI TRAIN TO 

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MOUNTAIN. SWC 

▶ THE NORTH CREEK 

SNOW TRAIN IN 

1935. SCHENECTADY 

WINTERSPORTS CLUB 


Gore Celebrates 90th Anniversary 

This season marks the 90th anniversary of the 

Snow Train that brought skiers to North Creek, 

kickstarting generations of winter tourism in the 

area. Business owners, historians, and ski enthusiasts are 

commemorating this historic event. 

The North Creek Snow Train’s inaugural voyage in 

1934 transported 378 skiers from Schenectady to North 

Creek, launching the region’s winter sports tourism 

attractions. Today, in a broad collaboration, the town of 

Johnsburg, Gore Mountain, Tannery Pond Community 

Center, North Creek Depot Museum, Johnsburg Historical 

Society, Revolution Rail Co., Cunningham’s Ski Barn, ski 

enthusiasts, esteemed historians, artists, devoted residents, 

and local business owners all unite to honor the 

rich legacy of this remarkable train. 

Throughout the snow season, an array of curated 

events will illuminate the vibrant history and cultural 

significance of the North Creek Snow Train. These 

events include walking history tours of the train station 

and North Creek Ski Bowl, screenings of vintage films, 

presentations, concerts, artwork exhibitions, fun races, 

and commemorative giveaways, among other activities. 

Barkeater Chocolates is making a Snow Train chocolate 

bar, and Upper Hudson Coffee is labeling the Roosevelt 

Roast with the Snow Train logo. 

In addition to the schedule of events listed below, 

additional details are in development, and more information 

will be forthcoming. 

All history enthusiasts and aficionados of winter sports 

and recreation are encouraged to explore the schedule 

of events to find a path to immersing themselves in this 

remarkable journey through time. Discover the story of 

how the North Creek Snow Train became an indelible part 

of the “Ride Up, Slide Down” era of Adirondack history 

and the catalyst for generations of winter enjoyment at 

Gore Mountain. 

History – The origins of skiing in the Adirondacks trace 

back to as early as 1903. As this new adventure-filled sport 

gained popularity through the 1920s and early 1930s, the 

1932 Winter Olympics held in nearby Lake Placid ignited 

a fervor for winter sports throughout the region. One that 

prompted Vincent Schaefer of Schenectady to organize 

efforts to bring Snow Trains to North Creek. 

His group lobbied various railroad companies to 

establish trips to potential ski areas, including North 

Creek and the burgeoning Ski Bowl. The Olympics also 

inspired leaders of the American Legion in North Creek 

who built several ski trails on Gore for skiers who arrived 

via the Snow Train. 

On March 4, 1934, the Delaware and Hudson Railroad 

Company sent the inaugural Snow Train northward, carrying 

nearly 400 skiers from Schenectady to North Creek. 

This affordable round-trip adventure, priced at $1.50 

(equivalent to $34.70 today), was met with tremendous 

enthusiasm, transforming North Creek into a cherished 

skiing destination. By 1936, snow trains were departing 

from Albany and New York City as well, ushering in an era 

of increased tourism that significantly bolstered the local 

economy during the Great Depression. 

Though the Snow Train era eventually concluded 

during World War II, its impact on the history of skiing 

remains indelible. Today, we commemorate this storied 

past and the enduring legacy of winter sports in North 

Creek and at Gore Mountain. 

▲ THE NORTH 

CREEK SNOW 

TRAIN IN 1936. 

Schedule of Events – 

February 10 at 7pm at Tannery 

Pond Center – Old Ski Movie 

Night from the 1930s to the 

1950s presented by the Depot 

Museum. February 17 at 7pm 

at Tannery Pond Center – Jim Schaefer presentation on 

Schenectady’s Women of Winter: Frederica “Freddie” 

Anderson, Pioneer Ski Instructor and Lois Perret 

(Schaefer), RN, The First Aid Committee (Ski Patrol) 

1933. February 22 at 7pm at Tannery Pond Center – 

Johnsburg Historical Society presentation on the WWII 

10th Mountain Ski Division. 

March 2-4 – Gore Mountain will be celebrating the first 

Snow Train to arrive in North Creek. March 2 at a time 

to be determined – Ski Bowl Snowshoe presented by the 

North Creek Depot Museum. March 3 at 1pm at Tannery 

Pond Center – Johnsburg Community Story Recording 

Session and launch of Audio Walking Tour of North Creek. 

For more information about these events and to stay 

updated on the schedule of activities, please visit Tannery 

Pond Center’s Schedule of Events: tannerypond.org. 

We encourage you to join in celebrating this historic 

milestone, reliving the era of the North Creek Snow 

Train, and embracing the enduring spirit of winter sports 

in North Creek and at Gore Mountain. Details are subject 

to change, so check the Gore website for up-to-date information: 

goremountain.com.


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Hour Pond 

P 

By Bill Ingersoll 

H 

our Pond is nestled within a secluded basin, and 

although it is not really remote, the surrounding 

mountains ensure that it seems that way. There is 

a lean-to near its east shore and an attractive campsite 

near the outlet, either of which would be a fine setting 

for a weekend backpacking trip. Bullhead Mountain 

serves as a pleasing backdrop, although its position to 

the west causes the sun to set prematurely in the evening, 

from the perspective of anyone camping on the 

east shore. Hour Pond has been known as a recreational 

destination for several generations, but an explanation 

for its unique name has not yet been uncovered. 

There are two ways to reach the pond, and both of 

them are very fine trails. This route from Old Farm via 

Hour Pond Brook is the traditional route, and the one 

better suited for skiing and snowshoeing… assuming, of 

course, the occurrence of a traditional winter, which is 

scarce these days. But if nothing else, this is still a good 

hike with or without winter equipment. 

Getting There – Access to this part of the Siamese 

Ponds Wilderness – which has much to offer in addition to 

this hike to Hour Pond – begins on Thirteenth Lake Road. 

This paved byway starts on NY Route 28 in North River 

and traces a winding course through Christian Hill and 

alongside Thirteenth Brook. 

Old Farm Road forks right from Thirteenth Lake Road 

four miles from North River. Plowing ends in a clearing 

at 0.5-mile – a spot that serves as a winter trailhead 

most years. At other times of the year, you can follow the 

remaining road into state land and the official trailhead 

parking area at 0.7-mile. 

The Trail – The wide trail begins with a quick drop that 

skiers will appreciate, and others will hardly notice. At 0.2- 

mile you reach the trail register and the northern junction 

with the Botheration Pond Loop, and at 0.6-mile the trail 

to Elizabeth Point, forks right. The main trail then enters 

a large stand of Norway spruce, which were planted here 

by a prior generation of conservationists as a reforestation 

effort. As its name suggests, Norway spruce is not a tree 

species that is native to North America; the ones here may 

eventually be succeeded by the balsam firs lurking in the 

understory. 

The site of the Thirteenth Lake House, known as Old 

Farm Clearing, is now a much smaller clearing at the heart 

of the spruce plantation. A foundation can be seen to the 

right of the trail, and a spring to the left. This was at one 

time the trailhead parking area, but it is now a key intersection 

1.2 miles from the trailhead. The southern end of 

the Botheration Pond Loop is on the left; the trail to the 

East Branch Sacandaga River is straight ahead; and the 

trail to Puffer and Hour Ponds is on the right 350 feet past 

the clearing. 

Considering the rather sloppy nature of our recent 

winters, expect unforgivably wet conditions for the first 

To Puffer Pond 

To Eleventh Mountain 

Old Farm Clearing 

MAP BY 

BILL INGERSOLL 

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tenth of a mile as you head west out of the spruce plantation. 

But then the trail passes out of the reforestation 

area and descends gently into the fault valley that contains 

Thirteenth Lake and Buck Meadow Flow – albeit 

without passing within sight of either feature. At 2.2 miles 

you cross a bridge over a substantial stream flowing from 

the south. 

Moments after crossing the bridge you reach the side 

of Hour Pond Brook, which is one of the more interesting 

parts of the hike. There is an attractive set of cascades and 

small waterfalls to your right where the stream tumbles 

quickly out of the high country, shaded by a cover of tall 

hemlock. There are several streamside perches with good 

views of the watery action below. At 2.5 miles, after climbing 

100 feet beside the gorge, you cross a bridge over the 

brook. The trail turns left on the far side. 

The grade moderates, and at 2.7 miles you reach a 

junction beside the brook. The trail to Puffer Pond continues 

straight, but without a bridge over the deep brook, 

that direction is hardly an option in winter. 

The trail to Hour leads north. The route is parallel 

to the brook, but located far enough up a hill that you 

only have occasional glimpses of the open wetlands 

to the west. At 3.4 miles, you descend to a log bridge 

and a trail junction, where the trail to the right leads to 

Thirteenth Lake. 

Turn left, west, following the sign for Hour. The trail 

leads to a pretty beaver pond at 4.2 miles where you will 

need to walk along the top of the long dam, which has a 

flat top and seems well adapted to its dual function as a 

trail causeway. The trail veers southwest along a wetland, 


then west beside a dry streambed (an overflow channel) 

to an open vly, and finally northwest toward Hour 

Pond. The approach is prolonged because the trail does 

not lead directly to the water, but instead continues to a 

former campsite about a third of the way up the shoreline, 

where it ends 1.6 miles from the Puffer Pond trail, 3.1 

miles from Old Farm Clearing, and 4.3 miles from the Old 

Farm Trailhead. This is an attractive spot with a good view 

across the pond to Bullhead Mountain. 

A lean-to stands 500 feet to the north of this spot, at 

the end of a marked side trail. This shelter is located on 

high ground with a substantial setback from the water; it 

is a decent campsite, but the lack of a view seems to limit 

its popularity. Winter might be the preferred season to 

camp at such a sheltered spot, except that there are no 

good sources of water nearby – when the pond freezes, 

the only other recourse is to melt snow. 

The other camping option is a designated tent site 

located near the pond’s outlet, under a stand of hemlock 

trees with a ledge nearby for easy water access. 

