The most dangerous hiking mistakes are the ones you don’t recognize.

The most dangerous hiking mistakes are the ones you don’t recognize.

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Be Alert for Ticks as Spring Emerges

Greg Wooster shared this on the FLTC e-list. It’s a h=good heads-up for all outdoors folks: Now that the snow is thawing it might be wise to send out an information alert to hikers, trail maintainers, etc.  Lyme is definitely present in the Central NY Finger Lakes Region, and with the thaw hungry ticks are [...]

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Black River Environmental Improvement Association trail system: Cross-country ski trails lead to fun for all ages, pursuits

By NICOLE L. CVETNIC, Observer-Dispatch, link to original post With more than 30 miles of groomed cross-country ski trails, the Black River Environmental Improvement Association trail system is one of the largest in the East. Created in 1984 as a gift to the people of New York, the nonprofit corporation is funded by a private [...]

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Avalanches at Whiteface, Colden Trap Dike

Avalanches at Whiteface, Colden Trap Dike in the Adirondacks

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Old X-country ski trails at Ausable Chasm reopened

By ERIC VOORHIS, Lake Placid News, link to original post Frothy water tumbled down through towering chunks of ice, white and blue cliffs on either side of the gorge. Cars sped across a bridge, high above, on state Route 9 near Keeseville. I stood listening to the gush of the river, staring across the Ausable [...]

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New York State Bicycling and Walking Resources

These are obviously government related resources (which can be poor) on bicycling and walking information, including bicycling laws, links to plans and case studies, and contact information for bicycle and pedestrian coordinators. But there is some good info to mine here.

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Bikes in New York: As the Wheels Turn

Bikes in New York: As the Wheels Turn

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Tip for Better Kayaking and Camping

Even after a day trip you need to rinse out your gear. Buy a large plastic garbage can. When you get home and unload the car, drop all your paddling gear into the can, fill it with water, and slosh vigorously. A small hole in the bottom of the can will let the water drain [...]

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Finger Lakes Land Trust acquires 65 acres on Cayuga Lake

Source: The Ithaca Journal, link to original post The Finger Lakes Land Trust has acquired a 65-acre piece of land with 1,400 feet of undeveloped Cayuga Lake shoreline in Romulus and plans to combine it with an adjoining preserve and provide public access. The land is on the west side of Cayuga Lake across from [...]

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Outdoors gear: Survival tool has it all

If you have all your survival gear spread out who knows where in your daypack, here’s a new device that’s one basic survival tool. The all-in-one SOL (Survive Outdoors Longer)  Origin fits in the palm of your hand and has: – A folding knife with an AUS-8 steel blade (the blade features a hollow grind, [...]

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