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I'll be atternding ADK's President's Dinner Oct. 26 in (edit) HIGHLAND Falls (near West Point), and would like to take my kayak with me and paddle part of the Hudson. I know almost nothing about that part of NYS or the Hudson and am asking for ideas as where to launch and paddle there. We'll...

The flooding in Muskoka has subsided and nearly everything is accessible and open now. Opeongo Road washed out in the high water, but is repaired and scheduled to re-open Friday. http://www.algonquinpark.on.ca/news/2013/2013-04-19_flooding.php

ADIRONDACK CANOE ROUTES: The Marion River carry provides passage for those paddlers traveling between Raquette Lake and the Marion River and Blue Mountain Lake via the Eckford Chain of Lakes. Each September, Day 1 of the Adirondack Canoe Classic, aka "The 90-Miler" passes over this historic...

THE PLAN - Pending my finding a job, I'm trying to make the most of my time. In June, I paddled across Lake Ontario to Toronto, so I'm looking for my next challenge. Two years ago, I began thinking about paddling my sea kayak the length of the Erie Canal, as the song goes, "from Albany to...

Been doing more paddling than hiking lately. Earlier this week a friend and I paddled our 17-foot sea kayaks over 30 miles across western Lake Ontario from a town in Ontario (at the mouth of the Niagara River) called Niagara-on-the-Lake (aka NOTL) to Toronto, Ontario. We drove up from Buffalo...

With the unusually mild fall temps, the north country lakes have yet to freeze over (though there was ice creeping across some lakes last weekend). Who is still out there paddling? My neoprene stands ready and I hope to do at least a brief paddle this weekend when I pick up my new solo canoe...

December 1-2 After sleeping at my friends’ Tmax & Topo’s Hostel in Lake Placid Wednesday night, I set out Thursday morning on a solo 1-nighter. Only a thin dusting of snow lay on the mostly frozen ground. I parked at the AMR/St. Huberts and walked nearly three-fourths of a mile to the club’s...

Three of us did a 66-mile island-hopping kayak trip on Ontario's Georgian Bay in July. My trip reports are mostly done, and 3 of them (1 more to go) can be read on my Google blog http://bvanhise.blogspot.com/

Many trip reports that involve the Adirondack High Peaks, including accounts of my own solo treks, focus on the accomplishment of achieving a summit. We can sometimes extract much more from a hike if visiting a familiar place with friends, old or new, and seeing things from a fresh perspective...

Very good trail conditions all the way from the Loj to Scotts Clearing, and up to Wallface Ponds. Some snow bridges over small streams have melted, but the ice bridges over the larger brooks are still intact. Wallface Pond (and all ponds) still nicely frozen and easily crossed. I crossed...

S.I. The weekend of February 26, I led a small group of people on a hike. We stayed at the Adirondack Mountain Club’s Camp Peggy O’Brien cabin on ADK’s Johns Brook property, just across the bridge from JBL. Our group consisted of 2 university students -Pete and Rico, my co-leader John, and my...

Some friends and I paddle our kayaks on the Niagara River under the Peace Bridge (Buffalo-Ft. Erie) 2 or 3 times a summer. I recently uploaded a 5:50 video that I shot in June. It's a lot of fun doing that in the fast turbulent water. We launch at Buffalo's Erie Basin Marina, paddle out onto...

The last time I hiked, in March, I made it only as far as Marcy Dam and had to turn back. Those damn kidney stones aggravated me beyond my ability to tolerate. What a pitiful thing to be a Winter 46er that can barely make it to friggin’ Marcy DAM! April brought a resolution to the stones issue...

This weekend, I'll be doing a 30-mile paddle from Tobermory to Manitoulin Island's South Baymouth, with one night of camping on a small island en route, and return on the ferry. Has anyone done any paddling up there? This will be my 3rd paddle trip to Tobermory - I've read a lot about it and...

DIX ATTEMPT: Lots of snow. Our group of 4 broke trail from Rt. 73 to the base of the Dix slide where the trail begins to gain altitude in earnest. It took us 7 hours to plow 5 miles through snow ranging from a foot deep to waist deep. A large group followed our trail to the Bouquet LT later...

The thaw last week didn't have much effect on the trails. Plenty of snow from the Loj all the way to both summits. We wore snowshoes all the way, but probably didn't need them (other than the rule mandating the wearing of snowshoes!). Indian Brook was high and MOSTLY frozen. At Indian Brook, the...

Jan 16-17 Lafayette Trailhead Conditions: Big pile of human feces on the trail just outside the tunnel on the Lafayette Place (campground) side of I-93, now snow-covered. Natural gas leak very apparent inside the tunnel. Lonesome Lake trail, Fishin' Jimmy, and Kinsman Ridge Trail Conditions...

Making the very long drive to NH on Jan. 15 to spend 3 nights at the Lonesome Lake AMC hut. Don't really know anything about the Whites except what I read in the hut guidebook. Am open to suggestions for day hikes we can do from the hut on Sat. and Sun.. Anyone else going to be near the hut that...

I've kayaked in the Tobermory area twice now, including a day trip around Flowerpot and Cove Islands. Now, I'm inspired to do the crossing from Tobermory to Manitoulin in summer '10 (ride the ferry back)- has anyone here done that trip? This will likely lead to a 2011 kayak trip with the shores...

I'm going to be in Lake George for the ADK BoD meeting Saturday - will anyone here be at that meeting?