Hour Pond appears relatively large, but it is remarkably 

shallow and therefore not very appealing for swimming. It 

is a brook trout pond, though, and it is subject to the same 

regulations that are in effect at Thirteenth Lake. 

Bill Ingersoll is a co-founder and the vice-chair of 

Adirondack Wilderness Advocates; you can meet him 

and the AWA team at the Adirondack Sports Summer 

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Leprechaun Leap Fun Run, 

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percent of smaller races have fewer than 500 participants. 

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locally-lead races in March. 

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race season is the 4th annual Electric City 10K 

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Get yourself ready for the 46th annual 

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Albany on June 1 by signing up for the Training 

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running and walking experience. Workouts build 

from week to week, are held on most days of the 

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Training Challenge is great for anyone who wishes 

to do their first 5K, wants to get back into running 

or walking a 5K, and those who are looking 

for a supportive running group. The first week of 

the program starts on Monday, March 18. Learn 

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Run, sweat and be Irish! On Sunday, March 

24, the Shamrock Shuffle 5-Mile Road Race in 

Glens Falls is back on the schedule! The race starts 

and finishes at Glens Falls High School. This is a 

fast and flat five-mile loop course. This will be the 

34th year for the Shamrock Shuffle and all proceeds 

go to the benefit of Warren-Washington 

NYS Special Olympics. There is also a Leprechaun 

Leap Fun Run, a 7/8-mile children’s run, for all 

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■ MOHAWK HARBOR START AND 

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■ START OF THE RUN 4 YOUR 

LIFE 5K AT SCHENECTADY’S 

CENTRAL PARK IN 2023. 

those leprechauns 12 and under. The Leap starts 

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On Sun, March 30, the 15th annual Schenectady 

Firefighters Cancer Foundation’s Run 4 Your Life 

5K Run/Walk will welcome you to Central Park 

in Schenectady. In commemoration of reaching 

of a milestone of 15 years, which nearly half of 5K 

events nationwide do not reach, the foundation 

has added several exciting facets to this year’s 

race. Race director John Daniel Falotico, certified 

through Road Runners Club of America, shares 

that it’s certified and sanctioned through USA 

Track & Field, the governing body for distance 

running, and is the starting event of the USATF 

Adirondack 2024 Grand Prix Race Series. 

Once an event attended by a few score runners, 

the Run 4 Your Life 5K has grown to nearly 

700 runners and boasts participants from nine 

different states. Offering open competition, age 

group awards, open team competition, and a 

Kids Fun Run, all events are for the prevention 

and support of firefighter cancer. A new team category 

composed exclusively of First Responders 

will hit the pavement along with hundreds of 

other runners. As in years past, participants will 

take part in the ChowderFest following the run. 

Serving as the largest fundraiser each year for the 

foundation, the R4YL allows the it to provide preventative 

screenings, decontamination cleansers, 

and various types of Personal Protective 

Equipment to its members. For those who choose 

not to run, opportunities for spectators to attend 

ChowderFest and the post-race awards party 

ensure that everyone will be a part of the fun and 

magic that is the R4YL. Sign-up: zippyreg.com. 

Also on Saturday, March 30, is the Albany 

Rowing Center’s 14th annual Ice Breaker 

Challenge 5K, a one-of-a-kind race challenging 

runners and walkers against rowers from Albany 

Rowing Center. Runners and walkers will travel 

along the Corning Preserve’s paved recreation 

path while rowers from the Albany Rowing Center 

will race alongside in shells on the Hudson River. 

It is also a major fundraiser for the Albany Rowing 

Center, helping the ARC to expand access to rowing 

and to the Hudson River for community members 

of all ages. Come join them for this unique 

and exciting event at the Albany Rowing Center 

Boathouse in the Corning Preserve. Participants 

can win unique prizes from local merchants. Prior 

to the 5K, there’s a free 0.5-Mile Kids Run for ages 

10 and under. Register: runsignup.com. 

Mona Kulkarni Caron (mona@adksports.com) 

is a contributing editor at Adirondack Sports, 

race director of the Good Karma 5K, and a 

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ATHLETE PROFILE 

Walter 

Kersch 

■ TERRI AND WALTER OUTSIDE 

THEIR FRONT DOOR. 

RESIDENCE: East Poestenkill 

AGE: 86 

FAMILY: Wife, Terri; daughters, Susan 

and Heather; four grandsons 

OCCUPATIONS: Tree Farmer, School 

Principal, Guidance Counselor, 

Math Teacher, Ski Instructor, 

Ski Area Owner 

HOBBIES: Cross-Country Skiing, Hiking, 

Gardening, Hunting 

■ WALTER SKIING 

IN 2019. 

■ WINTER BEAUTY 

IN THE FOREST. 

By Alex Kochon 

■ PINERIDGE LODGE DURING 

A BOUNTIFUL WINTER. 

As a first-grade student in a oneroom 

schoolhouse in the town of 

Wethersfield in Wyoming County, 

Walter Kersch cross-country skied to 

school on a pair of skis his dad made with 

leather straps. It was just under a mile 

each way, but rural roads weren’t plowed 

back in 1944. 

“We didn’t think of that as cross-country 

skiing,” Walter recalled. 

Without buses or viable transportation 

in the winter months, skiing to and from 

school was a necessity. 

Eighty years later, Walter, now 86, has 

seen his life come full circle as the co-owner 

of Pineridge Cross-Country Ski Area in East 

Poestenkill, located 14 miles east of Troy. 

Situated on over 700 acres of land on the 

Rensselaer Plateau with 50 kilometers of 

trails, 35 kilometers of which are groomed 

for Nordic skiing, Pineridge is celebrating 

its 40th season in business this year, with 

Walter and his wife, Theresa (also known 

as Terri), at the helm since the start. 

“It doesn’t feel like 40 years,” Walter 

said. “I kind of marvel when I walk on 

some of the ski trails, especially at different 

times of the year, and see the pattern 

and development of all these trails. I look 

back and say, ‘How did I ever do that?’” 

Growing up on a farm with a father 

who logged trees by hand with a crosscut 

saw and a team of horses, Walter was 

exposed to an outdoor lifestyle and living 

off the land. His family’s dairy farm also 

sold Christmas trees, and Walter made 

extra cash as a child tapping maple trees 

and selling five-gallon buckets of syrup to 

a local distributor. 

After graduating from the State


■ WALTER GROOMING 

PINERIDGE TRAILS. 

University of New York at Oswego, Walter 

bought a large farm in western New York. 

He followed in his father’s footsteps, 

planting Christmas trees and supplying 

a shopping center in Tampa, Fla., with 

thousands of trees over a 10-year span. 

Meanwhile, Walter taught math in 

Angola and obtained his master’s degree in 

Counseling at Canisius College in Buffalo. 

He moved to the Capital District in 1964, 

earned advanced certification in School 

Administration, and met Terri, a research 

chemist at Sterling-Winthrop (now 

Regeneron), whom he married in 1967. 

Two years later, in 1969, Walter 

became principal at Berlin Junior-Senior 

High School. That same year, he and Terri 

bought a house and 10 acres of land in 

East Poestenkill. They expanded their 

property holdings and deepened their 

roots in 1972, purchasing a 400-acre parcel 

across the road. 

“We tried to think about how we would 

share this land with other people, and we 

looked at a lot of different options,” Walter 

explained. 

They considered building a campground 

but came up with a new idea 

after visiting a small ski center in Carlisle, 

Mass., called Carlisle in the Woods. 

“We just had such a great time,” 

Walter recalled of the day trip with his 

wife and daughters, Susan and Heather. 

“On the way home, when we stopped to 

get a bite to eat, we said, ‘That’s what we 

need to do!’” 

Aside from skiing to and from school 

at age seven, Walter’s ski background 

was mainly in alpine as a skier at Kissing 

■ LOVELY DAY AT PINERIDGE. 

JASON KERSCH 

Bridge in western NY and instructor at 

Petersburg Pass on the NY/MA border. 

With the help of Cross-Country Ski Areas 

of New York colleagues, such as Olavi 

Hirvonen (Lapland Lake, Northville), 

Joe Pete Wilson (Bark Eater, Keene), and 

George Heim (Garnet Hill, North River), 

Walter began planning trails in 1981 and 

opened Pineridge with a new lodge in 

place of an old fish-and-game club building 

in 1984. 

What started with a few kilometers 

of winding trails through a dense forest 

evolved into 25 trails for cross-country 

skiing, backcountry skiing and snowshoeing. 

Over the years, Walter and Terri have 

purchased four additional contiguous 

land parcels for a total of 769 acres along 

Poestenkill Creek. 

Nestled in the foothills of the Taconic 

and Berkshire mountains, Pineridge 

boasts 350 feet of elevation gain from 

the lodge, and is about a 30-minute drive 

east of Albany and 15 minutes from West 

Sand Lake. 

Walter’s favorite beginner trail, 

Meadow Watch, explores an old potato 

field with young balsam trees enclosing 

both sides of the trail. His favorite challenging 

trail, Mogul Twister, took about 

three years to create. Its “ups and downs 

and switchbacks” lead skiers to the area’s 

1,746-foot summit, which offers views of 

the Taconic Range and Mount Greylock in 

Massachusetts. 

The trails are narrow, measuring about 

eight to 10 feet wide, and most have a canopy 

of trees over them. They are also rich 

in history; the Round Top trail follows a 

portion of the horse-and-buggy “Albany 

to Bath Road,” completed in 1777. One hill 

still contains a wooden barrel from that 

era, which was built into a spring to water 

the horses. Pineridge is home to several 

old homesteads and charcoal pits, where 

Walter has led hikes for children and 

adults to create charcoal drawings. 

“We’re not as commercial as most 

areas,” Walter noted. “I’ve developed the 

trails so that people have a relationship 

with the forest.” 

After retiring from teaching, Walter 

became a certified Master Forest Owner 

(MFO) through Cornell University to further 

educate himself and landowners on 

forest preservation. Today, he meets and 

walks with private landowners to discuss 

their woodlots and how to care for them. 

In the early ‘90s, Walter spent about a 

week and a half with his daughter, Susan, 

planning a trail under a forked tree. 

