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FOOTHILLS TRAIL CLUB TALES JANUARY 2018

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President, Donna Flood Program Chair, Weekend Hikes, Kathy Foote Yahoo! NEW TEXT 5010 Salt Road, Clarence, NY 14031 349 Wimbledon Court, West Seneca 14224 759-6442 675-3989 [email protected] [email protected] Join the Foothills Yahoo Group Email List to learn of hiking and trail Vice President, Claudia Lawler Publicity Chair, Ellen Banks work opportunities. This is an email 105 Nadine Drive, Cheektowaga 14225 144 Cottonwood Drive, Williamsville 14221 group restricted to Foothills 393-3984 435-5105 members and the only emails you [email protected] [email protected] will receive will be from members of Treasurer, Jim Beardsley TALES Editor, Carol Kobrin the Foothills Yahoo Group. If you are 83 Bryant Street, Apt 9D, Buffalo 14209 6506 Amy Lane, Lockport 14094 a member of Foothills but not of the [email protected] 912-0370 Yahoo Group, it is very easy to join. [email protected] Secretary, Wendy Edson 209 Maple Avenue, Hamburg 14075 Trail Steward Coordinator, Don Bergman Send an email to foothillstrailclub- 512-0124 5383 Tonawanda Creek Road, NT 14120 [email protected]. You [email protected] 625-8746 will receive an email back with [email protected] instructions. If you have any diﬃculties, please call Sally Archivist, Kirk Doyle Trails Administrator, Mike Schlicht 5205 Glendale Avenue, Hamburg 14074 30 Temple Drive, Buffalo, 14225 Hardenburg at 716-260-3676 or 627-4199 316-4388 Jeanne Moog at 716-652-6190. [email protected] [email protected]

Circulation Manager, Barbara Morrisey Three-Year Director, Sharon Kelly 1533 Sundance Trail, Lakeview 14085 2905 Four Rod Road, East Aurora 14052 627-3878 655-5248 Disclaimers [email protected] [email protected] As a courtesy to our members, End-To-End Coordinator, Shari Senefelder Three-Year Director, Dee McCarthy w e f r e q u e n t l y p r o v i d e 27 Patricia Drive, Tonawanda 14150 [email protected] information about events 694-4346 s p o n s o r e d b y o t h e r Three-Year Director, Marty Ruszaj Membership Chair, Roy Tocha 82 Misty Lane, East Amherst 14051 organizations. Unless published 11 N. Eaglecrest Drive, Hamburg 14074 689-4177 in the Foothills Trail Club [email protected] [email protected] schedule, these events are not FTC outings. They are merely Program Chair, Tuesday Saunters, OPEN One-Year Director, Lori Chiarilli items of interest and anyone [email protected] wanting more information should c o n t a c t t h e a p p r o p r i a t e One-Year Director, Sally Hardenburg organization. 123 Ranch Trail West, Williamsville 14221 Program Chair, Wed Mini Hikes Gayle Syty 260-3676 70 Pheasant Run Road, Amherst 14228 [email protected] 691-6750

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NEWS FROM THE FOOTHILLS COUNCIL

The FTC Board of Directors met on November 27th. Meeting highlights include:

• Working to get signage at the Rainbow Bridge. • Investigating where along the trail we can be ADA complaint…….lean to’s, bridges, outhouses. • Town of Holland Bicentennial Celebration 2018 Calendar will include our hikes. You can ﬁnd our hikes at http://www.townofhollandny.com/trail.pdf (more details are also found this TALES, page 6).

The next meeting of the FTC Board takes place on January 29, 2018 at the Reinstein Library on Losson Road.

2018 Slate of Oﬃcers and Election

Foothills member will be electing the 2018 Oﬃcers at the Spring Annual Meeting. The Nominating Committee is looking for members who are interested in “getting involved” with the leadership and direction of the Foothills Council. The election includes the following positions and their responsibilities:

• The President shall call and preside at all meetings of the membership and shall be an ex-officio member of all committees. He/she shall call meetings of the full council and fix the time and place of Council meetings. • The Vice President shall perform the duties of the President in his/her absence and shall assume such duties as may be delegated by the President. • The Secretary shall keep a complete record of the proceedings of all meetings and shall distribute copies of the minutes to Council Members. • The Treasurer shall receive and deposit all funds, keep all accounts, make disbursements, file periodic financial statements and prepare an annual report.

The Club’s Council also includes several Director Positions. Directors are appointed and expected to serve for a period of time by attending meetings, and to provide suggestions and counsel to help guide the direction of the Club.

