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ADK Mohican Newsletter – December 2019 – February 2020 DECEMBER 2019 – FEBRUARY 2020 Newsletter of the Mohican Chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club Serving Westchester, Putnam, and Fairfield Counties ...and Beyond REMEMBER our upcoming From the Chair party!! It will be held on Welcome to the winter season! Winter Tuesday, December 10, 2019 can be a beautiful and quiet time of the at Casa Rina Restaurant, 886 year to be on the trail. Cold winds, Commerce Street, freezing temperatures, snow and ice can keep any Thornwood, New York. The hiker away. Being prepared will make all the difference. price will be $25, which Remember to dress in layers. It’s important that your includes your choices from 10 appetizers, 11 entrees base layer be synthetic or wool and not cotton because and 4 desserts. Tax, tip, soda and coffee are included they'll dry faster. That goes for midweight and your – drinks are on your own. We will be having a vote for outer layer, too. Carry hiking poles, traction devices, to appoint our ADK Mohican director at the party. flashlight, and extra food and clothing. Check with the leader if you have any questions about a hike. The fun will start at 5 p.m. for a social hour, and then dinner will be around 6 p.m. Why should I join or rejoin the Adirondack Mountain Club? Why should I pay $40 or $50 each Your $25 check should be made out to ADK Mohican year? In our last chair column, Kathie talked about and sent to Lisa Weismiller, 118 Grove Street #11, where some of our Mohican Chapter membership dues Stamford, CT 06901 Check out the menu. go. ------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTICE OF WINTER TRIPS Membership dues help ADK fund a broad range of Adirondack Loj Trip diverse programs, such as maintaining and improving Friday-Monday, January 17-20, 2020 trails, lobbying for the protection of our precious DEADLINE – DECEMBER 7, 2019 resources, gaining access to spectacular recreational opportunities, teaching children about natural Join us for a fun-filled winter resources, and coordinating the summit steward weekend in the heart of the high program. To embody the work that ADK does, they peaks region of the Adirondack adopted the slogan “Walking for Wilderness”, which Mountains. The ADK Loj will be encompasses Conservation, Advocacy, Recreation, our base where you can enjoy Education, and Stewardship. Your membership shows hiking, snowshoeing, you care, too. backcountry or cross-country skiing, or just relax by the fire in the rustic gathering Spending time sitting on a mountain top, paddling my room. A short drive will take canoe on quiet waters surrounded by the incomparable you to Lake Placid for ice beauty of the wilderness made me realize how skating, dog sledding or important it is to preserve these areas. Whether it’s a tobogganing. You can tour local state park, the Catskills or the Adirondacks, the Olympic Center or having wild lands and waters available to both people Olympic Ski Jump, take an and wildlife is so crucial. I’m grateful and I appreciate exhilarating ride on a bobsled or skeleton, or cross- that my membership dues help protect these areas. country ski at the nearby Mt. Van Hoevenberg center. Jane Smalley, Chair For the downhill skiers among us, Whiteface Mountain is only a short distance away. Working for Wilderness 1 DECEMBER 2019 – FEBRUARY 2020 Accommodation # of people Rate/night Vermont X-Country Ski Weekend Bunkroom #3 4 $ 63.00 Friday-Monday, February 14-17, 2020 Private Room #5 (twin beds) 2 $161.10/2 Private Room #6 (twin beds) 2 $161.10/2 We have decided to return to southern Vermont for our Private Room #8 (king bed) 2 $161.10/2 cross-country ski weekend after two years in the Loft 2 $ 54.00 Berkshires. Heading a bit further Your 3% bed tax, dinners and trail lunches will be north, we hope to enjoy more added at the time of check out. Your deposit will be snow and better ski conditions. 50% of the room cost with the balance to be paid by you at checkout time. The room cost includes 3 We are renting a large house in breakfasts, but NO dinners. Dinner is $19.50 and Shaftsbury, VT near reservations can be made upon arrival. NOTE: Bennington, which is about 15 Reservations must be received by 11 a.m. so if you are minutes from the Prospect planning on having dinner Friday night upon arrival, Mountain Ski area, with 18 miles YOU NEED TO MAKE YOUR OWN RESERVATIONS. of groomed trails in Trail lunches are also available for $9.50. The private Woodford, VT. There and family rooms tend to fill up quickly so send in your are also trails for reservation as soon as you can, but no later than snowshoeing. You December 7. If your choice is no longer available, I will can bring