“We spent a whole Christmas vacation 

marking, flagging, doing a little bit of 

cutting, not much until you knew exactly 

where you wanted it to go, but we wanted 

it to go underneath that tree,” he recalled. 

Sue’s Trail is still a unique favorite, 

and Walter has been creating new trails 

up until the last few years. 

“As I’m out there and looking around 

working in the woods, you see areas that 

you want people to visit,” he said. 

Walter still works at the lodge every 

day it’s open. Until a few years ago, he 

was Pineridge’s primary groomer – setting 

track and corduroy with a large snowmobile. 

As of late January, the Nordic center 

was closed due to a lack of snow, warm 

temperatures and rain, but they’ll reopen 

as soon as they’re able so go visit them! 

Over the years, Pineridge has weathered 

everything from being open just one 

day to a high of 120 days another winter. 

These days, Walter hopes for at least 40 

days of operation to break even with operational 

costs, including employing about 

a dozen part-time employees. This year, 

he’s expecting less than that. Asked about 

the future of Pineridge, Walter wasn’t sure 

what is in store. 

“A lot of people are concerned about 

what’s going to happen,” he said. “It could 

be the weather is going to control what 

happens… If this continues this way, 

Pineridge is going to disappear. 

“It’s just so much warmer, and storms 

are coming through with rain behind 

them or in front of them,” he continued. 

On the bright side, owning a cross-country 

ski area in the Capital Region has been a 

highlight of his life. He remembered buses 

of school children coming to ski with afterschool 

programs in the ’80s and ’90s. He 

and Terri have met visitors from different 

states and countries, including Argentina 

and Switzerland most recently. 

“It’s these people that are coming in, 

smiling, and having a good time; that’s the 

real reward,” he said. 

His grandson, Alex Kibbler, spent his 

college winter break working with him on 

the trails. Walter noted that his employees, 

including Nate Gilbraith and Gerlinde 

Wolfe, have brought youthful energy to 

Pineridge in recent years. Nate is also a 

certified Master Forest Owner. 

A longtime member of the town of 

Poestenkill’s Conservation Advisory 

Council, Walter is a founding member and 

former treasurer of the Rensselaer Plateau 

Alliance (RPA), which works toward the 

conservation of the Plateau’s undeveloped 

and unfragmented forests and other 

ecologically important areas. 

“There’s so many of these things I 

knew little about when I started,” Walter 

said. “All the emphasis on climate change 

has made a lot of people think about really 

trying to protect our water, our air and 

our forests, and do something about it. 

Pineridge has been our attempt to address 

these issues, provide conservation of our 

forest, and share our forests with our 

friends and community.” 

Alex Kochon (alexkochon@gmail.com) 

of Gansevoort is a freelance writer, 

editor, and outdoor-loving mom of 

two who enjoys adventuring in the 

Adirondacks. A journalist and former 

ski reporter, she has covered Olympics, 

world championships, and athletes of all 

calibers. She’s the cofounder of Ride On! 

Mountain Bike Trail Guide and assists 

authors for iPub Global Connection.


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Saturday, August 10 | 17th annual 

Tour of the Catskills – Tannersville 

Three road distances (74/52/27M) with challenging climbs in 

the Great Northern Catskills, including the infamous Devil’s 

Kitchen. After party at the Last Chance Cafe! 

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS 

FEBRUARY TO APRIL 2024 

ALPINE SKIING & SNOWBOARDING 

ONGOING 

Rippin & Sippin’. Apres-ski, live music, drinks, 

giveaways. Gore Mountain, North Creek. 

goremountain.com. 

Rock the Face. Apres-ski, live music, drinks, 

giveaways. Whiteface Mountain, Wilmington. 

whiteface.com. 

FEBRUARY 

2-4 90th Snow Train Anniversary: “The First Snow 

Train” movie. Gore Mountain, North Creek. 

goremountain.com. 

3 “The Sun” NE Rando Race. Ski mountaineering. 

Bromley, Peru, VT. skireg.com 

6 “How the Snow Train Got Started to North 

Creek.” 6pm. Talk by Jim Schaefer of Schenectady 

Wintersports Club. Wolf Hollow Brewing, 

Schenectady. wolfhollowbrewing.com. 

10 Never Summer Demo Day. Snowboards. Whiteface 

Mountain, Wilmington. whiteface.com. 

13 “Adirondack Hickories” and “Freddie at 95.” 6pm. 

Hosted by Jim & Bill Schaefer of Schenectady 

Wintersports Club. Wolf Hollow Brewing, 

Schenectady. wolfhollowbrewing.com. 

19-23 USSS Holeshot Cross Tour. Ski/board Cross races. 

Gore Mountain, North Creek. goremountain.com. 

MARCH 

23 Pond Skimming. 1-2pm. Oak Mountain, Speculator. 

oakmountainski.com. 

APRIL 

8 Solar Eclipse Viewing. Base Lodge, Gore Mountain, 

North Creek. goremountain.com. 

BICYCLING: ROAD & OFF-ROAD 

FEBRUARY 

3 Empire State Winter Games: Winter Fat Bike Races. 

10:30am. XC fat bike race. Fun courses & distances 

for all abilities. New venue: Dewey Mountain 

Recreation Center, Saranac Lake. bikereg.com. 

4 Blue Buns Wheel-a-Palooza Bathing Suit Bike Ride. 

1pm. “Open-hair polar plunge.” SL Winter Carnival Ice 

Palace, Saranac Lake. slareachamber.org. 

11 Winding Hills Fat Bike Race. 10am. Winding Hills Golf 

Club, Montgomery. bikereg.com. 

11 4th Rutland Cold Rolled Fatbike Fest. Pine Hill Park, 

Rutland, VT. mtbvt.com. 

18 Fatnango Fat Bike Extravaganza. Norwich. bikereg.com. 

18 Snowball Express. 105M/57M/28M. 8am. Adirondack 

Ultra Cycling, Schuylerville. bikereg.com. 

25 4th SnowBike Festival. 15M/7M races & rides. Bearpen 

Mountain, Prattsville. bikereg.com. 

25 Prospect Park Spring Classic. 40M/31M/17M. 6:25am. 

Prospect Park, Brooklyn. bikereg.com. 

MARCH 

3 Bike for Kids. 11am. Stationary relay to benefit Dake 

Foundation for Children. Saratoga Regional YMCA, 

Saratoga Springs. dakefoundation.org. 

3 IditaFat. 20K/40K courses. 10K Citizens Race. CCC 

Camp, Winona Forest Recreation Area, Mannsville. 

bikereg.com. 

8 Saratoga 100K Populaire. 10am. Comp entry for 

women. Adirondack Ultra Cycling, Schuylerville. 

bikereg.com. 

9 SnowBall’s Chance Poker Ride & Walk. 6M. 10am. Port 

Jervis. bikereg.com. 

9 12th Winterbike Fatbike Festival. 8:30am-4pm. 

Kingdom Trails, East Burke, VT. mtbvt.com. 

16-17 18th Adirondack Sports Summer Expo. Sat: 

10am-5pm, Sun: 10am-4pm. 200 exhibitors, prizes, 

activities, food. Saratoga City Center, Saratoga 

Springs. adksports.com. 

24 Saratoga 200K Brevet. 7am. Adirondack Ultra 

Cycling, Schuylerville. bikereg.com. 

APRIL 

13 3rd Toad Strangler Gravel Grinder. 40M route: 

10am. Family-friendly 10M route: 11am. Flow Riders 

Kids Race/Ride: 1:30pm. Supported routes. Includes 

food truck, beer. Crellin Park, Chatham. CBRC. 

bikereg.com. 

14 NYSMTB Race #1: Point Peter Pounder MTB Race. 

Point Peter, Elks-Brox Park, Port Jervis. bikereg.com. 

20 Rasputitsa. 53M. Start waves. Jay Peak Resort, Jay, VT. 

bikereg.com. 

20 CBRC Trooper David Brinkerhoff Memorial Race 

#1. 62M/50M/38M. 11am. Coxsackie-Athens High 

School, Coxsackie. bikereg.com. 

27 CBRC Trooper David Brinkerhoff Memorial Race 

#2. 62M/50M/38M. 11am. Coxsackie-Athens High 

School, Coxsackie. bikereg.com. 

27 Muddy Onion Spring Classic Gravel Grinder. 

55M/40M/20M. 9:30am. Montpelier, VT. bikereg.com. 

MAY 

1-31 ADK Unite. Virtual bike, run, hike to raise money 

for Adirondack community food pantries. 

bieadirondacks.com. 

4 4th The Great North: Battenkill Valley. 77/55/20M 

gravel rides & 25M road ride. Supported rides for 

all levels. Local food, apple pie, beer, music. Argyle 

Brewing, Cambridge. anthemsportstours.com. 


5 9th Tour de Force Charity Rides. 50M/25M. Plus, 

13.1M, 10K, 5K, 1M run races. Point Au Roche State 

Park, Plattsburgh. runsignup.com. 

19 10th Farmer’s Daughter & Granddaughter Gravel 

Grinder. 63M: 9am. Farmer’s Granddaughter 

(new) 43M route with no off-road sections: 10am. 

Supported. Columbia Co Fairgrounds, Chatham. 

bikereg.com. 

JUNE 

28-30 Adirondack Women’s Weekend. 30-35M per day, 

meals, supported rides. Saranac Waterfront Lodge, 

Saranac Lake. bikeadirondacks.com. 

JULY 

7-14 Cycle the Erie Canal. 400M. Meals, camping, 

supported ride, guided tours, entertainment. Buffalo 

to Albany. ptny.org. 

13-14 Ride for the River. Beautiful ride with multiple 

route options. Supports Ausable River Association. 

bikeadirondacks.com 

AUGUST 

2-4 Weekender at Paul Smith’s College. 30-55M per 

day for friends with lodging options to relax on/ 

off the bike. Paul Smith College, Paul Smiths. 

bikeadirondacks.com. 

4-11 Cycle the Hudson Valley. 200M. Meals, camping, 

supported ride, tours, entertainment. Troy to NYC. 

ptny.org. 