If you are interested in getting more involved, please contact one of the Nominating Committee members to discuss the Club’s Council.

Nominating Committee: Shari Senefelder: [email protected] - 694-4346 Kathy Foote: [email protected] – 675-3989 Jeanne Moog: [email protected] – 716-652-6190

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Save the Date Trail Easements Friday, April 13, 2018 Annual Banquet Banchetti’s by Rizzo A special thanks to landowners Wendy Campbell of West Valley, NY and Michael Kasprzyk of Holland, NY for signing a trail easement on their property. Signing the Remember to Respect easement ensures that the Conservation Trail will remain on that property forever, no matter who may own the Landowner Rights property in the future. Easements grant permanent permission by the owner for the CT/FLT to pass through a defined corridor, and includes any special conditions Stay on the trail, don’t take shortcuts, within the simple document and its supporting property don’t walk on crops, don’t build fires map. Easements help to ensure that the trail stays on or camp on private land, NEVER EVER the land and off the roads. Foothills Trail Club works with the Finger Lakes Trail Conference to preserve as much enter landowner buildings…..and of the CT and FLT through land easements. don’t park too close to driveways.

Thanks to all of you who have worked so hard keeping the trails in good shape.

As Jeanne and I end our ﬁrst year as Trail Steward Coordinators, we are looking forward to many projects on tap for next year. After the hunting season and holidays, we intend to get started on the trail work that is needed as weather permits. We will let you know when we plan to begin our work. If you have not participated in trail maintenance work and wish to help, please contact us. If you contacted us recently, we have you on the list.

Again, thanks to the landowner representatives, trail stewards and all the maintenance workers. Your work keeps us on happy trails. Happy New Year Jeanne and Don

Your Help is Needed

We are still looking for someone to take over coordination of our Tuesday morning saunters, which usually start up in March and run through November. Without a dedicated coordinator, the saunters will go away. Please consider helping u s o u t . C o n t a c t J e a n n e M o o g a t [email protected] or call her at 652-6190. FLTC Fall Campout, Chautauqua FLTC Photo by Bob Esminger

Foothills Trail Club www.foothillstrailclub.org 3 TALES JANUARY 2018 Hiking the Bruce Trail by Kathy Foote

In 2011-12 the Foothills Trail Club held a 50th Anniversary hike were very close together and we started a conversation with series on the Conservation Trail. During that series I met Trudy Ellen, the woman sitting near us. The next month, when we Senesi from the Niagara Bruce Trail Club. We thought it would came for the hike weekend, we met her for dinner at the same be fun for both clubs to have a joint hike series on the Niagara restaurant. Afterward, we followed Ellen home and she gave us section of the Bruce Trail in 2012. Over the course of five a tour of her house. We discovered that she had once been a months we hiked from the southern terminus of the Bruce Trail member of Foothills and knew some of the club’s early at the stone cairn, not far from the Brock Monument in members such as the Lehrer’s and Rosche’s. What a small Queenston Heights Park, to Grimsby. Seven of us earned our world! Niagara E2E patch (or badge as they’re called in Canada). For In 2016 we hiked two most of us, it was our first time on sections, Blue Mountains the Bruce Trail. We hiked by the and Beaver Valley. Their We l l a n d C a n a l , c ro s s e d a names describe the terrain pedestrian bridge over the QEW w e h i k e d . T h e B l u e (could we have one over the Mountain section is home 219?), walked through several to Ontario’s best known parks and conservation areas and ski resorts. Beaver Valley made some new friends. follows a long valley. You hike down one side and While hiking the Niagara section, I up the other. John Muir initially had no plans to continue lived in this area for a to the northern terminus. The couple of years in the Bruce Trail follows the Niagara 1860’s. escarpment for over 550 miles to Tobermory at the northern tip of 2 0 1 7 w a s t h e 5 0 t h the Bruce Peninsula. The trail is a n n i v e r s a r y o f t h e comprised of nine sections, with each section having its own Peninsula club and final section to hike. To celebrate the trail club. All nine clubs are part of the Bruce Trail Conservancy. anniversary, they planned a four weekend E2E series. The section starts in Wiarton, the home of Wiarton Willy (the With Trudy’s encouragement and planning, Doris Houghton and Canadian version of Punxsatawney Phil). The trail basically I continued north in 2013. The next section to hike was Iroquoia. follows the eastern coast of the Bruce Peninsula. The terrain Another club was doing a hike series through Iroquoia and we was rugged with lots of rocks on the escarpment and on the tagged along. This section included parkland with many beaches. There’s even a spiral section in this section (wouldn’t it waterfalls and an urban section through Hamilton. There were be fun to have one in the Holland Ravines?!). Whenever there some great views of Lake Ontario and the Burlington Bridge was a clearing on the trail, you could look out onto the bays and from the lookouts. Since the Toronto section is the shortest their beautiful, turquoise water. The trail goes by the famous (about 30 miles), we signed up for the E2E weekend the same Grotto and eventually reaches the cairn in Tobermory, the year. In 2014 we hiked Caledon Hills with the local club. Nearby northern terminus of the Bruce Trail. we saw a miniature version of the Badlands. For six years, every time I returned from a trip to Canada, a The next year was a little hectic. We did the Dufferin Hi-Land coworker would ask me “Have you made it to Tobermory yet?” section with another club on three consecutive Tuesday’s. We Well, in September I was finally able to say “Yes! I’ve made it to also jumped ahead a couple sections to take advantage of the Tobermory!” My adventure on the Bruce Trail had come to a Sydenham E2E series over four weekends. One night Doris and happy and rewarding conclusion. I went to dinner in a tiny restaurant in Owen Sound. The tables

