4TH Quarter 2015 NORTH WOODS NEWS Outings Schedule October, November and December 2015 This is a FINAL Outings Schedule. Most trip descriptions include the letter designations A, B, or C. The guidelines used in classifying our trips are listed in the tables below. These are general guidelines only and may not fit every trip exactly. The trip leader makes the final decsion. HIKER’S EFFORT LEVEL ELEVATION MILES TIME (HOURS) RATING GAIN (FEET) A+ Very Strenuous 4,000+ 10+ 10+ A Strenuous 3,000 5-10 8-10 B+ Moderately Strenuous 2,000+ 5-10 6-8 B Moderate 1,000+ 5-10 5-7 C+ Fairly Easy 1,000+ 5-8 4-6 C Easy under 1,000 under 5 under 5 PADDLER’S MLES PORTAGES WATER CLASS RATING A 12+ long (1/2 mile +) II - whitewater B 6-12 short I - moving C under 6 none flat Check for schedule changes online on our North Woods Chapter Calendar at: www.brownbearsw.com/freecal/northwoods NORTH WOODS CHAPTER OUTINGS 4th Quarter 2015 October 1, Thursday October 18, Sunday at 5:00PM Hike - Cobble Ledge Potluck Supper and Chapter Meeting Leaders: Frank and Lethe Lescinsky at Presbyterian Church, Church Street, Saranac 518-523-0334 or [email protected] Lake This new trail was constructed in 2014 and offers a Program: A member of a winter sports US National spectacular view of the Ausable Valley and Team from the Olympic Training Center will talk Whiteface and Esther Mountains as a reward for a about his/her experiences. 1.1 mile walk with relatively little climbing. At this Potluck: N - Z for main dishes, A - Ha for salads time of year, we should have good fall foliage and Hb - M for desserts, to share with 10 to 12 views. Afterwards, those who are interested will get people. Please remember to bring table service for together for lunch at a local restaurant. yourself and for your guests. 2.2 mi. RT Ascent 150 ft. Class C Limit 12 October 21, Wednesday October 6, Tuesday Hike - Lyon Mountain Hike - Indian Head Leaders: John and Susan Omohundro at Leader: Bill LaRocque at 518-359-7492 or 315-265-8365 (h) 315-244-9131 (c) or [email protected] [email protected] Rising 750 ft. above Lower Ausable Lake, the view This isolated peak in the northern Adirondacks is of the Ausable Lakes and surrounding mountains situated between the old iron mining community of from this 2700 ft. rock outcropping is one of the the same name on its west and Chazy Lake on its most beautiful in the Adirondacks. We will hike up east. ADK rebuilt the trail in 2008, including 11 the Ausable Club Road to the lower dam and from switchbacks in the steep sections and two new there take the Indian Head Trail to the summit. bridges. The result is a more scenic and civil climb 8.5 mi. RT Ascent: 1380 ft. Class B Limit 12 with exposed outcrops for views. There is a fire tower on the summit. October 8, Thursday 7.0 mi. RT Ascent 1800 ft. Class B Limit 12 Paddle - Second Pond to Lake Flower Leaders: Marilyn and Peter Gillespie at October 24, Saturday 518-891-2626 or [email protected] HUNTING SEASON STARTS (Rifle) We will put in at the Second Pond boat launch off Route 30, paddle the Saranac River through the October 25, Sunday Lower Lock to Oseetah. Then it is back in the river Paddle / Hike - Henderson Lake to Duck Hole to Lake Flower and the Village of Saranac Lake. Leader: Pati Peebles at 518-221-7843 or 7 mi. PTP Class B Limit 12 [email protected] Starting at the Upper Works Trailhead, we carry to October 14, Wednesday Henderson Lake, paddle up the lake to the north Hike - Cathedral Rocks and Bear Run shore, carry to the Preston Ponds, paddle the ponds Leaders: Will and Caper Tissot at 518-891-4026 or and then hike to Duck Hole. (Kevlar or Carbon [email protected] Fiber boats are strongly recommended.) This lovely hike starts at the Ausable Club parking approx. 10 mi. RT Class B Limit 12 lot, then crosses the Ausable river right before the Gate House and continues on the West side of the river, eventually breaking off and rising up to Check for schedule changes online on our Cathedral Rocks, Bear Run and a climb through a North Woods Chapter Calendar at: “chimney” to a beautiful view of Gothics and www.brownbearsw.com/freecal/ Sawteeth and a waterfall on the return trip. approx. 