10 17th Tour of the Catskills. 74/52/27M supported 

road rides for all levels. After party at Last Chance 

Café. Tannersville. anthemsportstours.com. 

11-14 Great Camp Sagamore: Gravel Experience. 

Gravel cycling with mini-vacation in landscape 

and history. Great Camp Sagamore, Raquette Lake. 


24 Pat Stratton Ride. Road cycling tour of 20, 50, 100M 

with stunning scenery. Mt. Pisgah, Saranac Lake. 

bikeadirondacks.com 

SEPTEMBER 

8-11 Great Camp Sagamore Experience. 20-25M, 2 

gravel days. Raquette Lake. bikeadirondacks.com 

14-15 Handlebarley Gravel Weekend. Gravel riding 

in eastern Essex County. Paradox Brewery, North 

Hudson. bikeadirondacks.com. 

21 Bike the Barns. Farm-by-bike ride with farm 

stops and tours. Ausable Brewing, Keeseville. 


CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING & NORDIC SPORTS 

ONGOING 

Sun Youth Skate Ski Clinic. 1/7-2/11. Ages 8-14. For 

beginners and experienced. Lapland Lake XC Ski 

Center, Northville. laplandlake.com. 

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friends and family on skis, 

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Learn more about alpine & Nordic ski areas 

Skiers & Riders – Tickets, lodging, Burton learn 

to ride, new skier/rider tips, where kids ski free 

Nordic Skiing & Snowshoeing – Nordic skiing & 

snowshoe guide, XC ski areas 

Snow Conditions – The latest snow for all ski states 

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Tue Shenendehowa Nordic Club: Bill Koch Youth Ski 

League. 4pm. All welcome. Activities & skills for ages 

2-13. Season: 11/7-3/26. Garnsey Park, Clifton Park. 

shennordic.org. facebook.com/groups/shennordic. 

Wed Gore Citizens’ Races 5K. 2/7, 14, 21, & 28. 6pm. XC 

ski: skate/classic & snowshoe. Gore Mountain Nordic 

Center, North Creek. goremountain.com. 

Wed Intro to Skate Skiing. Thru 2/14. 5-6pm. Dewey 

Mountain Recreation Center, Saranac Lake. 

deweymountain.com. 

Thu Outdoors & Active Winter Program. 1/18- 

2/22. Snowshoe Sessions: 3-4:30pm. XC Ski 

Sessions: 5-6pm. Dewey Mountain, Saranac Lake. 

deweymountain.com. 

FEBRUARY 

1 Thursday Night Winter Racing. 6pm. Open to 

all skate/classic skiers & run/walk snowshoers. 

Also: 2/8. Free. Cole’s Woods, Glens Falls. 

friendsofcoleswoods.org. 

3 Ladies Ski Clinic at Lapland Lake. 9:30am-3:30pm. 

Skate technique. For women, taught by women. 

Beginner & intermediate, 18+, grouped by ability. 

Rentals available. Lapland Lake, Northville. 

laplandlake.com/events. 

2-4 Ski Orienteering Meet: US Nationals. Lake Placid 

area. empoclub.org. 

4 WFRA Nordic Dash. Nordic ski course with traditional 

trails & some zippy narrow trails. Winona Forest, 

Mannsville. skireg.com. 

8 Thursday Night Winter Racing. 6pm. Open to all 

skate/classic skiers & run/walk snowshoers. Free. 

Cole’s Woods, Glens Falls. friendsofcoleswoods.org. 

10 Inaugural Adk Tour de Ski #4: Scotts Cobble. 

XC ski race series. 11am. 7.5K & 15K classic. All 

welcome. Scotts Cobble Nordic Center, Lake Placid. 

paulsmithsvic.org. 

10 Intro to Cross-Country Skiing. 10am-12pm. ADK 

Cascade Welcome Center, Lake Placid. adk.org. 

10 HURT Mega-Relay. 10am. 6hr freestyle relay. Teams of 

3-8. Garnet Hill, North River. skireg.com. 

10 Mansfield Nordic Skiathon. Classic/freestyle 12K, 5K & 

youth. Sleepy Hollow, Huntington, VT. skireg.com. 

10-11 Mid-Atlantic Bill Koch Youth Ski League Festival. 

Grades 1-8 in two-year categories. 1K-4K distances 

by grade. Osceola Ski & Sport Resort, Camden. 

skireg.com. 

11 Lapland Lake Youth XC Ski Festival. Youth skiing, 

races & fun events for ages 8-14. All abilities 

welcome. Rentals available. Lapland Lake, 

Northville. laplandlake.com. 

11 Shen Nordic Classic XC Ski Race & Tour. 10am. 10K 

adult & 5K try-it & youth. All welcome. Saratoga 

Biathlon Club, Day. skireg.com. 

11 Osceola Festival XC Ski Day. Classic for adults/youth. 

Osceola, Camden. skireg.com. 

17 Nordic Ski Demo Day w/ High Peaks Cyclery. Scotts 

Cobble, Lake Placid. highpeakscyclery.com. 

17 Glenville Hills Classic XC Ski Race & Tour. 6K: 

9:30am. 10K: 10:30am. Youth: 11:30am. Citizens: 

12pm. Glenville. skireg.com. 



17-19 Santanoni Winter Weekend. 10M snowshoe or 

ski tour, explore Gate and Main lodges, interpretive 

tours, refreshments. Camp Santanoni, Newcomb. 

Adirondack Architectural Heritage. aarch.org. 

18 43rd Winona Forest Tourathon XC Ski Race. 12.5K, 

25K & Walter Chapman 50K classic. Winona Forest, 

Mannsville. winonaforest.com. 

23 Full Moon Ski Party. 6-9pm. Lighted night 

skiing, snowshoeing, sledding. Rentals available. 

Bonfire. 7pm: “KIKKAN” new film about Kikkan 

Randall. Scotts Cobble Nordic Center, Lake Placid. 

scottscobblenordic.com. 

23 Family Ski Clinic (Ages 5+). 3-6pm. ADK Cascade 

Welcome Center, Lake Placid. adk.org. 

24 Snow Days at Sagamore. 11am-4pm. Guided XC 

skiing, guided snowshoe hike, sledding, campfires, 

ice skating, refreshments. Great Camp Sagamore, 

Raquette Lake. Register: sagamore.org. 

24 Lake Placid Loppet XC Ski Race. Historic 50K Loppet & 

25K Kort Loppet. 3K, 6.25K & 12.5K Citizens Races. Mt 

Van Hoevenberg, Lake Placid. mtvanhoevenberg.com. 



24-25 NYSSRA Nordic Championship Weekend. Biathlon 

Champs: Osceola Ski & Sport Resort. XC Ski Champs, 

in conjunction with LP Loppet: Lake Placid. skireg.com. 

25 Inaugural Adk Tour de Ski #5: Cascade. XC ski race 

series. 7.5K Classic & 15K Classic: 11am. BKL/Youth 

3K – Fueled by NYSEF: 12:30pm. BKL/Youth 0.5K 

& 1.6K – Fueled by NYSEF: 1pm. All welcome. ADK 

Cascade Ski Center, Lake Placid. paulsmithsvic.org. 

25 79th Stowe Derby. 40K, 20K, 6K. Oldest DH XC ski race 

in US. Stowe, VT. skireg.com. 

MARCH 



8 NENSA Eastern U16 Championships. Ski Bowl, Gore 

Mountain, North Creek. goremountain.com. 



10 Inaugural Adk Tour de Ski #6: Paul Smith’s – The 

Bobcat Loppet. XC ski race series. 11am. 12.5K 

Classic & 25K Classic. All welcome. Paul Smith’s VIC, 

Paul Smiths. paulsmithsvic.org. 







HEALTH & FITNESS 

ONGOING 

Mo-Sa Rock Your Fitness: Total Body Workout. MWF: 

5:30am, 6:30am, 9am. Tue: 5:30pm. Sat: 8am. Malta 

Community Center, Malta. rockyourfitnessny.com. 

HIKING, CLIMBING & NAVIGATION 

ONGOING 

Sun On the Canals Guided Winter Hikes. 2/4, 2/11, 

2/25. 12pm. 4-6M to Lock 5, Schuyler House 

or Victory Mills. Free. Adk Ultra Cycling Bike 

Shop, Schuylerville. Info: 518-583-3708 or john@ 

adkultracycling.com. Register: bikereg.com. 

FEBRUARY 

2-4 Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour. 7pm. Join 

ADK Glens Falls-Saratoga Chapter. Different film 

lineup each night. Charles Wood Theater, Glens Falls. 

adk-gfs.org. 

3 Backcountry Snowshoeing for Beginners. 9am-3pm. 

Education Yurt Village, Lake Placid. adk.org. 

4 Map & Compass Fundamentals. 9am-4pm. 


11 Backcountry Snowshoeing for Beginners. 9am-3pm. 


18 Winter Hiking 101 Online. 9am-1pm. Adirondack 

Mountain Club. adk.org. 

18 Banff Mountain Film Festival. 7pm. Tix at LPCA 

& High Peaks Cyclery. LP Center for the Arts, Lake 

Placid. chestnutmtnproductions.com. 

20 Towpath Tuesday Hike. 2.5M. 10am. Schoharie 

Crossing State Historic Site, Fort Hunter. facebook.com. 

24 Snow Days at Sagamore. 11am-4pm. Guided XC 

skiing, guided snowshoe hike, sledding, campfires, 

ice skating, refreshments. Great Camp Sagamore, 

Raquette Lake. Register: sagamore.org. 

MARCH 

15-17 Wilderness First Responder Recertification. 8am. 


16 Map & Compass Fundamentals. 9am-4pm. 






27-30 Wilderness First Responder Recertification. 8am. 


MAY 

11 Wilderness First Aid. 8am-5pm. Cascade Welcome 

Center, Lake Placid. adk.org. 

MULTISPORT & SWIMMING 

ONGOING 

Tue Capital District Triathlon Club Summer Training: 

5/28-8/27. Crystal Lake, Averill Park. cdtriclub.org. 