Foothills Trail Club www.foothillstrailclub.org 4 TALES JANUARY 2018 Obituaries

Florence Mazur Kalista Lehrer

Florence Mazur, one of the Founding Members of the Longtime Foothills member, Kalista Lehrer passed away Foothills Trail Club, died October 9, 2017. Florence was suddenly on November 29, 2017 at the age of 81. She born in Buffalo, NY in 1929. She loved to hike and being enjoyed nature and was a longtime active member of out in nature. For those reasons, in 1962 she joined a both the Foothills Trail Club and the Finger Lakes Trail group of similar minded people to start the Foothills Trail Conference. Club and to begin the construction of the Conservation Trail. Florence would always tell the hiking story about Kalista served as President of the Niagara Frontier how they had followed a wrong trail until it became too Botanical Society, and for many years volunteered at the dark to find their way out, so they ended up sitting in Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge. She was active in St. place all night in the dark and the cold. They were able Bridget's Catholic Church, where she taught bible study to make their way out in the morning and back to the classes and was a member of the choir. She graduated cabin. However, friends had contacted the Rangers who from the four-year Catholic Biblical School in 2000, were out looking for them. The Rangers finally found traveling to Israel, Jordan, Turkey and Greece as part of them back at the cabin enjoying breakfast. Florence her studies, became the first director and a dedicated considered this a great adventure. volunteer of the Biblical School's Alumni Association, and attended a monthly book club with emphasis on This wasn't Florence's only adventure. She was known feminist theology. She was a lover of classical music, for being an intrepid traveler, going all over the United supporting the Buffalo Philharmonic and WNED among States and to other countries. Florence along with other others. Foothills Trail Club Founding Members traveled together to visit many of the National Parks. In 1960, she took a cargo ship to Hawaii without having any place to stay. Spraquebrook Park Spraquebrook Photos by Merridy Knips

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Upcoming Events and Activities

January 29, 2018 Foothills Board Meeting, 6:30 pm Reinstein Library, Losson Road, all are welcome Cheektowaga

February 10, 2018 FLTC Howard Beye Winter Hike/ Onondaga Trail, FLT Map O1 http://www.ﬂtconference.org/trail/ Snowshoe whats-happening/hikes/beye- hike/

March 2018 Foothills Board Meeting, 6:30 pm Reinstein Library, Losson Road, all are welcome Cheektowaga

April 13, 2018 Foothills Annual Spring Banquet Banchetti’s by Rizzo details are forthcoming

April 28, 2018 FLTC Wally Wood Spring Hike Tompkins County details are forthcoming

May 12, 2018 Holland Tulip Festival We are looking for volunteers to help staﬀ our table. This is a very well attended event and provides an invaluable opportunity to talk about the Conservation Trail and Foothills Trail Club.

June 8-10, 2018 FLTC Spring Weekend Hosted by Cayuga Trails Club details are forthcoming

Town of Holland Bicentennial

Foothills Trail Club is sponsoring a “200 Hike Series” along the section of the Conservation Trail that runs through Holland in conjunction with the Town of Holland Bicentennial activities. There is no charge to participate in the hike series. Seven hikes are scheduled, each hike is 4-5 miles in length, and the entire series encompasses 30 miles. The schedule is as follows:

May 5th, 12:00 noon - meet at Hunters Creek Park in Wales, 3.6 miles May 19th, 9:30 am - meet at Hunters Creek Park Wales 4.3 miles June 9th, 9:30 am - meet at Humphries Road in Holland 4.3 miles June 23rd, 9:30 am - meet at Humphries Road in Holland, 5 miles July 14th, 9:30 am - meet at Holland Speedway entrance in Holland, 4.3miles July 28th, 9:30 am - meet at Holland Speedway entrance in Holland, 4.5 miles August 11th, 9:30 am - meet at Middle Road trail head in Sardinia, 4.2 miles

More details about the hikes may be found at http://www.townofhollandny.com/trail.pdf

Many volunteers are needed for the hikes, including leaders and sweeps, and drivers to help carpool participants to the start of the hikes. If you can help out, please contact Annette Brzezicki [email protected] or Mike Schlicht at [email protected].