your own call you to discuss alternatives. Cancellations received skis or rent them on or after December 7 will lose the deposit unless we there. The base can fill the spot from a waiting list. elevation of the ski area is 2250′. This is Please complete the form below and mail with your the highest base room preference and check made payable to elevation of any alpine or cross-country ski area in the ADK Mohican NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 7, 2019 state--an important factor in providing consistently to the following: good ski conditions. Daily trail fee is $17/senior (65+). Lisa Weismiller There is a base lodge restaurant that serves everything 118 Grove Street #11 from hearty meals to light snacks when you need a Stamford, CT 06901 break from skiing. The 3,000 sq. ft. If you have questions, call Lisa Weismiller at house has sufficient 203-246-8200 or email at [email protected] space for 8+ people in three bedrooms Name: _____________________________________ and a common space bedroom. Address: ___________________________________ Some amenities: ___________________________________________ WiFi, Direct TV Now, large game Email: _____________________________________ room with ping pong Phone: ____________________________________ table, darts, games, etc., large kitchen, Private Rooms and linens/towels provided. As in the past, we do #5 - two twin beds #6 - two twin beds potluck dinners for Saturday and Sunday evening. Cost #8 - King size bed will be approximately $70/person/night. Deposit of $120.80/person for the weekend #3-4 person bunkroom If you are interested or have any questions, feel free to Deposit of $94.50/person for the weekend contact Pat Johnston at [email protected] or Loft (coed bunkroom) – 2 spaces call me at 832-649-0372. Come and join us for a great Deposit of $81/person for the weekend weekend of winter outdoor activities. Working for Wilderness 2 DECEMBER 2019 – FEBRUARY 2020 Advance Notice in all directions. Looking at Labor Day Weekend in Harriman State Park our attire in the photo, you can see that it was We have reserved unbelievably cold and the Stone Lodge at windy on the summit. the Stephen & Betsy Corman AMC We had four glorious hiking Outdoor Center on days and were able to Breakneck Pond in complete the last few Harriman State Park sections before she finishes for three (3) nights-- next year on Mt. Mansfield. September 4-6, Submitted by Pat Johnston 2020. This is so Trip to Midwest close to home yet August 2019 you feel like you are far from civilization. This August, I ventured The lodge houses to the Midwest by plane 12 people in 3 bunk and car with some rooms and has a full friends from AMC kitchen and 2 Delaware Valley to see bathrooms. The cost some of the National for the three (3) Parks and National nights would be $145/person if we have 12. We will Historic Sites. Our first each bring our own breakfast and lunch and contribute stops--Apostle Islands to potluck dinners. There will be led hikes and paddles National Lakeshore, plus the opportunity to do your own thing including just (WI), Grand Portage relax in the beautiful setting. Further information on National Monument how to sign up will follow in future newsletters. (MN) and Voyageurs National Park (MN) were all connected in Lisa walking across the head that they were on the Hiking the Long Trail in Vermont waters of the Mississippi River boundary waters of the August/September 2019 US and Canada. These were the waters the voyageurs traveled in Lisa Weismiller asked Pat Johnston to join her on four search of beaver skins and furs that could be traded in sections of the Long Trail in VT this summer. Built by Grand Portage for goods and supplies that the the Green Mountain Club between 1910 and 1930, it is Montreal men brought with them from the East. We the oldest long-distance trail in the U.S. It was the then traveled west by way of the Mississippi head inspiration for the Appalachian Trail, which coincides waters to the Knife River Indian Villages (ND) where with the Long Trail for 100 miles in the southern third of Lewis and Clark stopped and picked up Sacajawea, the state. Lisa has been working on completing the who helped them navigate their journey west. We 272-mile trail stretching from the MA border to Canada spent three days at Theodore Roosevelt National Park for the past five years, and some of it she has done on (ND--each day in a different section of that park. We her own. saw lots of bison, wild horses, prairie dogs and even a coyote. We stopped at the Fort Union Trading Post The northern sections of the trail are quite rugged with (ND), which was another spot where goods were steep elevations and strenuous climbs.
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