Wed Southern Tier Tri Club: Summer Tri Series. Races 

#1-3: 6/5, 7/3, 8/7. 5:45pm. 400m swim, 13M bike, 2M 

run. Sprint, relay & aquabike. Save 12%: ADK24. Park 

Ave, Cassadaga. coachmarkwilson.com. 

Wed Hudson Valley Tri Club: Summer Tri Series. Races 

#1-3: 6/12, 7/10, 8/14. 5:45pm. 400m swim, 12M 

bike, 2M run. Sprint, relay & aquabike. Save 12%: 

ADK24. Kenneth Wilson State Park, near Woodstock. 

coachmarkwilson.com. 

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FEBRUARY 

11 8th SnoFatShu Duathlon. 9am. 3M snowshoe, 6M fat 

bike, 3M snowshoe. Team or solo. CCC Camp, Winona 

Forest, Mannsville. winonaforest.com. 

17 Empire State Winter Games: Winter Triathlon. 5K 

run, 10k winter bike, & 5K XC ski. Tupper Lake Golf 

Course, Tupper Lake. empirestatewintergames.com. 

MARCH 

2 2nd Saranac Lake 3P Winter Triathlon. 7:30am. 

Pole, pedal, pole, pedal, paddle, run & party. Solo & 

teams. After party. Pisgah, Dewey & Saranac River, 

Saranac Lake. saranaclake3p.org. 





23 Indoor Triathlon. 15min swim, 30min bike, 20min run. 

7am. VENT Fitness, Latham. ventfitness.com. 

24 YMCA Indoor Triathlon. 20-min swim, 30-min bike & 

20-min run. Guilderland YMCA, Guilderland. cdymca.org. 

APRIL 

13 Spring Fling Swim Pool Meet. Skidmore College, 

Saratoga Springs. Adirondack District Masters 

Swimming: adms.org. 

20-21 Mini MightyMan Triathlon. 400m pool swim, 6M 

bike, 2M run. Nassau Aquatic Center, East Meadow. 

eventpowerli.com. 

MAY 

4 Back in the Swim Pool Meet. Union College, 

Schenectady. Adirondack District Masters 

Swimming: adms.org. 

18 Glimmerglass Triathlon. 1.5M kayak/canoe, 

16.5M bike, 10K run. Glimmerglass State Park, 

Cooperstown. 9am. Solo/teams welcome. Kayak/ 

canoe rentals available. Clark Sports Center. 

itsyourrace.com. 

26 Memorial Duathlon & 5K Run/Walk 8am. 

Saratoga Casino Hotel, Saratoga Springs. 

thememorialduathlon5k.com. 

JUNE 

1 Inaugural OnondagaMan. 8am. 1.2M swim, 56M 

bike, 13.1M run. Triathlon, relay & aquabike. Limited 

to 300. Former Syracuse 70.3 venue. No cut-off times. 

Save 12%: ADK24. Jamesville Beach Park, Jamesville. 


15 Ticonderoga Triathlon Festival. Tri & aquabike: 

Sprint (7am: 750m swim, 12M bike, 5K run, Olympic 

(9am: 1500m swim, 24M bike, 10K run) & Double Ti. 

Save 12%: ADK24. Black Point Beach, Ticonderoga. 


23 Stissing Triathlon. 8am. 750m swim, 12.6M hilly 

bike, 3.3M fast run. Sprint tri, relay & aquabike. 

Save 12%: ADK24. Stissing Pond, Pine Plains. 


29 Hudson Valley Triathlon. Long, Olympic, Sprint, 

Open races. 7am. Williams Lake, Kingston. alpha.win. 

JULY 

6 Litchfield Hills Triathlon. 7:30am. 1500m swim, 

40K bike, 10K run. Olympic tri, relay & aquabike. 

Save 12%: ADK24. West Hill Lake, New Hartford. 


13 Delta Lake Triathlon. Tri & aquabike: Sprint (7am: 

750m swim, 11M bike, 5K run, Olympic (8:30am: 

1500m swim, 22M bike, 10K run) & Delta Double. 

Save 12%: ADK24. Delta Lake State Park, Rome. 


28 Findley Lake Triathlon Festival. Tri & aquabike: 

Sprint (7am: 750m swim, 14.5M bike, 5K run, 

Olympic (9am: 1500m swim, 29M bike, 10K run) 

& Double Findley. Save 12%: ADK24. The Camp, 

Findley Lake. coachmarkwilson.com. 

AUGUST 

10 Cassadaga Kids Triathlon. 10am. 100m swim, 3.1M 

bike, 1M run. Ages 4-14. Save 12%: ADK24. Fire Hall, 

Cassadaga. coachmarkwilson.com. 

17 Crystal Lake Triathlon. 0.5M swim, 18M bike, 3M 

run. 8am. Crystal Cove, Averill Park. cdtriclub.org. 

31 CassadagaMan. 8am. Intermediate (new: 1.2M swim, 

28M bike, 6M run) & long-distance (1.2M swim, 

56M bike, 13.1M run) tri, relay & aquabike. No cutoff 

times. Save 12%: ADK24. Fire Hall, Cassadaga. 


SEPTEMBER 

14 KBR Triathlon. 10am. 1M kayak/canoe, 13M bike, 

2M run. Categories for SUP, e-bike & relay. No cutoff 

times. Save 12%: ADK24. Fire Hall, Cassadaga. 


OTHER EVENTS 

FEBRUARY 

1-4 Empire State Winter Games. Olympic-style winter 

sports. All ages & abilities. All venues. Lake Placid & 

beyond. empirestatewintergames.com. 

2-4 Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour. 7pm. 

Charles Wood Theater, Glens Falls. adk-gfs.org. 

2-11 Saranac Lake Winter Carnival. Many events & venues. 

Saranac Lake. Schedule: saranaclakewintercarnival.com. 

3-25 Lake George Winter Carnival. Family-friendly 

weekend events. Lake George. lakegeorge.com. 

9-11 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup. Fri: 3pm; Sat: 8am; Sun: 

7:30am. Olympic Jumping Complex, Lake Placid. 

Details & tickets: olympicjumpingcomplex.com. 

10 25th Saratoga Chowderfest. 11am-4pm. Saratoga 

Springs. discoversaratoga.org. 

16-18 Old Forge Winter Carnival. Family-friendly events. 

Old Forge. oldforgeny.com. 

16-18 WhiteOut Weekend. Snow croquet, snow bowling, 

snowshoe tours, storytelling. Cranberry Lake, Star 

Lake, Wanakena, Oswegatchie. Sites.google.com/ 

view/adkwow. 





24 Snow Days at Great Camp Sagamore. Guided 

snowshoe hike & XC skiing: 1pm. Sledding, ice 

skating, snow croquet, campfires. 9-4pm. Camp 

Sagamore, Raquette Lake. sagamore.org. 

24 22nd Frozen Fire & Lights: Inlet’s Winter Carnival. 

XC skiing, sledding, skating, outhouse races, 

bonfires, cardboard sled races, and more. Fern & 

Arrowhead Parks, Inlet. frozenfireandlights.com. 

24 Krazy Downhill Derby. 11am. Sledding & skating. 

Dynamite Hill, Chestertown. northwarren.com. 

29-3/3 Open Invitational Bonspiel. Albany Curling Club, 

Albany. albanycurlingclub.org. 

MARCH 

1-3 Green Junior Open Bonspiel. Schenectady Curling 

Club, Schenectady. schenectadycurlingclub.us. 

16-17 18th Adirondack Sports Summer Expo. Sat: 10-5. 

Sun: 10-4. 200 exhibitors: run, bike, tri, paddle, hike, 

health, fitness, travel. Free. Saratoga Springs City 

Center, Saratoga Springs. adksports.com. 





22-24 Electric City Doubles Curling. Schenectady Curling 

Club, Schenectady. schenectadycurlingclub.us. 

22-24 16th Great Upstate Boat Show. Adirondack Sports 

Complex, Queensbury. thegreatupstateboatshow.com. 

23 Thunderfest. 12-5pm. Cure your cabin fever: music, 

recreation, food, beverages. Raindate: 3/24. Adams 

Visitor Center, Adams, MA. exploreadams.com. 

APRIL 

3-14 IIHF Women’s World Hockey Championship. 

World’s best women’s hockey players from 10 

nations, playing 29 games. Community support & 

volunteers needed. Adirondack Bank Center, Utica. 

iihf.com. 

JUNE 

8-9 Upstate NY Outdoor Expo. Sat: 9am-6pm, Sun: 

9am-3pm. Leonard Gilbert Farm, Mohawk. 

upstatenyoutdoorexpo.com. 

PADDLING & ROWING 

MARCH 





APRIL 

20 Legends of Wells Bridge Race. 9M. 10am. 

Susquehanna River, Wells Bridge. nypra.org. 

21 Little River Ramble. 2M/6M. 12pm. Boat Launch, 

Little River, Canton. slvpaddlers.org. 

MAY 

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11 ‘Round the Mountain Canoe & Kayak Race. 10.5M. 

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21-23 Inaugural Paddle the Canals: Mohawk River 

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camping, interpretive sessions. Fri: Canajoharie 

to Schoharie Crossing; Sat: Schoharie Crossing to 

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Wed Gore Citizens’ Races 5K. 6pm. 1/10-2/28. XC ski: 

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FEBRUARY 

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3 Frozen 50K. 8am. 5K to 50K charity run/walk/ruck, 

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3 Saranac Lake Winter Carnival 4M Fun Run. 10am. 

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4 25th Saratoga Winterfest 5K Snowshoe Run/Walk. 

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Center, North River. runreg.com. 

5 Ed Erichson Memorial Races. 5M/10M. Lagrange 

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10 Orange Course Snowshoe. 3.65M loop. Winona Forest 

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16 44th HMRRC Runnin’ of the Green 5K. 10am. 

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16 Freezy Cheeks 5K: Third Berg. 11am. Switchback 

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17 NYC Half-Marathon. 13.1M. 7am. Central Park, New 

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18 Freihofer’s Training Challenge. Various locations. 