Foothills Trail Club www.foothillstrailclub.org 6 FOOTHILLS TRAIL CLUB Hike Rating HIKING SCHEDULE 1 - Leisurely pace or Nature walk A - Flat or very gently rolling terrain Jan/Feb 2018 2 - Moderate pace B - Moderate hilly terrain 3 - Brisk, steady pace C - Steep hills, scrambles possible 4 - Fast pace

Hiker’s Corner ➢ INSURANCE NOTE: Attention members: Foothills Trail Club carries liability insurance to ﬁnancially protect all of us in case a participant in a Foothills activity is injured. As a condition of our insurance coverage, every participant in an activity needs to sign the liability waiver before the activity begins. So please make sure you sign the form!

➢ Hike Leaders and Hikers: Before you commit to lead a club hike or plan a personal hike, check the trail conditions to ensure that the trail is open. This information can be found on the FLT website: www.ﬁngerlakestrail.org. Click on “TRAIL CONDITIONS” and select the map # for your intended hike. Map numbers that appear in ORANGE have trails closures for hunting. Trail conditions are outlined for all the other maps #’s.

➢ HIKER RESPONSIBILITY: We remind you that you, and only you, are responsible for your own actions. Come to our events prepared. Do not participate if the event may present a hazard for which you or your party members are not prepared. If weather is questionable or if you have questions, please call the named hike coordinator; the hike may be canceled. When participating, please respect the coordinator and do not break away from the group without telling them. We suggest you always keep your eye on someone in front of you, and behind you if you are in the lead. Please remember that hike leaders are not guides; they are volunteers, willing to share their knowledge and experience with you. Please give them your cooperation and respect. The leader has the right to refuse anyone who is not prepared for the outing. In addition, if the hike leader does arrange carpooling, passengers are expected to contribute toward the cost of transportation. Finally, since there are RISKS INVOLVED in hiking everyone participating does so at his or her own risk.

➢ REMEMBER TO RESPECT LANDOWNER RIGHTS: Stay on the trail, don’t take shortcuts, don’t walk on crops, don’t build ﬁres or camp on private land and NEVER, EVER enter landowner buildings.

➢ There are hikes scheduled for many days in January and February. Be sure to thank those members who have volunteered to lead these activities.

➢ HIKE COORDINATORS: If you need to cancel your hike or send additional information about your hike to Foothills members via the club’s Yahoo group, please call Kathy Foote (675-3989), Jeanne Moog (652-6190) or Roy Tocha (435-9674). They will send out a group email for you.

Bring lunch on all day hikes The weather may force cancellations. If in doubt, check with coordinator. Always check trail conditions before you hike at: www.ﬁngerlakestrail.org A good hiker leaves NO TRACES For further details visit www.foothillstrailclub.org Page 7 FOOTHILLS TRAIL CLUB Hike Rating HIKING SCHEDULE 1 - Leisurely pace or Nature walk A - Flat or very gently rolling terrain Jan/Feb 2018 2 - Moderate pace B - Moderate hilly terrain 3 - Brisk, steady pace C - Steep hills, scrambles possible 4 - Fast pace

Monday, Jan 1 – Happy New Year! This is the time of year when we make New Year’s resolutions. Why not include in your list the promise to coordinate at least one hike this year? Think of someplace you like to walk (short or long, near or far) and contact KATHY FOOTE at 675-3989 or [email protected] and I will help you set it up. A huge thank you goes out to all the wonderful hike leaders who have led hikes over the past year.

Wednesday, Jan 3 10am 2-3 mi 2B Sprague Brook Park – Cross Country Ski or Snowshoe MEET: in cross country ski area parking lot, second entrance to park on 9674 Foote Road, Glenwood, oﬀ Route 240, past Kissing Bridge. There is a nice warming hut with tables and benches to eat your lunch afterwards. Call DONNA FLOOD 759-6442 or JEANNE MOOG 652-6190 (445-3179 the day of the outing) if the weather is questionable. Rain will cancel the event. If you have the equipment, please bring gear for snowshoeing, skiing and icy terrain. The conditions at the park may be diﬀerent from what they are in your neighborhood.

