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Running American History, Huzzah! Skiing | Running | Hiking | Biking Paddling | Triathlon | Fitness | Travel FREE! JUNE 22,000 CIRCULATION COVERING UPSTATE NEW YORK SINCE 2000 2014 Visit Us on the Web! AdkSports.com Facebook.com/AdirondackSports CONTENTS START OF THE 2013 FIRECRACKER 4 1 Running & Walking IN SARATOGA SPRINGS. Running American History PHOTO BY DAVE HARMON 3 Hiking & Backpacking Hadley Mountain Running American 5 Around the Region News Briefs 5 From the Publisher & Editor History, Huzzah! 6-11 CALENDAR OF EVENTS ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ By Jennifer Ferriss ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ June – August 2014 Events t is summertime in northeastern New York and outdoor New this year is the “Run your Colors” program that Triathlon & Duathlon 12 concerts, festivals and entertainment for the whole fam- encourages companies and organizations to join together and Older and Faster Iily can be found almost every day in some corner of the represent their team spirit by wearing the same color shirt region. Start your festivities off with a local run, refresh and during the event. The company or organization with the most 15 Canoeing, Kayaking & SUP rejuvenate yourself at a watering hole, and then celebrate race registrants will be photographed and recognized on South Bay of Lake Champlain, with family and friends. July is best known for celebrating the Firecracker 4 website for one year and the race will America’s history on Independence Day, but to Saratoga donate $1,000 to the 501c3-registered charity of the group’s Lake George & Jabe Pond Springs, the opening day of the Saratoga Race Course des- choice. “Not only does the Run Your Colors program build ignates the true start of the summer season. group morale and excitement for the race, but this year a 17 Athlete Profile Two events, the Firecracker 4 and the Montcalm Mile kick group can make a sizeable contribution to its favorite charity Pro Cyclist Tyler Wren off citywide celebrations commemorating the signing of the by having the most racers involved,” stated co-director Peter final draft of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia Goutos. 19 Bicycling on July 4, 1776. Tradition has it that whenever people hear Firecracker 4 proceeds will support three local organiza- Mid-Summer Cycling Events the reading of the Declaration, cheers and celebrations erupt, tions: running programs at Saratoga Springs High School, the including a mighty “huzzah” and the lighting of candles and Saratoga Springs Regional YMCA, and the Saratoga Springs 21 Triathlon firecrackers. Greenbelt Trail Project, which seeks to link existing trails into a The eighth annual Firecracker 4 on Friday, July 4 ten-mile path encompassing the city. Special features include In Triathlon Experience Counts begins Saratoga’s All-American celebration, with a start time an ASICS “Ready Set” running shirt courtesy of Fleet Feet 22-28 RACE RESULTS of 9am at the Saratoga Springs City Center. The 4,000 runners Sports; $5,000 in cash prizes to the top individuals/teams and on the four-mile route will traverse through the historic streets awards/prizes for all ages, special recognition of military and Top Finishers in 30 Events of Saratoga. En route to the City Center runners will climb pass public safety competitors including team competitions. “This 31 Running & Triathlon the historic Old Bryan’s Inn, which looks down upon the High is not just a race, but has emerged as a Saratoga summertime Rock Spring – healer of Revolutionary dignitaries, including tradition, attracting locals and visitors,” notes co-director Bob Obstacle Course Racing Philip Schuyler and George Washington. Vanderminden Jr. See RUNNING AMERICAN HISTORY, 28 ▶ 2 Adirondack Sports & Fitness GOT SUP? We Do! New York’s Largest Canoe, NEW TRAILS AWAIT YOUR DISCOVERY! FIND OUT MORE AT Kayak and SUP Dealer HikeTheAdirondacks.com Over 1,000 Models in Stock! Test Paddle Before You Buy! Pearl Izumi Road N1 Pearl Izumi Road M3 Sco Race Rocker 2.0 Two Store Locations Don’t Miss Rt. 28, Old Forge, NY New York SUP-fest! (315) 369-6672 Friday, July 19 in Old Forge and 251 County Rt. 67 Saturday, July 20 in Saratoga Springs Saratoga Springs, NY (518) 584-0600 Pearl Izumi Road N1 Pearl Izumi Road M3 Sco Race Rocker 2.0 4886 Main Street Open Daily @ 10am 802-362-5159 www.mountaingoat.com www.MountainmanOutdoors.com FIND YOUR RAGNAR AT RAGNARADK.COM ©2014 Ragnar Events LLC. www.AdkSports.com JUNE 2014 3 HIKING & BACKPACKING adley Mountain was selected as a fire observation station after blazes in H1903, 1908, 1911, and 1915 burned much of the surrounding forestland. One Hadley Mountain of the results of these fires is a partially bald summit that commands an excellent view of the Sacandaga River valley and the surrounding hills. Hadley