11-week training program for Freihofer’s Run for 

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18 Lake Effect Half Marathon & Quarter Marathon. 

13.1M/6.55M. 9:30am. Lewis Park, Minoa. 

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24 Adirondack Runners: Shamrock Shuffle 5M Road 

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7/8M Kids Fun Run: 10am. Glens Falls High School, 

Glens Falls. zippyreg.com. 

30 15th Run 4 Your Life 5K Run/Walk. 9am. Solo & 

teams. Race #1 of USATF Adk GP Series. Plus, Kids 

Fun Run & Chowderfest. Benefits Schenectady 

Firefighters Cancer Foundation. Central Park, 

Schenectady. zippyreg.com. 

30 14th Ice Breaker Challenge 5K Run/Walk. 10am. 

Race against rowing sculls on the Hudson River. 

Free 0.5M Kids Run: 9:30am. Albany Rowing Center 

Boathouse, Albany. albanyrowingcenter.org. 

30 Raquette River Marathon, Half, 10K & 5K. Potsdam. 


30 30th Rabbit Ramble 4M Run & 2M Walk. 9am. 

Guilderland High School, Guilderland Center. 

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7 41st Skunk Cabbage Classic Road Race. 10K & half 

marathon. 9am. Barton Hall, Cornell University, 

Ithaca. fingerlakesrunners.org. 

7 43rd Kaynor’s Sap Run. 11am. Westford Elementary 

School, Westford, VT. gmaa.run. 

13 Helderberg to Hudson Half Marathon. 13.1M. 

8:30am. Part of 29.3 Challenge. Wallace (New 

Scotland) Town Park, Voorheesville to Jennings 

Landing, Albany. Albany Running Exchange. 

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13 The Nighthawk Chase. 5K: 9:30am. Kids’ Run: 9am. 

Peru High School, Peru. runsignup.com. 

20 Glens Falls Rotary Community Wellness 5K Run/ 

Walk. 9:30am. SUNY Adirondack, Queensbury. 

itsyourrace.com. 

20 Save Our Switchbacks Race. 7.5K. 9am. South Woods, 

Utica. uticaroadrunners.org. 

21 Hero 5K Run/Walk for Autism. 9:30am. Mohawk 

Harbor, Schenectady. asghr.org. 

27 12th Bacon Hill Bonanza 5K Run/Walk & 10K Run. 

10am. Kid’s 1M Fun Run: 9:30am. Bacon Hill Reformed 

Church, Schuylerville. baconhillbonanza.com. 

28 Kiwanis Kingston Classic 10K, 5K, 1.5M, 10am. 

Hudson River Maritime Museum, Kingston. 

kiwaniskingstonclassic.com. 

28 44th Doc Lopez Run for Health Half-Marathon 

& 5K Trail Run/Walk. 13.1M: 9am, Keene to 

Elizabethtown. 5K: 10am, Elizabethtown. Benefits 

UVM Health Network-Elizabethtown Community 

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28 Real Simple Women’s Half Marathon. 13.1M. 8am. 

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5 9th Tour de Force Charity Run. 13.1M, 10K, 5K, 1M. 

Plus, 50M/25M bike rides. Point Au Roche State 

Park, Plattsburgh. runsignup.com. 

5 2nd Hudson Valley Marathon at the Walkway Over 

the Hudson. 1M, 5K, 10K, 13.1M, 26.2M. Walkway 

Trailhead, Highland. alpha.win. 

26 4th Miles on the Mohawk 10-Mile Race. 8:30am. Part 

of 29.3 Challenge. Mabee Farm, Rotterdam Junction 

to Mohawk Harbor, Schenectady. zippyreg.com. 

JUNE 

15 10th Good Karma 5K Run/Walk. 5K: 9:30am. Kids’ 

Fun Run: 8:45am. Yoga Warmup: 9am. Indian street 

food, Bollywood music, henna. Benefits AIM for Seva 

for children’s education. Shenendehowa HS, Clifton 

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21 Froggy Five-Mile & Hard as Hell Half Marathon. Dippikill 

Wilderness Retreat, Warrensburg. zippyreg.com. 

AUGUST 

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OCTOBER 

13 Mohawk Hudson River Marathon & Half 

Marathon. Registration opens 2/1. 26.2M: 

Schenectady to Albany. 13.1M: Latham to Albany. 

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basic rules* are simple: ride as fast as 

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without outside help. No pacelines, no 

drafting, no sharing equipment (assisting 

with mechanicals is allowed), no caches 

(although mail drops are permitted). A 

self-supported ride allows for resupply 

at grocery stores, gas stations, convenience 

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at campgrounds. In essence, anything 

publicly available to all riders is fair play. 

Riders may leave the route for resupply 

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COMMUNITY 

St. Lawrence Triple 

Crown Challenge 

1,600 miles in 16 days 

By Michael Feldman 

giving those riders a psychological boost. 

While not a disqualification, a rider subject 

to receiving questionable outside help 

or missing part of a route may have an 

asterisk placed by their name. This is especially 

true during FKT attempts. 

Western Ontario, June 2023 – It’s my 

day two on the BT 700 (Butter Tart 700), an 

800K bikepacking race. I’m at a junction 

leaning over my handlebars, staring at the 

“Ride With GPS” app that the race director 

uses for this event. It’s well put together 

with resources and route descriptions. 

It’s blistering hot, no shade, I’m low on 

water. I’m ready to quit. They’re offering 

a bypass around a “rough” section of the 

route. The complete route includes the 

longer and forewarned “rough” section. 

Not only have I registered in the solo race 

category, I have also committed to racing 

the inaugural St. Lawrence Triple Crown, 

so I’m figuring any deviation would at best 

award me an asterisk and at worst a disqualification. 

In a cloud of dust, a car rolls up and a 

nice lady asks if I’m okay. Even though I 

assure her I am, she insists on giving me 

a bottle of Powerade, an example of what 

is known as “serendipitous trail magic.” 

Drinking the Powerade reenergizes me 

and I stay on course. The “rough” section 

turns out to be mostly nice singletrack and 

well-worth riding. 

Triple Crowns – A triple crown series 

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Crown (SLTC). See COMMUNITY 33 ▶ 

■ BT 700 GRAND DEPART 

FROM ECO CAFÉ IN ST. 

JACOBS, ONTARIO. 

JODY DIXON 

■ JODY AND MIKE AT 

LDW GRAND DEPART 

IN ALMONTE, ONTARIO. 

■ ST. LAWRENCE TRIPLE 

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The SLTC is intended as a progressive 

challenge with the BT 700 being the easiest 

and TATR (588 miles) the most difficult. 

When I’m out there, I remind myself 

that I alone am responsible for being there 

and it’s my responsibility to finish. An 

important fact of bikepack racing is that 

for the most part, everyone is facing the 

same hardships, and it’s up to the individual 

if they will “find the joy.” Here is a brief 

recap of my journey: 

BT 700, June 2023: 800K, Solo, First 

Attempt; 5D, 12H, 10M – I love the start 

and finish in St. Jacobs, Ontario, and Three 

Corner Brewery. This ride earns the best 

singletrack award… And, best hand me up 

leftover pizza at the finish line! Also, the 

worst hills award, as there’s pretty much 

no rolling in to keep your momentum. 

The sections labeled “Rough” were actually 

great riding. The weather was hotter 

and dustier than blazes. One-night motel 

stay in Owen Sound, with the best motel 

owner ever; speechless he was not when 

he learned Jody (my wife) was out there 

riding by herself! Another thing, I never 

found ground soft enough to put more 

than two tent stakes in at a time. 

I experienced a Ride with GPS navigation 

failure, a Garmin 1030 failure, but 

the Gaia app bailed them out for the win. 

I learned the moisture warning in the 

iPhone “lightening connector” has nothing 

to do with severe weather warning. It’s 

an awesome event, cheers Matt and Tabby! 

Has everything, from dusty gravel roads, 

big climbs, out of the way singletrack riding 

– and Mennonite horse and buggies. 

Log Driver’s Waltz, July 2023: 800K, 

Solo, First Attempt; 4D, 16H, 50M – 

Almonte, Ontario. Looking for a descriptive 

feel for Almonte… X-files? (Maybe it’s 

almost being taken out by a dog in the 

pitch dark, rolling into town at zero dark 

thirty and then looking for a statue hidden 

in a diminutive park to finish.) Another 

awesome event, this one developed and 

organized by Eric and Jen, bravo! Dogs – 

chased by more dogs in four days than in 

the last 40 years. Kindness is… a stranger 

giving me a pizza hand-up. Cold and damp 

weather, versus hot and dusty. Travel tip: 

bonjour, pronounced “BON-JOR” if you 

really wanted a chuckled response from 

the Québécois. Best lodging was Irene 

and Jerry’s camper in Wakefield, Quebec, 

adjacent to Gatineau Provincial Park, plus, 

a gaggle of camper kids. 

This is a ride that includes navigating 

the cities of Gatineau and Ottawa. The 

race director, Jen, and friends have an 

amazing cowbell cheering crew. I enjoyed 

having a trailhead beer with the locals at 

their post-ride gathering near Ottawa City. 

Loved the hills of Log Driver’s Waltz, many 

of which you could roll into – and some 

roll over – and some (like everywhere) 

required, for me, to shift to two-foot drive. 

The final challenge was rolling back into 

Almonte, looking for the finish. LDW 

memories include chunky gravel roads, 

more rideable hills, big city lights, ATVs, 

and fast cars. 

The Adirondack Trail Ride, 

September 2023: 588 miles, Solo, Fifth 

Attempt; 6D, 11H, 16M (two hours off my 

personal FKT) – No comparison, TATR is 

the most difficult, mind-bending, grueling 

ride of the three. Not only is it longer, it has 

a crushing finish. It’s also the least “massaged” 

of the three. My buddy Dan was 

out clearing trails, as well as organizer and 

chief monkey wrangler Mikey Intrabartola, 

and myself. Three weeks before the Grand 

Depart, Mikey and I cleared the trail down 

to the Boreas River, cutting a half-dozen 

dead fall/blow downs. By the time I 

got there on my ride, there were over a 

dozen new trees down. This frequently 

required bushwhacking, also referred to as 

“thwacking” when bringing a bicycle with 

you, deep into the dense woods trying to 

navigate around the mess. 

