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March 2011 3 Skiing | Running | Hiking | Biking Paddling | Triathlon | Fitness | Travel FREE! MARCH 20,000 CIRCULATION CAPITAL REGION • SARATOGA • GLENS FALLS • ADIRONDACKS 2011 AT TOUR OF THE BATTENKILL EVEN THE BEST RIDERS SOMETIMES HAVE TO BAIL AND RUN THEIR BIKES UP THE JUNIPER SWAMP ROAD HILL IN THE 2009 RACE. PHOTO BY DAVE KRAUS Visit Us on the Web! AdkSports.com CONTENTS EARLY SPRING CYCLING 1 Bicycling Prime Early Spring Events 3 Hiking & Backpacking Northville-Placid Trail, by Dave Kraus Part 1: Benson to Piseco t may not seem like it looking out the window, but series is always a highlight of the spring training season Icycling season is approaching slowly but surely. in the Capital Region. Open to all from beginners through 4-7 CALENDAR OF EVENTS In March and early April it becomes obvious winter is expert, the three separate fi elds of racing are USA Cycling 250 Events in March thru May! fi nally losing its grip and the spring racing season begins. sanctioned, with course lengths from 18 to 63 miles. The 9 This year Capital Region and southern Adirondack cyclists race is preregistration only. If you’re a novice, act quickly. Running & Walking have some prime opportunities for racing – or “touring” That division for the fi rst race on March 19 is already full. Team Relay Racing on race courses. CBRC is offering race for free if you marshall one week, race free another week, or bring two marshalls, race for 11 Athlete Profi le The Capital Bicycle Racing Club’s Trooper David Brinkerhoff Memorial Spring Race Series kicks things off on free. Get more information on the race series, race con- Skiing with Antoinette O’Donnell Saturday, March 19 with the fi rst of three weekends of racing tacts, and club membership at cbrc.cc. 12 Around the Region News Briefs out of Coxsackie High School. The series, directed by Tom Racers who have anything left after the fi rst Brinkerhoff Butler, continues on March 26 and April 2. This race series, can head over to Washington County on Sunday March 12 From the Publisher & Editor formerly known as the Johnny Cake Lane Spring Series, has 20 for the Tour of the Battenkill Spring Preview Ride 13 The Non-Medicated Life been renamed in memory of Trooper Brinkerhoff, who was in Cambridge. This 64-mile ride is the fi rst of a group of killed during a gun battle in the line of duty in April 2007. events centered on the April Tour of the Battenkill race. In Benefi ts of Being Able to Cook A portion of registration fees support a Coxsackie-Athens its short six-year history, Battenkill has become the larg- 14-19 RACE RESULTS High School Scholarship in his memory. est competitive road contest in North America with 2,500 Top Finishers in 20 Events! The course is a fast and fl at six-mile loop through racers already registered for this year’s event. the countryside south of Albany and this excellent race See SPRING CYCLING , 10 0 • Adventure • Backpacking • Bicycling • Canoeing • • Duathlon • Environment • Fitness • Health • Hiking • Running • Bicycling • Hiking ADMISSION ONLY $5! SAVE THE (18-UNDER FREE) DATE! SUMMER EXPO April 16 & 17 • Saturday 10-6 & Sunday 10-5 Saratoga Springs City Center, Saratoga Springs The Capital Region’s Outdoor Sports, Health/Fitness and Travel Expo! Featuring 100 Exhibitors, Sales, Demos, Clinics, Kids Activities & More AdkSports.com • (518) 877-8788 Duathlon • Fitness • Health PHOTOS BY BRIAN TEAGUE • Kayaking • Mountain Biking • Orienteering • Rock Climbing • Rowing • Running • Swimming • Trail Running • Triathlon • Walking • Wilderness Skills • 2 Adirondack Sports & Fitness SIXTH ANNUAL Bring ADMISSION Your ONLY $5 Summer (18-Under Free) to Life! SUMMER EXPO Running, Hiking, Bicycling, Paddling, Triathlon & More! April 16 & 17 • Saturday 10-6 & Sunday 10-5 Saratoga Springs City Center, 522 Broadway Photos by Brian Teague Brian Photos by The Capital Region’s Outdoor Sports, Health/Fitness & Travel Expo 100 Exhibitors • Sales • Activities • Prizes/Giveaways Paddling Demos in Our Giant Pool, Variety of Seminars/Clinics from Regional Experts, Rock Climbing Wall, Great Healthy Food from Esperanto & Kids’ Activities! LOOK WHO’S COMING SO FAR! Capital District YMCA • cdymca.org Inside Edge Ski & Bike Shop Saratoga Stryders Running Club Exhibitors as of March 7 Cooperstown & Delta Lake Triathlons insideedgeskiandbike.com saratogastryders.org 30 More Exhibitors Expected! atcendurance.com Kitchen Kraft • cookforlife.com Saratoga Triathlon Club • saratogatriclub.org Visit AdkSports.com for updates • See At- Cornerstone Rock Climbing Gym & Guiding Lake George Kayak Co. SHAPE Multi-Sport Camps • shapecamp.org tendee Guide for complete list in April issue cornerstoneclimbing.com lakegeorgekayak.com SkyHigh XTERRA Off-Road Triathlon Cummings Advertising Art Leukemia & Lymphoma/Team in Training