Mountain is an immensely popular hike, easily among the most-climbed summits in the southern By Bill Ingersoll Adirondacks. On a clear summer weekend you can expect to share the mountain with a variety of other hikers, from families to vet- eran explorers. The galvanized steel tower that stands on the mountain today was erected by the Conservation Commission in 1917. It replaced an older station on nearby Ohmer Mountain, which was privately owned and somewhat lower in elevation. The materials for both the new tower and the watchman’s cabin were hauled to Hadley’s summit by Isaac Briner. According to Lyman Taft, who wrote about the mountain for The Brooklyn Daily Eagle in 1922, this daunting task was accomplished “with a yoke of oxen and a cart, and over a trail, which, owing to the rocks, seems as if it was almost impossible to except afoot.” Isaac’s father, John Briner, would later serve ROCK ART ON HADLEY. HADLEY VIEW TO THE SOUTHWEST. THE HADLEY FIRE TOWER. as the Hadley Mountain observer from 1920 PHOTOS BY BILL INGERSOLL until 1936. A dozen men spotted fires from Hadley climb southwest to the ridgeline. The fires you need Because of their obligation to remain on Mountain over the decades until aerial sur- that burned the hillside also consumed the to climb the summit as often as possible, the observ- veillance eventually replaced the fire tower topsoil, so only a thin cover has accumulated the tower. ers needed to be self-sufficient. Among system. Hadley’s tower was last manned by on the smooth gneiss base. As a result, the People who the varied responsibilities was the mainte- the state in 1990, but it is now staffed on an steepest, most worn part of the trail is over are afraid of heights nance of the telephone line that connected internship basis with a summit steward most a “sidewalk” of smooth rock. While this por- will not appreciate the final, exposed ladder the tower with the outside world – the only weekends through July and August. The tion of the trail is erosion-resistant, it can also leading from the uppermost landing into the way the watchman could communicate the steward can help you identify the many differ- be quite slippery if the rock surface is wet. cabin, nor the way the structure “bobs and location of a fire to the local forest ranger. ent landmarks you will see from the top of the Therefore it is important to wear hiking boots weaves like a ship in a storm” when the wind As Lyman explained, “if the phone should tower, from the Catskills to the High Peaks to with good traction. Along the way there are blows, as one reporter observed in 1953 – but be put out of commission by a storm, it is Vermont. This is a favorite mountain that you off-trail boulders to explore and pockets of the views are phenomenal from this vantage the observer’s duty to shoulder his climbing will likely be drawn to climb again and again. yellow touch-me-not flowers – which bloom point. The restored map table will help you spikes and other apparatus needed for the GETTING THERE around Labor Day – to photograph. identify some of the distant landmarks if the work and go over the line until he finds the The mountain is accessed via Hadley Hill The forest cover contains pioneering spe- steward is not on hand. break and then repair it.” Hadley Mountain Road. The easiest way to find it is to follow cies of birch and oak, viburnum and striped The view south is past the Mohawk presented a special problem because the line NY Route 9N to the hamlet of Hadley, across maple, and mountain-ash. At 0.9-mile the Valley and the Helderbergs, to some of the had been strung straight up the steep slopes the Hudson River from Lake Luzerne. Turn trail levels out briefly as you reach the crest Catskills’ higher peaks. A long section of “through thickets, over rocks and almost north onto Stony Creek Road (CR 1) and fol- of the West Mountain ridge, about 1,030 feet Great Sacandaga Lake is visible to the south- impossible places,” rather than along “the low it for 3.1 miles, where Hadley Hill Road above the trailhead. The trail turns north to west, from Day Center and beyond, well past mountain trail that is used by tourists.” bears left, west. Drive on Hadley Hill Road for follow the narrow ridge, with slopes dropping the Batchellerville Bridge into the lake’s main Several of Hadley’s observers also tend- 4.4 miles to Tower Road, which bears right, off to your left and right, but before long the body. To the northwest lie Bearpen and Mount ed small gardens on the summit, to help north, leading in 1.4 miles to the trailhead. trail angles northwest up the main summit. At Blue. To the north, beyond Roundtop, many of the High Peaks are visible between Crane, minimize the amount of staples they needed THE TRAIL 1.4 miles you reach your first open view just to carry up the trail.
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