The legendary (for TATR riders) Lester 

Flow/Irishtown snowmobile trail (long 

abandoned) was much-much worse. The 

only purpose-built mountain bike trail is 

a short section of flow trail in Wilmington, 

about two miles long. And I am not going 

to count “The Poor Man’s Downhill!” 

Otherwise, the rest of the trails are snowmobile, 

hiking or ATV trails. Many never 

see summer travel. 

To make this year special, it had been 

one of the wettest this century. Crossing 

the Sacandaga River was uneventful but 

the Boreas River was the highest I’ve ever 

crossed with water mid-thigh and swift. I 

took a hard look at the crossing and feeling 

that it might be my only attempt at the 

SLTC, made the decision to forge ahead. 

Multiple roads and bridges were washed 

out. I should have gotten a picture of the 

cavernous Johnson Pond Road washout! 

Tough hikes, but rewarding natural singletrack, 

gravel roads and doubletrack, 

low traffic, and locals who “dotwatch” 

(the act of watching dots move on a map 

during an ultra-endurance cycling race) 

on trackleaders.com. There is nothing that 

has challenged me more than a lap on The 

Adirondack Trail Ride. 

Trail Angels, Trail Magic, and People 

Along the Way – Trail Magic has become 

another sub-controversy, but in its purest 

form should be spontaneously provided 

by strangers without knowledge of the 

event. In Canada, some Trail Angels were 

■ TATR BOREAS RIVER CROSSING. 

■ LDW GATINEAU PROVINCIAL PARK. 

■ TATR DEEP IN THE ADIRONDACKS. 

listed on the route sheet. On TATR they 

spring up in a more spontaneous grass 

roots way. Regardless, I would like to pay 

tribute to all the people who provided 

food, water and support. They will probably 

never know the impact they have on us 

when we’re down and struggling. Thanks 

to all the dot-watchers, strangers, competitors 

and business owners, who are all 

part of the adventure. Thanks to the route 

developers and race directors who put in 

countless hours and effort to bring us all 

together. And the bears, and wildlife in 

general. (But the bears.) 

Finish – Providing I didn’t suffer a 

mechanical problem, an illness or injury, 

I was confident I would finish. However, I 

did not think I would be the first rider to 

complete the St. Lawrence Triple Crown 

Challenge with the current FKT: 16 days, 

16 hours, 16 minutes. While certainly 

■ LDW OTTAWA CITY NAVIGATION. 

■ TATR ROUTE FINDING. 

■ LDW RIDER WALKING ON 

THE TRAIL. JODY DIXON 

not a time that will be hard to beat, I felt 

good about this finish. I had ridden all the 

routes completely, solo, unsupported, and 

following the general rules of bikepacking 

– and within my personal parameters. 

Resources: bikepacking.com/bikepacking-101; 

bt700.ca/route-info.html; logdriverswaltz.ca/st-lawrence-bikepacking-triple-crown.html; 

theadirondacktrailride. 

com/results; trackleaders.com/history. 

Michael Feldman (riosacandaga@ 

yahoo.com) first slung a leg over a 

bicycle 62 years ago when his big sister 

taught him to ride a bike. He’s never had 

training wheels. He shares his freedom 

of adventure with his wife, Jody Dixon, 

whom he says hoodwinked, bamboozled, 

beguiled him into this St. Lawrence 

Triple Crown Challenge. Instagram: 

@mikefeldman_sdad.


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GORE MOUNTAIN CITIZENS XC SKI & SNOWSHOE RACE #1 

January 10, 2024 • Gore Mountain Nordic Center (Ski Bowl), North Creek 

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2 Bonnie Powers 9:29 

1 LAP SNOWSHOE 

1 Ellen Schaefer 12:13 

2 William Powers 12:38 


1 Shannon A 11:56 

2 Fra Rucke 13:32 

3 Alice Hallaron 13:54 

4 Hayley Fink 14:18 

5 Sarah Fink 14:20 

6 Christopher Fink 15:42 

7 Sheley Cromrell 22:30 

2 LAP SKATE SKI 

1 Sophia Hodgson 10:44 

2 Jacqueline Sanantonio 10:55 

3 Mary Nevins 12:41 

MALE UNDER 10 

1 Elias Moulton 8 NYSEF 15:11 

FEMALE UNDER 10 

1 Chizaram Seyse 9 Glenville Hills Nordic 16:05 

2 Aliyah Smith 9 22:09 

MALE UNDER 10 

1 Henry Hann 10 NYSEF 11:46 

MALE UNDER 12 

1 William Preece 11 NYSEF 10:27 

2 Tyler Erenstone 11 NYSEF 11:10 

3 Ryan Mannion 10 NYSEF 14:09 

4 Ethan Ano 11 14:36 

5 Calder Woodcock 10 23:18 


1 Elizabeth Henderson 11 NYSEF Nordic Devo 15:31 

2 Vivienne Smith 11 NYSEF 15:50 

FEMALE UNDER 6: LOLLIPOP 1 

1 Sibyl Smith 5 3:20 

2 Harriet Kaercher 5 Polar Bear Ski Club 7:22 


1 Michelle Sanantonio 21:45 


1 Joe Sanantonio 12:34 

2 Dick Carlson 16:37 

3 Greg Schaefer 17:36 

4 Marty Townly 18:23 


1 Ryan Fink 16:19 


1 Wesley Sanantonio 28:47 

2 Bruce Hodgson 30:43 

3 Jill Hodgson 30:45 


1 Brenda Tomb 20:10 

2 Matt Pearsall 21:05 

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3 Michelle Pearsall 22:12 

4 Dave Burt 26:57 

5 Marcus Harazin 28:56 


1 Brian Northan 16:44 

2 David Anderson 17:30 

3 Julie West 17:48 

4 Jessica Northan 19:21 

5 David Tayler 19:38 


1 Debbie Briggs 33:33 

2 Matt Miczek 39:28 

3 Jamey Howard 45:58 

4 Laura Clark 1:02:56 

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1 Kit Armendola 7 Polar Bear Ski Club 6:35 

2 Adelaide Kaercher 7 Polar Bear Ski Club 8:09 


1 Eliza Lynch 8 7:28 

2 Aislynn Honsinger 8 Polar Bear Ski Club 10:56 

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MALE UNDER 14 

1 Liam Stoddard 13 NYSEF 24:47 

2 Sawyer Gadjo 13 28:51 

3 Shane Connell 12 NYSEF Devo Team 32:48 


1 Kai McKinnon 15 NYSEF 23:47 

JUNIOR 10K 

MALE UNDER 14 

1 Connor Mannion 13 NYSEF 26:29 

MASTERS: OPEN 6.6K 

FEMALE OPEN 

1 Jenna Lute 33 29:15 

2 Bridget O’Leary 33 29:30 

continued 

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3 Michele Mannion 45 29:48 

4 Debbie Erenstone 35:11 

5 Alanna Kogut 35:21 

6 Karen Delaney Lake Placid 42:40 

7 Sarah Batson 51 52:28 

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1 Tom Chappell 59 GHN/ADK Vauhti 31:13 

2 Sean Mannion 48 33:45 

3 Jeff Erenstone 46 34:19 

4 Douglas Diehl 65 Saratoga Biathlon 35:38 

5 Keith Kogut 35:46 

6 Ace Serinni 36:39 

7 Christopher Rose 53 NYSEF 36:43 

8 Isaiah St. Pierre 30 36:52 

9 Nicholas Kulina 32 NYSEF 38:15 

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MALE OVERALL 

1 Jeremy Drowne 46 West Chazy 54:35 

2 Matthew Medeiros 38 Saranac 59:18 

3 Dustin Smith 39 Charlottesville, VA 1:02:25 

4 Daniel Edelstein 66 Saranac Lake 1:02:26 

5 Will Fortin 38 Johnsburg 1:03:52 

6 Matthew Miczek 51 Saratoga Springs 1:39:01 

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1 Erin Rasco 35 Keeseville 1:03:02 

2 Stacie Minchoff 40 Plattsburgh 1:11:26 

3 Kate Woodard 36 Enumclaw, WA 1:20:17 

4 Janelle Stark 36 Enumclaw, WA 1:20:17 

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6 Brittany Schwartz 32 Plattsburgh 1:52:32 

7 Laura Clark 76 Saratoga Springs 2:23:16 

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1 Andrew Woodruff 20 Morrisonville 27:18 

2 Jonathan Slick 17 West Chazy 27:42 

3 Mitch Ryan 28 Plattsburgh 28:31 

4 Robert Bolton 63 Vermontville 29:03 

5 James Lynch 17 Saranac 29:51 

6 Andrew Denial 17 Saranac 31:22 


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11 Eric Seyse 39 GHN ADK Vauhti 39:30 

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13 Scott McKim 44 42:09 

14 Daniel Dick 36 42:20 

15 Edward Lis 56 Peru Nordic 45:09 

16 Kevin Prickett 51 Peru Nordic 46:26 

17 Jack Burke 48:42 

18 Brian Delaney 53:37 

19 Juan Saldivar 38 54:48 

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2 Connie Prickett 58 Peru Nordic 43:26 

3 Amanda Zullo 43 Peru Nordic 43:46 

4 Jennifer Denny 29 48:41 

5 Julia West 50:11 

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8 Chase Paul 13 Morrisonville 32:10 

9 Scott Coleman 51 Peru 34:18 

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16 Gray Adkins 32 Plattsburgh 48:15 

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18 Andrew Blaine 46 Plattsburgh 1:07:20 

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12 Paula Boughtwood 62 Rensselaer 56:16 

13 Deb Raymond 61 Fayetteville 57:11 

14 Sienna Boulds 15 Morrisonville 57:35 

15 Gemma Kivett 14 Cadyville 57:35 

16 Gillian Miner 17 Morrisonville 57:35 

17 Molly Thayer 13 Morrisonville 57:35 

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19 Tammy Coleman 56 Choudrant, LA 1:08:21 

