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Practices: Advance signup is not required. However, prior to attending your first outing, read the information on our Practices and Acknowledgement of Risk pages. Download and sign the Acknowledgement of Risk Agreement form and submit it to the leader of your first Canes outing.
Meeting place: Carol Thomas Lane "CTL" unless specified otherwise in the outing description. More info on CTL, meeting places and times.
Outing types: Outing types are listed as Regular, Alternate (ALT) or Bonus. More info on outing types.
Difficulty: Outing difficulty ratings are shown as "Easy," "Moderate," "Difficult", or a hybrid. These are subjective ratings, and even an "Easy" outing will require attendees to be fit and aware of their physical limitations. More details about difficulty are typically shown in the outing description. Distance and elevation gain shown are generally derived from GPS readings, which are approximate. More info about ratings.
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Scheduled outings: Easy-rated hikes are generally listed as ALT to encourage a Regular outing on the same date. Bonus outings on other days are also encouraged. Please contact Leo Demers, Outings Coordinator if you would like to lead an outing.
Mar 26, 2026 ALT Old Gick Farm Hike Rating: Easy Joanne Armstrong Email leader WX
Old Gick Farm is part of Wilton Wildlife Preserve, located on Route 50. We will follow the blue & yellow trail for about 3+ miles of level walking through open fields. The group can decide if we want to cross the road and do some of the Fox Trail. Hopefully the weather will have warmed and unlikely microspikes will be needed (unless March hits us with another storm).
Meet at Old Gick Farm parking lot at 9:45 AM for a 10:00 departure. From the Northway take exit 16 and go 2 miles east on Ballard Rd, then right on Rt 50. Parking is on the right about 1 mile south of Ballard (a bit less if you use Scout Rd). Please contact me if you have any questions.
Apr 2, 2026 Regular OK Slip Falls Hike Rating: Moderate Steve Mackey Email leader WX
OK Slip Falls is one of the highest waterfalls in the Adirondacks with over a 200' free fall. From the trailhead the well marked trail takes us through a variety of woods from mixed hardwoods and evergreens with some ups and downs. I’m thinking the snow should be gone or almost gone by early April, so this should be a good time for a hike. The best part should be that the snow melt will be feeding the rivers and streams, so the waterfall should be roaring. The hike is 6.8 miles round trip, with a vertical gain of around 1,000 feet. There could still be snow, so at this point I would recommend bringing snowshoes, microspikes, and waterproof boots. We’ll decide at the trailhead what to wear. We’ll have lunch at the waterfall at one of the overlooks.
Meer at CTL at 8:30 AM for an 8:45 departure, or the North Creek Stewart’s at 9:30, or the trailhead parking lot at 10:00-ish. The trailhead is located on the north side of Rt 28, 10 miles west of the hamlet of North Creek, with excellent parking available on the south side of Rt 28 before the trailhead. Please contact me if you have any questions.
Apr 9, 2026 Regular Dean Farm Heritage Trails Hike Rating: Easy/Moderate Bonnie Whitman 518-636-8432 Email leader WX
We will hike two trails from the same location! Across from the kiosk and parking lot at the trailhead in Stony Creek we will hike a nice loop trail on the east side of the road for about 2.6 miles with a 500-foot total ascent through fields, around bogs, along a ridge, and through open conifer and hardwood forest with some interesting geology. There is even a picnic table located at the top of the ridge for a snack or early lunch. Near the top is a steep section that includes a ladder and some steps that may be difficult for some to ascend/descend, especially if wet or icy; however, this section can be avoided by retracing our steps back to the nearest trail junction. After our stop at the picnic table, we continue on the loop to the kiosk and hike another loop trail, this time staying on the west side of the road, totaling about a mile. This trail includes long stretches of wide boardwalks that wind through this very pretty section of the old Dean Farm. The trail is mostly level and winds through fields, woods, and wetlands, with a great place for a break at a deck overlooking Stony Creek. The trails may still have areas with packed snow and ice, so please bring spikes.
Meet at the Lake Luzerne Stewart’s, located at the intersection of Rt 9N and Bay Rd, at 9:15 for a departure at 9:30, or at the trailhead at 10:00ish. From the 4-way intersection in Stony Creek, located on Hadley Road/CR12, continue North on Hadley/Harrisburg Rd for about a half mile and turn right on Lanfear Rd. In less than a quarter mile turn left onto Murray Rd/CR76 and continue a short distance to the parking lot on the left. Please contact me with any questions.
Apr 16, 2026 Regular Saratoga Battlefield Historical Bike Tour Rating: Easy/Moderate Steve Mackey Email leader WX
Spring has officially sprung, so a little bike tour on pavement is always preferable to muddy trails. I’ve led this bike ride for ADK a couple of times, so I think I’ve got it dialed in. There is a National Park app that explains what happened during the battle at each stop we encounter along our ride. I can play it with my phone over a blue tooth speaker so everyone can hear it easily. Beginning at the Saratoga National Battlefield Visitor Center, we will bike ride around 10 miles over hills and dales on the Battlefield grounds on a well paved road through the park. There is almost no auto traffic so it is a nice leisurely ride, with plenty of stops. We’ll stop for lunch at a scenic spot around noon. The ride back from the last stop to the Visitor Center is relatively hard. Almost all of the uphill of the ride is the last mile back to the parking area. If you are worried about the uphill at the end, you can stay at the last stop (which overlooks the Hudson), and I’ll go get my car, and transport drivers back to their cars. We’ll leave someone to watch the bikes and then drive to the last stop to load our bikes up.
Meet at 9:45 AM at the Saratoga Battlefield Visitor Center parking lot, and we'll leave for the bike tour at 10:00. There are rest rooms at the Visitor Center. Please contact me if you have any questions.
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