Wednesday, Jan 3 6:30pm 3 mi 2A Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve – Hike, Snowshoe or Cross Country Ski MEET: in the parking lot on Honorine Drive, oﬀ of Como Park Boulevard. Call GUS PHILLIPS 646-5034

Thursday, Jan 4 2B Chestnut Ridge Park - Snowshoe We’ll traipse around in the snow for about 2 hours and then lunch in the casino. Please call no later than 6pm Tuesday, January 2nd, if you’re coming. You will receive time and meeting place then. As usual, no calls, no snowshoe! Call KATHY B. 837-8545

Saturday, Jan 6 10am 3 mi 2A Knox Farm State Park – Hike or Snowshoe MEET: in the parking lot near the dog park. We will snowshoe if there is enough snow. Call JEANNE MOOG 652-6190 (445-3179 the day of the hike)

Sunday, Jan 7 10am 3-4 mi 2B Franklin Gulf County Park - Hike or Snowshoe MEET: at the parking lot on Larkin Road at the border of Eden and North Collins. Directions: Take the Thruway to Exit 57. Turn left onto Camp Road. Turn right onto Route 62. In about 6 miles turn left onto Sandrock Road. In about 1.7 miles turn left onto Larkin Road. The parking lot will be on the right. Call GUS PHILLIPS 646-5034

Bring lunch on all day hikes The weather may force cancellations. If in doubt, check with coordinator. Always check trail conditions before you hike at: www.ﬁngerlakestrail.org A good hiker leaves NO TRACES For further details visit www.foothillstrailclub.org Page 8 FOOTHILLS TRAIL CLUB Hike Rating HIKING SCHEDULE 1 - Leisurely pace or Nature walk A - Flat or very gently rolling terrain Jan/Feb 2018 2 - Moderate pace B - Moderate hilly terrain 3 - Brisk, steady pace C - Steep hills, scrambles possible 4 - Fast pace

Wednesday, Jan 10 10am 2-3 mi 2B Sprague Brook Park – Cross Country Ski or Snowshoe MEET: in cross country ski area parking lot, second entrance to park on 9674 Foote Road, Glenwood, oﬀ Route 240, past Kissing Bridge. There is a nice warming hut with tables and benches to eat your lunch afterwards. Call DONNA FLOOD 759-6442 or JEANNE MOOG 652-6190 (445-3179 the day of the outing) if the weather is questionable. Rain will cancel the event. If you have the equipment, please bring gear for snowshoeing, skiing and icy terrain. The conditions at the park may be diﬀerent from what they are in your neighborhood.

Wednesday, Jan 10 6:30pm 3 mi 2A Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve – Hike, Snowshoe or Cross Country Ski MEET: in the parking lot on Honorine Drive, oﬀ of Como Park Boulevard. Call GUS PHILLIPS 646-5034

Saturday, Jan 13 10am 4-5 mi 2B Genesee County Park & Forest – Hike or Snowshoe 11095 Bethany Center Road, East Bethany MEET: enter park from Bethany Center Road, then park in the large parking lot near the Interpretive Nature Center. The park consists of 431 acres of rolling hills with nature trails winding through a nice mix of habitat. We should ﬁnish up shortly after noon at which time the Nature Center opens. Pack a lunch. Call BOB ENSMINGER 434-2969

Sunday, Jan 14 9am 7.6 mi 2B Conservation Trail – Getman to Sumner Road (CT8) MEET: in Darien Lake parking lot oﬀ of Sumner Road. Call Mike Schlicht 716-316-4388

Wednesday, Jan 17 10am 2-3 mi 2B Sprague Brook Park – Cross Country Ski or Snowshoe MEET: in cross country ski area parking lot, second entrance to park on 9674 Foote Road, Glenwood, oﬀ Route 240, past Kissing Bridge. There is a nice warming hut with tables and benches to eat your lunch afterwards. Call DONNA FLOOD 759-6442 or JEANNE MOOG 652-6190 (445-3179 the day of the outing) if the weather is questionable. Rain will cancel the event. If you have the equipment, please bring gear for snowshoeing, skiing and icy terrain. The conditions at the park may be diﬀerent from what they are in your neighborhood.