20 Janet Bordeau 47 West Chazy 1:18:30 

21 Joddie Duffy 52 Rouses Point 1:18:32 

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24 Sarah Reyell 47 Altona 1:18:47 

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2 Kathleen Donahue 9:28 

3 Kelton Donahue 9:29 

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1 Jacqueline Sanantonio 4:52 

2 Abbie Perrimen 5:26 

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2 Nancy Beardin 13:31 


1 Steve Tomb 10:43 

2 Emmitt Bonanno 15:22 

3 Sheley Cromrell 20:31 


1 Brendan Tomb 7:21 

2 Gavin Yarsevich 17:04 


1 Michelle Sanantonio 21:45 

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1 Brady Minchoff 8 Plattsburgh 6:15 

2 Lucas Drucker 10 Peru 6:23 

3 Logan Drucker 8 Peru 6:33 

4 Micah Kivett 10 Cadyville 6:33 

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2 Dick Carlson 16:25 

3 Greg Schaefer 18:45 

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5 Suzanne Tomb 19:29 

6 Frances Rucker 19:39 

7 Shannon Stone 19:41 

8 Alice Hallaron 21:22 


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3 Mary Nevins 19:56 


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1 Anna Yarsevich 15:11 


1 Julie West 24:31 

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3 Dave Burt 25:38 

4 James Rucker 31:00 

5 Danielle Bonanno 31:10 

1 Inez DeFayette 7 Saranac 6:16 

2 Frances DeFayette 9 Saranac 7:33 

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January 17, 2024 • Gore Mountain Nordic Center (Ski Bowl), North Creek 


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2 Peter Moreshouse 14:50 

3 Chris Yarsevich 15:10 

4 Brian Northan 15:20 

5 Mike Morrissey 15:35 

6 David Anderson 18:11 

7 Jessica Northan 18:33 

8 Elijah Bonanno 19:32 

9 Bernie Landon 19:35 

10 David Tayler 20:15 

11 Art Perrimen 20:46 

12 David Pede 28:43 


1 Kate Woodard 27:20 

2 Will Fortin 27:23 

3 Jane Bombara 31:26 

4 Jennifer Russell 32:11 

5 Matt Miczek 38:04 

6 Laura Clark 57:43 

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2 Isaac Good 14:50 

3 Matt Fitzgerald 16:17 

4 Christine McKee 17:48 

5 Beth Post 18:47 

6 Joe Babcock 20:19 

7 Everett Pagio 23:41 

8 Marcas Harazin 31:47 


1 Thomas Hopkins 10:13 

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2 Scout LaBounty ‘18 6:30 

3 Griffin Lynch ’17 Saranac Lake/Dewey 6:32 

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1 Pippa DeSantis ’16 Clifton Park/NYSEF 11:31 

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3 Edith Fredenburg ’15 Saranac Lake 15:58 

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2 Ryan Mannion ’14 14:53 

3 Kai Mello ’13 Keene Valley 15:22 

4 Mark Fredenburg ’13 Saranac Lake 17:04 

5 Issac Evans ’14 20:42 

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2 Todd Drake 26:33 

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5 Megan Stevenson 35:19 

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7 Adam Smile 40:27 

8 Matthew Miczek 41:34 

9 Kyle Matryn 46:01 

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2 Theodore Borgos 16:37 

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8 Ben Sopizyle 37:42 


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2 Stuart Johnson 33:05 

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5K SPRINT 

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2 Will Preece ’13 NYSEF 23:09 

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2 Amelia Evans ’11 24:35 

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4 Christopher Rose ’70 Peru/NYSEF 17:30 

5 Steve Halasz ’76 Saranac Lake/Dewey 17:50 

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ADK TOUR DE SKI: XC RACE SERIES #3 cont. 

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2 Sarah Gardner ’86 Lake Placid 20:55 

3 Grace Kronick ’05 Paul Smiths/Paul Smith’s College 21:30 

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BROOKHAVEN TRAILS 5K & 2.5K SNOWSHOE RACES 

January 21, 2024 • Brookhaven Winter Park, Porter Corners 

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1 Will Fortin 38 Johnsburg 29:49 

2 Zack Vogel 52 Saratoga Springs 29:58 

3 Jeffrey Andritz 42 Saratoga Springs 34:27 

4 Allen Bates 75 34:34 

5 Harris Lonergan 53 Queensbury 34:40 

6 Richard Starace 60 38:54 

7 Dan Roohan 37 43:43 

8 Matthew Miczek 51 Saratoga Springs 45:18 

9 Tyronne Culpepper 60 Saratoga Springs 49:28 

10 Jim Sheehan 71 56:17 

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2 Eliot Soderholm 19 Paul Smiths 23:14 

3 Wesley Burkit 20 Paul Smiths 25:54 


1 Megan Stevenson 42 Lake Luzerne 35:38 

2 Kelsey Stauffer 32 Queensbury 36:42 

3 Jane Labombard 50 40:04 

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2 Cazimir Couble 19 Paul Smiths 32:00 

3 Tristan Saufley 19 Paul Smiths 47:07 

4 Ross Consadine 19 Paul Smiths 51:54 

6 Christin Pasterczyk ’67 24:16 

7 Amanda Zullo ’81 Saranac Lake/Peru Nordic 25:04 

8 Deborah Erenstone ’80 Lake Placid/NYSEF 28:36 

9 Molly Hann ’82 Saranac Lake 28:39 

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1 Renee Salerno 43 Saratoga Springs 38:21 

2 Jennifer Russell 39 Johnsburg 41:43 

3 Jane Labombard 50 Glens Falls 42:06 

4 Kathy Henny 60 Greenfield Center 47:35 

5 Alissa Van Zutphen 55 Delmar 1:01:55 


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1 Charlotte Roohan 8 54:35 

2 Nora Roohan 5 55:24 

3 Lindley Hickey 34 Saratoga Springs 55:29 

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January 28, 2024 • Gurney Lane Recreation Area, Queensbury 

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1 Logan Krahn 22 Paul Smiths 28:27 

2 Dermot O’Connor 23 Paul Smiths 30:07 

3 Carson Wohlers 21 Paul Smiths 30:44 

4 Ian Montgomery-Gehrt 22 Paul Smiths 31:49 

5 Aidan Minihan 20 Paul Smiths 33:24 

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2 Haven Bradt Haven 22 Paul Smiths 43:02 

3 Ashley Carli 21 Paul Smiths 44:42 

4 Alexa Adams 23 Paul Smiths 47:24 

5 Rachel Valerio 27 Gansevoort 51:52 

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1 Robert Richard 47 Little Falls 31:14 

2 Scott Pelzer 48 Little Falls 56:18 


1 Jennifer Toti 46 Norwich 41:21 


1 Harris Lonergan 53 33:36 

2 Howard Layer 52 37:53 

3 Matthew Miczek 51 42:56 

4 Jamie Howard 58 Albany 50:48 


1 Jennifer Ferris 52 40:38 

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2 David McCutcheon 49 Saugerties 1:13:54 

3 Peter Gobel 39 Clifton Park 1:15:09 


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2 Alison McGee 39 2:04:00 


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1 Cameron Gardner-Lewis 37 1:15:32 

2 Daniel Canales 39 Ronkonkoma 1:31:59 

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2 Paul Fronhofer 45 1:33:07 

3 Nicholas Seleni 44 Saranac Lake 1:35:10 

4 Michael Gregg 46 1:36:47 

5 Marc Cass 48 Vermontville 1:52:40 


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2 Stuart Johnson 64 Queensbury 35:49 

3 Mark Schachner 69 Lake George 48:58 


1 Deb Johnson 64 Queensbury 41:53 


1 Allan Bates 75 33:18 


1 Debbie Briggs 72 43:10 


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18TH ANNUAL 

SUMMER 

EXPO 

March 16-17 

Saratoga Springs City Center 

SATURDAY 10-5, SUNDAY 10-4 • FREE ADMISSION 

THE GATHERING OF OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS 

The Northeast’s Run, Bike, Tri, Hike & Paddle Expo! 

Plus Health, Fitness, Recreation & Travel Destinations 

• 200 exhibitors and 

10,000 attendees expected 

• Sales, activities, demos, prizes 

More Info/Exhibitor List: 


/summer-expo 

EXHIBITORS 

Join us to reach our active, 

interested attendees! 

2023 Exhibitor Testimonials – Wonderful event 

• Constant flow of people • It was awesome • 

Love the exposure • Great mix of vendors • Great 

turnout • Well organized • Down to earth, relaxed 

and fun • Something for everyone • Interested, 

active people • Plenty of cyclists • Almost ran out 

of materials – thrilled • Spoke to lots of folks • 

Non-stop traffic • You do a great job • Attendance 

was great • So happy with this expo • We handed 

out a lot of material • It really is an awesome 

event • Never a quiet moment • Great staff • 

One of the best shows we’ve been to • Lots of 

friendly, enthusiastic, open-minded families and 

individuals • Great discussions • Wide variety 

of quality vendors and attendees • Kid-friendly • 

Good mix of outdoor and community organizations 

• Easy for visitors to focus on their interest • 

Active, enthusiastic and upscale attendees • Well 

organized, well run and obviously well received 

by visitors • Well-planned layout of vendors • 

Great connecting with other vendors • Everything 

went well, would do the show again • Constant 

traffic all day, both days • Interested runners • 

Exceeded expectations, ran out of some materials 

• Lots of new inquiries • Lots of people showed 

interest in our trips • At lot more travel vendors, 

made it interesting • By far the best attended 

event • Love the food options • Good mix of retail 

sales • Saratoga Springs is a good location • 

Organization was exemplary • People were very 

happy to learn about our club’s mission, programs 

and races • Great atmosphere, plenty of exposure 

and foot traffic • Amazing attendees and vendors 

• My booth had the best traffic yet • Great show 

organizer 

Register: AdkSports.com/summer-expo-booths 

Promote, sell and showcase your products and services 

Affordable booths for businesses, organizations, clubs, events and destinations

Adirondack Sports February 2024

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