multisportlife.org Adirondack Lakes & Trails Outfi tters cummingsadvertisingart.com teamintraining.org/uny adirondackoutfi tters.com Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Enchanted Forest/Water Safari Live The Life You Love komenneny.org Adirondack Lyme Disease Foundation watersafari.com hookedproductions.com adirondacklymediseasefoundation.com Tour of the Battenkill Bicycle Race Esperanto Restaurant Mirror Lake Inn Resort & Spa tourofthebattenkill.com Adirondack Marathon Distance Festival mirrorlakeinn.com adirondackmarathon.org go2esperanto.com Tri-Sack Running & Tri Accessories Mohawk-Hudson Cycling Club • webmhcc.org Adirondack Mountain Club • adk.org Firecracker 4-Mile Road Race coachdavetrisack.com fi recracker4.com The Mountain Goat • mountaingoat.com Adirondack Scenic Railroad USA Track & Field/Adirondack • usatfadir.com adirondackrr.com Freihofer’s Run for Women Mountainman Outdoors/Adk Paddlefest Vacation Village Resorts freihofersrun.com mountainmanoutdoors.com Adirondacks Speculator Region Chamber vacationvillageresort.com speculatorchamber.com The Gear Source • thegearsourceonline.com My Fitness Recovery/Chi Running-Walking Warrior Run West Mountain myfi tnessrecovery.com American Diabetes Association/ Gear-To-Go Tandems • gtgtandems.com warriorrunwestmt.com Tour de Cure • diabetes.org/tour Gore Mountain • goremountain.com NYS Outdoor Guides Association • nysoga.org Washington County Tourism American Traders • amtraders.com Gore Mountain Region Chamber Placid Boatworks • placidboats.com washingtonnycounty.com Arbonne International gorechamber.com Plaine and Son Bike-Ski-Board Watervliet Arsenal City Run • watervliet.com sheila.myarbonne.com Green Leaf Racing/Hudson Crossing Tri plaineandson.com Whiteface Lake Placid Back in Balance Therapeutic Massage greenleafracing.com Protective Chiropractic whitefacelakeplacid.com bibtherapeuticmassage.com High Adventure Ski & Bike protectivechiropractic.com Whiteface Mountain Bike Park Battenkill Valley Outdoors highadventuresbp.com Raptor Fest/Birds of Prey • winterraptorfest.com downhillmike.com battenkillvalleyoutdoors.com High Peaks Cyclery/Mountain Adventures RUseeN Refl ective Apparel • ruseen.com Whiteface Region Business & Tourism Bromley’s Sun Mountain Adventure Park highpeakscyclery.com Sacandaga Outdoor Center • 4soc.com whitefaceregion.com bromley.com Hudson-Mohawk Road Runners Club Saratoga Hospital Therapy Center The Wild Center • wildcenter.org Brookfi eld Renewable Power hmrrc.com saratogahospital.com Wild River Press/Discover the Adirondacks brookfi eldpower.com Hudson River Rafting Co. Saratoga Peanut Butter Co. • yopeanut.com hiketheadirondacks.com Capital Bicycle Racing Club • cbrc.cc hudsonriverrafting.com Saratoga Photobooth Co. YMCA Camp Chingachgook Capital District Triathlon Club • cdtriclub.org Inlet, Town of • inletny.com saratogaphotobooth.com lakegeorgecamp.org For Updated Exhibitor List, Seminar/Pool Schedule & More: AdkSports.com or (518) 877-8788 www.AdkSports.com MARCH 2011 3 HIKING & BACKPACKING Northville-Placid Trail PART ONE: Benson to Piseco by Bill Ingersoll PHOTOS BY BILL INGERSOLL his year, I want to take some time describ- Ting the longest trail in the Adirondacks: the Northville-Placid Trail. This will be a fi ve-part series that breaks this 120-mile hiking route into sections that can be hiked in long weekends, for those people who are the foot of Blue Ridge Mountain. There are junction. A right turn would take you to the interested in completing the trail – but just several stream crossings here that could parking area at the end of West River Road, not all at once. pose a minor challenge in high-water con- a site known as Whitehouse. The Northville-Placid Trail (or NPT for ditions, but otherwise the trail is unevent- Bearing left on the NPT, you are led short) is a wilderness footpath. Some of the ful until, at 4.5 miles, you reach a short side away from the river past a hill called the more accessible portions are very clear and trail to lovely Rock Lake. This little pond is Flat Iron. The trail reaches another sus- well maintained, but many of the remoter not particularly rocky so its name is a bit of pension bridge at 18.1 miles, this one over portions can be challenging. Mud is so a mystery, but the side trail leads to a good Hamilton Lake Stream. At 18.4 miles you common along the entire route that it is campsite that is worth the tenth-of-a-mile reach the Hamilton Lake Stream Lean-To essentially just part of the scenery! By all side trip. – which confusingly actually overlooks the means, if you are new to hiking and back- Beyond Rock Lake, the NPT contin- unnamed outlet of Priests Vly. (LEFT) THE LARGEST LAKE IN THE AREA, SILVER LAKE, packing you will want to gain experience ues west through very nice mixed woods Speaking
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