Wednesday, Jan 17 6:30pm 3 mi 2A Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve – Hike, Snowshoe or Cross Country Ski MEET: in the parking lot on Honorine Drive, oﬀ of Como Park Boulevard. Call GUS PHILLIPS 646-5034

Bring lunch on all day hikes The weather may force cancellations. If in doubt, check with coordinator. Always check trail conditions before you hike at: www.ﬁngerlakestrail.org A good hiker leaves NO TRACES For further details visit www.foothillstrailclub.org Page 9 FOOTHILLS TRAIL CLUB Hike Rating HIKING SCHEDULE 1 - Leisurely pace or Nature walk A - Flat or very gently rolling terrain Jan/Feb 2018 2 - Moderate pace B - Moderate hilly terrain 3 - Brisk, steady pace C - Steep hills, scrambles possible 4 - Fast pace

Saturday, Jan 20 10:30am 3-4 mi 2B Sprague Brook Park – Snowshoe Only MEET: in cross country ski area parking lot, second entrance to park on 9674 Foote Road, Glenwood, oﬀ Route 240, past Kissing Bridge. Rain will cancel snowshoe. Bring a lunch to eat in the warming hut afterward. Call JANE McKALE 655-0699

Sunday, Jan 21 10am 5.4 mi 2B Conservation Trail – Roszyk Hill Road to Fancy Tract Road (CT4) MEET: at Fancy Tract Road and Route 240. Call Mike Schlicht 716-316-4388

Wednesday, Jan 24 10am 2-3 mi 2B Sprague Brook Park – Cross Country Ski or Snowshoe MEET: in cross country ski area parking lot, second entrance to park on 9674 Foote Road, Glenwood, oﬀ Route 240, past Kissing Bridge. There is a nice warming hut with tables and benches to eat your lunch afterwards. Call DONNA FLOOD 759-6442 or JEANNE MOOG 652-6190 (445-3179 the day of the outing) if the weather is questionable. Rain will cancel the event. If you have the equipment, please bring gear for snowshoeing, skiing and icy terrain. The conditions at the park may be diﬀerent from what they are in your neighborhood.

Wednesday, Jan 24 6:30pm 3 mi 2A Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve – Hike, Snowshoe or Cross Country Ski MEET: in the parking lot on Honorine Drive, oﬀ of Como Park Boulevard. Call GUS PHILLIPS 646-5034

Saturday, Jan 27 10am to 2pm 5.8 mi 2B Finger Lakes Trail - Boyce Hill State Forest MEET: at FLTC Map 4, Access 2, at Route 242 and Phillips Road (Location: 42.3378, -78.5549 or N42 20.2684 W78 33.2963). Take Route 240 south past Springville until it ends at Route 242. Go east on Route 242 (left turn). Phillips Road is on the south side about 2.8 miles. Look for DEC sign for Boyce Hill. Park on Phillips Road. This will be an out and back route through the pine forest of Boyce Hill following the FLT. Moderate hills with elevation change to the top of 400’. Call MARTY RUSZAJ 716-689-4177 or [email protected]

Sunday, Jan 28 – Hike or Snowshoe 9am 5 mi 2B Farm Tour and Letchworth State Park MEET: at Marquart Farms, 5195 Route 19, Gainesville, NY 14066. Take Route 78 south until it meets Route 19. Turn right onto Route 19 and Marquart will be 1/4 mile down the road. We will tour the potato farm, the trucking facility and the New York Chips enterprise. Afterwards, we will drive to the Humphrey Nature Center in Letchworth for a loop hike or snowshoe. Please bring a lunch to eat in the center after the hike. Call BROCK CARMICHAEL 585-322-3830 or CHERYL LEWIS 716-826-6020

Bring lunch on all day hikes The weather may force cancellations. If in doubt, check with coordinator. Always check trail conditions before you hike at: www.ﬁngerlakestrail.org A good hiker leaves NO TRACES For further details visit www.foothillstrailclub.org Page 10 FOOTHILLS TRAIL CLUB Hike Rating HIKING SCHEDULE 1 - Leisurely pace or Nature walk A - Flat or very gently rolling terrain Jan/Feb 2018 2 - Moderate pace B - Moderate hilly terrain 3 - Brisk, steady pace C - Steep hills, scrambles possible 4 - Fast pace

Monday, Jan 29 6:30pm Foothills Trail Club Board Meeting The meeting is held at the Julia Reinstein Library on Losson Road (between Borden and Union Roads). Please consider joining us. We always enjoy having members in attendance. If you do attend, please don’t hesitate to ask questions and “speak up” about the topics being discussed. We are very interested in your input.

