Posted in Backpacking, Finger Lakes Trail, Hiking, tagged Bristol Hills Trail, Conservation Trail, GPS, Interloken Trail, Letchworth Trail, new york, ny, Onondaga Trail on July 19, 2008 | No Comments »
Trailhead coordinates for 466 FLT trailheads are now available on the FLTC website. Both the main trail and branch trails (Conservation Trail, Letchworth Trail, Bristol Hills Trail, Interloken Trail, and Onondaga Trail) are included. These coordinates must be manually typed into your field GPS unit or recent automotive GPS unit (such as Garmin Nuvi models). [...]
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Posted in Finger Lakes Trail, Hiking, tagged chenango county, ed sidote, Finger Lakes Trail, flt, hike, Hiking, new michigan state forest, new york, ny on July 17, 2008 | No Comments »
The Finger Lakes Trail Conference invites you to experience the Finger Lakes Trail on the Ed Sidote Hike, Saturday July 26th, beginning at the FLT parking lot at Fred Stewart and Center Roads in North Pharsalia. 90-year-old Ed Sidote is a long time, and still active participant in FLT activities. For many years he has [...]
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Java Joe recounted a tale of how his dog recently got sprayed by a skunk along the Finger Lakes Trail. Then he passed along this recipe (from John AX Morris) for a skunk odor cure which he said was fantastic - ahhh, the voice of experience!
-1 quart hydrogen peroxide
-1/4 cup baking soda
-1 tablespoon dish detergent.
Sponge [...]
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Trail maintenance along the Finger Lakes Trail in the Western Catskills has been problematic at times. Volunteers Are Needed to help maintain the trail.
AmeriCorps had been the principal maintainer of several FLT sections in the Catskill region for many years. Closing the program last fall left a trail maintenance void that hasn’t yet been filled. [...]
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Posted in Finger Lakes Trail, Hiking, Southern Tier, Wildlife, tagged bear, Binghamton University, black bear, Ithaca, new york, ny, Vestal, Yellow Barn State Forest on June 22, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Bear sightings and their increasing frequency have been a hot topic on the Finger Lakes Trail chat list recently.
People have reported seeing bears:
- on the Binghamton University campus
- in the middle of the town of Vestal
- in downtown Ithaca
- at a private residence on Ringwood Rd in Ithaca, not to far from Yellow Barn State [...]
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Hiking’s best-kept secret is all yours
When I put a pack on my back and head out for several days of hiking, I think of old growth forests, undeveloped, tree-lined lakes and wilderness.
I don’t want to share my time with hordes of people, all struggling for their own little piece of nature. Sure I hike in [...]
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Posted in Finger Lakes Trail, Hiking, Kid's Activities, Uncategorized, tagged cortland county, map, new york, ny, Spanish Loop Trail, take a hike on May 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
At long last, the full-size map of the Spanish Loop Trail (SLT) system (a 5.5 mile loop) is available for online purchase at www.fingerlakestrail.org.
Parents hiking with children will especially appreciate having a copy of this map with them. Indeed, the SLT has long been promoted as being a “family-friendly” trail, with several short return [...]
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Posted in Catskills, Finger Lakes Trail, Trail Building, tagged new york, Finger Lakes Trail, ny, Trail, Catskills, volunteer, trail work, catskill mountains, maintainer on March 27, 2008 | No Comments »
The Finger Lakes Trail Conference needs volunteers to adopt sections of the Finger Lakes Trail in the Catskill region. The adoptees agree to twice annual light trail maintenance and reporting responsibilities ( I think).
For available sections in the East Catskill area (Cherry Ridge Wild Forest, Middle Mountain Wild Forest, and Balsam Lake Mountain Wild Forest) [...]
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My exposures to wind turbines as a hiker have been mainly positive. I encountered them on a wind-swept hill top while hiking across Spain and while on a day hike in California. Now, they can be spotted in the southern tier of NY State. I recently read that the Finger Lakes Trail Conference takes [...]
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Posted in Finger Lakes Trail, Hiking, Western NY, tagged hike, Hiking, new york, Finger Lakes Trail, ny, western new york, cattaraugus county, hike series on March 25, 2008 | No Comments »
Each year the Finger Lakes Trail Conference sponsors a series of bus-supported hikes across a section of the Finger Lakes trail. This year they will be covering 85 miles, crossing the western frontier across Cattaraugus County. The moderate to strenuous hikes occur the third Saturday of every month from April through September, as well as [...]
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