4mi. RT Class B Limit 12 Page 2 NORTH WOODS CHAPTER OUTINGS 4th Quarter 2015 October 27 - Tuesday November 15, Sunday at 5:00PM Hike - Wakely Mountain Potluck Supper and Chapter Annual Meeting Leader: Gretchen Gedroiz and Bill LaRocque at Presbyterian Church, Church Street, Saranac 518-339-6494 or [email protected] Lake This is a 6.4 mile hike round trip to one of the Program: Julia Goren, head of the Summit highest fire towers in New York. Access is off the Stewards, will discuss the alpine nature of the high Cedar River Flow road in Indian Lake. The Adirondack summits and the role of summit elevation gain is 1650 feet in 3.2 miles, getting stewards in protecting it. steeper for the last mile. We will carpool from Potluck: Hb - M for main dishes, N - Z for salads Tupper Lake. and A - Ha for desserts, to share with 10 to 12 6.4 mi. RT Ascent 1650 ft. Class B Limit 12 people. Please remember to bring table service for yourself and for your guests. November HIGH PEAKS November 19, Thursday Peggy MacKellar will be climbing High Peaks on Hike - Rooster Comb Mountain weekends in November. If you are interested in Leaders: John and Susan Omohundro at joining her, you can contact her at 518-523-1341 or 315-265-8365 (h) 315-244-9131 (c) or [email protected] [email protected] The partially bare summit of this 2788-foot peak in November 5, Thursday Keene Valley has a few nice looking jack pines and Hike - Raquette Falls good views of the Great Range, Marcy and Big Leader: Elisabeth Craven at 518-523-5846 or Slide, and Keene Valley. The last half-mile is steep. [email protected] We might need spikes. We will meet at the “iron” bridge turn-around on the 5.0 mi. RT Ascent: 1750 feet Class B Limit 12 Coreys Rd. and, depending on the condition of the Ampersand Lake Road, ski, hike or drive down the November 21, Saturday road for 0.3 mi. to a parking area and the actual start Hike - Mt. Van Hoevenberg of the trail to Raquette Falls. We plan to go to the Leader: Carol Edmonds at 518-354-7966 or falls, but the length of our trip will depend on [email protected] conditions. This relatively small mountain rising above South 9 mi. RT Class C+ Limit 12 Meadow offers superb views of Mt. Jo and the High Peaks. This trip has an easy first half, then it climbs November 10, Tuesday moderately for a while and finally steeply for the Hike / Cookout - Placid Leanto (Jackrabbit last 1/4 mile to the open lookout ridge near the 2860 Trail) ft. summit. Leaders: Frank and Lethe Lescinsky at 4.4 mi. RT Ascent: 740 ft. Class C Limit 12 518-523-0334 or [email protected] Hike/snowshoe up a former woods road from Whiteface Inn Lane to the Placid Leanto where we will have lunch. Bring a piece of wood for a fire Check for schedule changes online on our and something to cook. Lethe will bring a surprise North Woods Chapter Calendar at: dessert for all. www.brownbearsw.com/freecal/ 3 mi RT Ascent 450 ft Class C Limit 15 Page 3 NORTH WOODS CHAPTER OUTINGS 4th Quarter 2015 November 23, Monday at only 3100 feet in elevation. However, on a clear Hike - Jay Range day the views of Giant, the Dixes and the Great Leader: Pati Peebles at 518-221-7843 or Range make up for that shortcoming. We’ll start [email protected] from the Ausable Road parking lot adjacent to Rt. This range of bald summits is reached from the 73 and travel 2.3 miles along the S. Burns Weston trailhead on Glen Road from the west. The Trail to Round’s summit. We’ll have lunch on the approach varies from mild terrain to several steep summit if the weather cooperates and enjoy the pitches, going over a bump before finally ascending scenery. After lunch we’ll descend 0.7 miles to the West Jay Mt. Then there are a few ups and downs Old Dix Trail junction and return to the Ausable along the mostly open ridge to the final rocky Road at the golf course a short distance from the summit, where there are views in all directions parking lot. Please note that this short hike has a toward Jay, Lake Champlain, and other nearby significant ascent. summits. (We will hike along the ridge as far as 4.8 mi. Ascent 1820 ft. Class C+/B Limit 12 conditions permit.) 6 miles RT Ascent: 2355 ft. Class A- Limit 12 December 16, Wednesday Hike or Ski - Whiteface Landing December Leader: Elisabeth Craven at 518-523-5846 or HIGH PEAKS [email protected] Peggy MacKellar will be climbing High Peaks on This is a pleasant walk or ski along an old road and weekends in late December. If you are interested in truck trail from which many of the larger rocks have joining her, you can contact her at 518-523-1341 or been removed by the ASTC during the past couple [email protected] of years.