Wednesday, Jan 31 10am 2-3 mi 2B Sprague Brook Park – Cross Country Ski or Snowshoe MEET: in cross country ski area parking lot, second entrance to park on 9674 Foote Road, Glenwood, oﬀ Route 240, past Kissing Bridge. There is a nice warming hut with tables and benches to eat your lunch afterwards. Call DONNA FLOOD 759-6442 or JEANNE MOOG 652-6190 (445-3179 the day of the outing) if the weather is questionable. Rain will cancel the event. If you have the equipment, please bring gear for snowshoeing, skiing and icy terrain. The conditions at the park may be diﬀerent from what they are in your neighborhood.

Wednesday, Jan 31 6:30pm 3 mi 2A Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve – Hike, Snowshoe or Cross Country Ski MEET: in the parking lot on Honorine Drive, oﬀ of Como Park Boulevard. Call GUS PHILLIPS 646-5034

Saturday, Feb 3 11am 5 mi 1A Schoellkopf Parking Lot to Whirlpool Parking Lot MEET: in Schoellkopf Power Station parking lot just north of the Rainbow Bridge, Niagara Falls, NY. Other route options available depending on the group and weather. See the Falls? Coﬀee/hot chocolate stop. Call ROY TOCHA 435-9674 or [email protected]

Sunday, Feb 4 12pm 3-4 mi 2B Sprague Brook Park – Hike or Snowshoe MEET: in the casino parking lot. Call GUS PHILLIPS 646-5034

Tuesday, Feb 6 2B Chestnut Ridge Park - Snowshoe We’ll traipse around in the snow for about 2 hours and then lunch in the casino. Please call no later than 6pm Sunday, February 4th, if you’re coming. You will receive time and meeting place then. As usual, no calls, no snowshoe! Call KATHY B. 837-8545

Bring lunch on all day hikes The weather may force cancellations. If in doubt, check with coordinator. Always check trail conditions before you hike at: www.ﬁngerlakestrail.org A good hiker leaves NO TRACES For further details visit www.foothillstrailclub.org Page 11 FOOTHILLS TRAIL CLUB Hike Rating HIKING SCHEDULE 1 - Leisurely pace or Nature walk A - Flat or very gently rolling terrain Jan/Feb 2018 2 - Moderate pace B - Moderate hilly terrain 3 - Brisk, steady pace C - Steep hills, scrambles possible 4 - Fast pace

Wednesday, Feb 7 10am 2.5 to 3 mi 2A Knox Farm State Park – Cross Country Ski or Snowshoe MEET: at the Seneca Street main entrance parking lot. We will cross country ski if there is enough snow. Snowshoes are also an option. If the snow is not deep, we will hike wearing YakTrax if needed. Lunch in East Aurora is optional. Call DONNA FLOOD 759-6442 or JEANNE MOOG 652-6190 (445-3179 the day of the outing) if the weather is questionable. Rain will cancel the event. If you have the equipment, please bring gear for snowshoeing, skiing and icy terrain. The conditions at the park may be diﬀerent from what they are in your neighborhood.

Wednesday, Feb 7 6:30pm 3 mi 2A Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve – Hike, Snowshoe or Cross Country Ski MEET: in the parking lot on Honorine Drive, oﬀ of Como Park Boulevard. Call GUS PHILLIPS 646-5034

Saturday, Feb 10 10am 4 mi 2A Erie Canal Bike Path – Hike, Snowshoe or Cross Country Ski MEET: on State Road at Steven Street bridge, Lockport, NY. Call JAKE KERN 716-946-5840 or [email protected]

Sunday, Feb 11 11am 5 mi 1A Schoellkopf Parking Lot to Whirlpool Parking Lot MEET: in Schoellkopf Power Station parking lot just north of the Rainbow Bridge, Niagara Falls, NY. Other route options available depending on the group and weather. See the Falls? Coﬀee/hot chocolate stop. Call ROY TOCHA 435-9674 or [email protected]

Wednesday, Feb 14 10am 2.5 to 3 mi 2A Knox Farm State Park – Cross Country Ski or Snowshoe MEET: at the Seneca Street main entrance parking lot. We will cross country ski if there is enough snow. Snowshoes are also an option. If the snow is not deep, we will hike wearing YakTrax if needed. Lunch in East Aurora is optional. Call DONNA FLOOD 759-6442 or JEANNE MOOG 652-6190 (445-3179 the day of the outing) if the weather is questionable. Rain will cancel the event. If you have the equipment, please bring gear for snowshoeing, skiing and icy terrain. The conditions at the park may be diﬀerent from what they are in your neighborhood.

