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Winter Hikes Offer Unique Views

Posted in Hiking, Hudson Valley, Wildlife, tagged deer tracks, Hyde Park, Hyde Park Trail Committee, rabbit tracks, Winnakee Nature Preserve on January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

By Larry Hertz • Poughkeepsie Journal • link to original article The snow-covered trails in the Winnakee Nature Preserve were dotted with deer and rabbit tracks Saturday afternoon. And as a contingent of hikers approached a grove of hemlock trees, five young deer scampered to higher ground. “That’s one of the advantages of winter hiking [...]

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Bald Eagles Becoming Great Sacandaga Lake Attraction in Wintertime

Posted in Adirondacks, DEC, Wildlife, tagged Conklingville Dam, eagle, Fulton County, Hope, Moreau Lake State Park, Northville, Sacandaga River, Wells on January 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »

By Jim McGuire, Daily Gazette, link to original article The Northville area, situated on the Great Sacandaga Lake where the Sacandaga River winds out of the southern Adirondacks, has a lot going for it already. But for at least the past six years it has had a new winter attraction. Bald eagles, many of them [...]

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BikeSki Group at Hammond Hill State Forest

Posted in Cross-country ski, Finger Lakes, Hiking, Mountain Biking, Snowshoeing, tagged Hammond Hill State Forest on January 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Click here for the Outdoor BLOG at canaaninstitute.org. It’s a blog for the BikeSki group – a private outdoor exercise group associated with Hammond Hill State Forest, for people who like to hike, mountain bike (low impact cross country style trail biking), cross country ski, snowshoe or run on trails.

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Awesome Photos & Info on Niagara Falls

Posted in Waterfalls, Western NY on January 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Awesome Photos & Info on Niagara Falls

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More Attention Being Paid to Women’s Biking Needs

Posted in Biking, Gear, History, tagged bicycle saddles, bike saddles, Georgina Terry, Specialized, Terry Bicycles, Trek, women biking on January 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

By Tom Meade, The Providence Journal, link to original article For generations, bicycle saddles were more like medieval torture devices than comfortable seats. Then medical researchers determined that bike saddles had caused some cases of erectile dysfunction, and things changed, said Reed Caster, owner of Caster’s Bicycle Center in Warwick, R.I. “Women have been complaining [...]

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Lake George Shipwreck Site Makes National Register

Posted in Adirondacks, History, Lake George, Scuba diving, tagged boat on January 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

newsday.com, link to original article The wreck of one of the first gasoline-powered excursion boats in the Adirondacks has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Forward lies in 40 feet of water near an island on the southern end of Lake George, 50 miles north of Albany. The 45-foot-long boat was [...]

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Animal Tracks in the Snow

Posted in Ithaca, nature, Wildlife, tagged Frank Muller, O.D. Von Engeln Preserve, photogarphy, photos on January 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »

One of the fun things to do in winter is to go looking for animal tracks in the snow. Click here for a series of photos taken by Frank Muller in the O.D. Von Engeln Preserve in Ithaca. Then scroll down to his blog archive where you can select other photo libraries such as Winter [...]

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Dashing Through the Snow – Downhill Skiing

Posted in Adirondacks, Central NY, Skiing, tagged Belleayre, Four Seasons Golf & Ski Center, Gore, Greek Peak, Labrador, Snow Ridge, Song Mountain, Toggenburg, Whiteface on January 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Post-Standard, link to original article Could New York state really be overtaking Utah as a destination for skiers? That’s the prediction of Scott Brandi, who as head of the Ski Areas Association of New York admittedly is a booster. Brandi notes that New York’s 47 alpine ski areas already rank fifth in the nation for [...]

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