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March 2015 Trailmarker.Indd ,6&+ 482 $3 2 7( ,5 5 $ % ' TRAILMARK ER 8 ,5 / 2 & 1 ' $,1 Adirondack Mountain Club Iroquois Chapter Est 1972 $&. 817 02 March 2015 Chairman’s Corner... Little Haystack going toward Haystack photo by Brian Sanders As many of you are aware, January and February have For the March and April chapter meetings, we will be been bitterly cold, breaking several temperature records having two special events. Bill Cooke from Kentucky, will from prior years. Nonetheless, the frigid temperatures did give a presentation about his thru hike on the 486 mile Col- not deter many hardy Iroquois members from hitting the orado Trail. He will also have for sale copies of his book, trail by foot, snowshoe or ski as evidenced by the Back Shades of Gray, Splashes of Color - a Thru Hike of the Col- Track report in the Trailmarker. Although some of the trips orado Trail. For April, we will have our yearly open house. were impromptu trips organized by groups of friends, I feel This event is our chance to show the community who we are, our chapter was integral to the establishment of these friend- and what we are about. Mark the chapter meeting dates on ship outings. Speaking for myself, the individuals with whom your calendar. I currently hike I have met through various chapter trips. Our I would like to welcome Bill Lupino as our new trips friendship evolved over a series of chapter engagements, and coordinator. Bill brings exciting ideas and vitality for our trips through these I have met their friends and spouses. The web program. Thank you Bill for stepping up to the program chair continues to grow as more individuals join ADK. I encour- role. Along that line, the Programs position is still open for a age new members to join in and become involved with a chairperson. Please consider volunteering for this important chapter outing. Over time you will not hesitate to call some- position. If someone is riding the fence, I will be more than one for your impromptu trip. The common thread is our thrill happy to work with you to coordinate future programs. to be out of doors and sharing a meaningful experience with In closing, stay actively engaged, enjoy the balance of like minded individuals. In my eyes, our chapter has served winter and I will see you either on the trail or at a meeting. one of its missions. Paul Sirtoli 1 TRAILMARKER Iroquois Chapter Iroquois Chapter Officers Needed! The following positions are vacant and need to be filled. Please step up and do Chairman Paul Sirtoli your part to make our chapter a vital part of ADK! 9435 Chapman Rd. New Hartford, NY 13413 737-8353 [email protected] Programs This person shall get speakers or develop programs to be presented at Chapter meetings. Vice Chair Doug Tinkler 4 Clintonville Rd., New Hartford, NY 13413 271-4759 [email protected] Co-Secretaries Gail Hoffman PO Box 86, Holland Patent, NY 13354 Up Coming Events 865-8266 [email protected] Charlene Zebley Tuesday, March 3, 2015 942-5176 [email protected] Chapter meeting at 7:30 PM, New Hartford Presbyterian Church Treasurer David White Membership Carol White Join author Bill Cooke for a presentation on his thru-hike of the 486 mile 28 Mulberry St., Clinton, NY 13323 Colorado Trail. The program includes information about the Trail and a 25 853-1070 [email protected] minute slideshow with musical accompaniment. You’ll hear of the chal- lenges and rewards from hiking high elevations with alpine meadows, Director Roger Felske aspen groves, rocky slopes, snowfields, dry stretches, freezing nights, PO Box 239, New Hartford, NY 13413 hot afternoons, bright morning sun, afternoon rains...a little of everything! (508)612-1266 [email protected] Bill will also have copies of his book narrating the hike: Shades of Gray, Splashes of Color - A Thru-hike of The Colorado Trail. Education Greg Smith 6000 Lower Lawerence St. Rome, NY 13440 796-0906 [email protected] Tuesday, April 7, 2015 Chapter Open House at 7:00-9:00 PM, Stewardship (Lean-tos) Norm Landis New Hartford Presbyterian Church. Setup starts at 6. 708 Healy Ave., Rome, NY 13440 336-3798 [email protected] Saurday, April 25 Stewardship (Trails) Iroquois Chapter trail work day. Location to be determined and con- and Newsletter Carl Anderson tingent on snowpack being gone. Carl Anderson will contact membership 7930 Toad Hollow Rd., Barneveld, NY 13304 when date and location are finalized. 