Wednesday, Feb 14 6:30pm 3 mi 2A Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve – Hike, Snowshoe or Cross Country Ski MEET: in the parking lot on Honorine Drive, oﬀ of Como Park Boulevard. Call GUS PHILLIPS 646-5034

Bring lunch on all day hikes The weather may force cancellations. If in doubt, check with coordinator. Always check trail conditions before you hike at: www.ﬁngerlakestrail.org A good hiker leaves NO TRACES For further details visit www.foothillstrailclub.org Page 12 FOOTHILLS TRAIL CLUB Hike Rating HIKING SCHEDULE 1 - Leisurely pace or Nature walk A - Flat or very gently rolling terrain Jan/Feb 2018 2 - Moderate pace B - Moderate hilly terrain 3 - Brisk, steady pace C - Steep hills, scrambles possible 4 - Fast pace

Saturday, Feb 17 2B Chestnut Ridge Park - Snowshoe We’ll traipse around in the snow for about 2 hours and then lunch in the casino. Please call no later than 6pm Thursday, February 15th, if you’re coming. You will receive time and meeting place then. As usual, no calls, no snowshoe! Call KATHY B. 837-8545

Sunday, Feb 18 1:30pm 3 mi 2B Cazenovia Park – Hike, Snowshoe or Cross Country Ski MEET: at St. John Evangelist Church parking lot at Seneca Street and Warren Spahn Way. Call KATHY FOOTE 675-3989

Wednesday, Feb 21 10am 2.5 to 3 mi 2A Knox Farm State Park – Cross Country Ski or Snowshoe MEET: at the Seneca Street main entrance parking lot. We will cross country ski if there is enough snow. Snowshoes are also an option. If the snow is not deep, we will hike wearing YakTrax if needed. Lunch in East Aurora is optional. Call DONNA FLOOD 759-6442 or JEANNE MOOG 652-6190 (445-3179 the day of the outing) if the weather is questionable. Rain will cancel the event. If you have the equipment, please bring gear for snowshoeing, skiing and icy terrain. The conditions at the park may be diﬀerent from what they are in your neighborhood.

Wednesday, Feb 21 6:30pm 3 mi 2A Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve – Hike, Snowshoe or Cross Country Ski MEET: in the parking lot on Honorine Drive, oﬀ of Como Park Boulevard. Call GUS PHILLIPS 646-5034

Saturday, Feb 24 10am to 2pm 5 mi 2B Conservation Trail – Erie County Forest to the Top of Erie County MEET: at Matteson Corners Road in Sardinia, NY (CT6, Access 2). We will spot cars driving to Erie County Forest, Genesee Road (CT5, Access 5). Mostly uphill until we reach an elevation at the top of Erie County (1,945’). Conservation Trail comes within a few hundred feet of this spot which is on private land. This will be a 350’ elevation change. Call MARTY RUSZAJ 716-689-4177 or [email protected]

Sunday, Feb 25 11am 5 mi 1A Delaware Park Area to Spot Coﬀee on Elmwood MEET: at the Rose Garden near the casino. A stop at Spot Coﬀee. Call ROY TOCHA 435-9674 or [email protected]

Bring lunch on all day hikes The weather may force cancellations. If in doubt, check with coordinator. Always check trail conditions before you hike at: www.ﬁngerlakestrail.org A good hiker leaves NO TRACES For further details visit www.foothillstrailclub.org Page 13 FOOTHILLS TRAIL CLUB Hike Rating HIKING SCHEDULE 1 - Leisurely pace or Nature walk A - Flat or very gently rolling terrain Jan/Feb 2018 2 - Moderate pace B - Moderate hilly terrain 3 - Brisk, steady pace C - Steep hills, scrambles possible 4 - Fast pace

Wednesday, Feb 28 10am 2.5 to 3 mi 2A Knox Farm State Park – Cross Country Ski or Snowshoe MEET: at the Seneca Street main entrance parking lot. We will cross country ski if there is enough snow. Snowshoes are also an option. If the snow is not deep, we will hike wearing YakTrax if needed. Lunch in East Aurora is optional. Call DONNA FLOOD 759-6442 or JEANNE MOOG 652-6190 (445-3179 the day of the outing) if the weather is questionable. Rain will cancel the event. If you have the equipment, please bring gear for snowshoeing, skiing and icy terrain. The conditions at the park may be diﬀerent from what they are in your neighborhood.

Wednesday, Feb 28 6:30pm 3 mi 2A Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve – Hike, Snowshoe or Cross Country Ski MEET: in the parking lot on Honorine Drive, oﬀ of Como Park Boulevard. Call GUS PHILLIPS 646-5034

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