Mark your calendars! On Saturday, June 2 you are invited to celebrate Champlain Area Trails (CATS) between 4:00 PM and 6:00 PM at Blockhouse Farm in Essex, New York. Discover what the CATS crew has been up to over the last year and join us on the adventure ahead. Brian Mann, inspiring commentator for Adirondack Life, Adirondack Explorer and North Country Public Radio, will address matters local, environmental and outdoorsy. Don't miss out!
We have some fabulous winners in the first Champlain Area Trails Travel Writers Contest!
The December 5th deadline to submit a travel article or travel video for the "CATS Travel Writing and Video Contest" is fast approaching. You can find details by clicking on the "Contest" tab above.
So, hike a trail, eat at a local restaurant, visit a historic site,
Please join us on Saturday morning, November 5 at 8:30 when we return to Cheney Mountain in Moriah to hike up through the forest, enjoy the views and clear the final 200 feet of trail to the best overlook. Click on this link http://www.thevalleynews.org/news/2011/oct/26/cheney-mountain-trail-work-continues/ - to see an article from the Valley News describing the trail party. It feature
We had a great turnout for the October 8 trail project at Cheney Mountain in Moriah, with volunteers coming from Port Henry, Mineville, Moriah, Crown Point, Westport, Wadhams, Essex, and even southeast Kentucky. After some tasty muffins, welcoming words, and introductions we cut branches and saplings, removed fallen logs, weed-whacked through tall goldenrod, and put up trail markers as we worked uphill to the summit.
Cheney Mountain is shaped like a loaf of bread so the top of the mountain has a long, fairly level surface with rock outcrops near the edges and numero
You Are Invited to Celebrate
Champlain Area Trails
Featuring Bill McKibben
Join Champlain Area Trails (CATS) in celebrating National Trails Day with acclaimed author, educator and environmentalist Bill McKibben.
Date: Saturday, June 4, 2011, 4-6 pm
Location: 2916 Lakeshore Rd (Rt 22), Essex, New York
Schedule: 4-5 pm Bill McKibben presentation (a children's nature hike will take place during the speaker); 5-6 pm Reception (food and drinks)
Cost: Before June 1: $15/person, $30/family. After June 1: $20/person, $40/family. (Note: Children are free!)
RSVP: Send a check (including name and telephone number) to: CATS, PO Box 193, Westport, NY 12993
Questions: Contact us online or call 962-2287.
Join us for the CATS Trail Committee Meeting this Saturday, January 15th from 1:00 to 3:00 pm at Bill Amadon's house on Lakeshore Road in Essex. We will discuss the Trail Adopter Program, potential new trails, trail stewardship, and upcoming priorities. We'd love to hear your ideas and would really appreciate your participation - it is a great way to help plan and care for CATS trails. Bill's house is at 1446 Lakeshore Road, four miles south of Essex, 6.5 miles north of Westport. It is a two-story brick house with an orangy-red barn with grazing sheep and a llama.&nb
The winds can blow strong here in the Champlain Valley, strong enough to topple some big trees along the Boquet Mountain Trail and Beaver Flow Trail. So we will gather together for a trail project on Saturday, September 18th at 9:00 am on a beautiful late summer day to cut our way through the fallen trees and open up the trails.
Three young hikers enjoy the view from the Wildway Overlook Trail.
(Photo by Betsy Bacot-Aigner)
[Originaly published in the Valley News on May 29, 2010.]