749-3188 [email protected] Adopt-a-Highway Tom Blackstone Tuesday, May 12, 2015 1256 Rte. 365, Remsen, NY 13438 Chapter meeting at 7:30 PM, 826-7870 [email protected] New Hartford Presbyterian Church Hospitality Wendy Sanders 7 Bolton Rd., New Hartford, NY 13413 797-6962 Conservation P. Michael Jordan 114 First Ave Herkimer , NY 13350 271-4780 [email protected] Iroquois Chapter New Members We would like to welcome the following new member: Trips Bill Lupino 315-360-0359 [email protected] Carolyn Eastman Programs OPEN 2 B ACKTRACKS ... Weizel Cabin pants provided a warm and pleasant atmosphere in the cab- January 9 to 11, 2015 in, which essentially made for a great weekend. Special thanks to Greg who organized this regular Iroquois chapter The Weizel cabin was full of ADK members from three dif- event. ferent chapters who joined compatible interests in tackling the Submitted by Paul Sirtoli high peaks region. For Saturday, folks went in many different directions. Wendy and Brian Sanders, with Ralph Greco, Amy Pierce and Chris Sedlack hiked nearly twenty miles to climb both Skylight and Gray Peaks. They braved sub- zero tempera- tures and a severe wind chill at the summits. Accomplishing this task in less than 11 hours is a testimony to the strength of the group. Greg Smith and Dana Cooreman took advantage of the ice cold temperature and frozen waterways to climb Street an Nye. Gail Hoffman, who was just using crutches during the summer after hip surgery, along with Kim and Karen Hoff- man climbed Hurricane Mt., Mary Houck and George Muller climbed Phelps Mt. Kathy Miles and Paul Sirtoli hiked to the Owls Head Lookout and High Bank on the north trail to Giant Mt. All groups arrived safely to the cabin by six o’clock and com- miserated while eating snack food. Gail, Greg and Dana did a wonderful job cooking a group favorite of spaghetti and meatballs. Special recognition must go to Gail who baked a most wonderful pumpkin desert which simply razzle- dazzled ABOVE: McGinn Mountain. Photo by Kathy Miles everyone’s pallet. Guess what we expect next year? Despite the frigid wind and cold, the camaraderie among the partici- McGinn Mountian (Indian Lake area) January 14, 2015 It was minus 15 degrees at day’s start but had warmed to two below zero by the time Paul and I reached the trail- head at the end of Pelon Road in Indian Lake. We had bright sunshine and no wind and the forecasters prom- ised the temperature would improve during the day. The trail starts as a snowmobile trail. In a short time there is a left hand turn marked as a ski trail, but also with a sign that says Deadend. In spite of that sign, this is the ski trail that we wanted. There had been some foot travel on the trail, enough to pack it making snowshoes not neces- sary. After about a mile an intersection is reached. Left goes to Paisley Falls on the Cedar River. Right goes to the Indian Lake Town Beach and straight ahead leads to Elm Island on the Cedar River. This is our route. There FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: hasn’t been as much foot travel here but still we don’t SITTING: Wendy Sanders, Kim Hoffman, Nancy Buckley, Amy need our snowshoes. About two miles from this inter- Pearce, Brian Sanders and Dana Cooreman. STANDING: Gail section the snow covered face of McGinn Mt. comes Hoffman, Karen Hoffman, Kathy Miles, Georg Muller, Mary into view on our right. We went beyond the face and Houck, Chris Sedlack, Greg Smith, Paul Sirtoli, Ralph Greco found a spot where we began to climb the back side. and Bob Buckley. Now we put on our snowshoes and the travel was easy. Photo by Brian Sanders 3 There were about five inches of powder on top of a crusty base. It was almost ‘walk on top’ conditions. The forest cover was not too thick. On the climb, we looked back northwest to views of Blue Mt. and Ledge Mt. At the summit we first came to an open area with views north to Little and Big Pisgah Mts. Good- now Mt. and some snow capped peaks in the distance. We moved on to another bigger open ledge with views south to Indian Lake, Snowy Mt., Puffer Mt. and more. This is a very expansive view. It was a bit windy here so we found a protected spot for lunch before our descent. We decided to try to angle and hit the ski trail back farther. The woods on this route had more blow-down and at one point we had to back track as we reached a drop on the face that we couldn’t negotiate. We reached the ski trail not too far from where we had left it. On the way in the ski trail didn’t seem to have too much downhill but as so often happens there was much unexpected uphill on the Ed Kobos, Dave Pisanechi, Paul Sirtoli and Doug Tinkler at way out.
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