Adirondack Hamlets to Huts

12/25/2024

Merry Christmas!

12/19/2024

Start your 2025 off with a 4-night, 3-day winter wonderland adventure from the evening of January 10th through the morning of January 14th on the Adirondack Hamlets to Huts Indian Lake - North Creek Ski/Snowshoe Traverse. Honor your New Year's resolutions for more time in the outdoors, more adventures. and more exercise! Call Joe at 315.657.1320.

12/12/2024

Adirondack Hamlets is so grateful to the Saranac Lake and Greater North Country communities for coming out on a stormy night to see The Voice of the Hudson, a documentary on the July 2023 Hudson River Source to Sea Expedition. Thanks so much to all in attendance at Saranac Lake High School. Your enthusiasm for the film is reaffirming and humbling. Thank you!

12/08/2024

Come join us at Saranac Lake High School this Wednesday night, December 11, at 7:00 p.m., for a screening of the 50-minute documentary The Voice of the Hudson. This film showcases the July 2023 15-day, 375-mile self-powered Hudson River Source to Sea Expedition, which Adirondack Hamlets to Huts co-planned and co- led with Mountain Goat Movement. The movie viewing will be in the auditorium at Saranac Lake High School, 79 Canaras Avenue, here in Saranac Lake.

Please register using the link here at https://ADKH2HVoiceoftheHudson.eventbrite.com or the QR Code on the flyer. Join us for this special event to watch a movie that chronicles the citizen science water quality project conducted by the explorers while highlighting the grit and perseverance they demonstrated during the challenging journey. The event is free.

12/03/2024

Vibrant Communities. Responsible Stewardship. Human Wellness. These are the three pillars of the mission of Adirondack Hamlets to Huts. Your support – your belief in our work – will fund the nonprofit work we do to build our community-based hut-to-hut network.

My request – our hope – is that you support our initiative by making a needed contribution today – on what has become known as Giving Tuesday – and help us kick off the holiday season of giving with a special year-end gift to Hamlets to Huts.

Your generosity enables us to provide novel, quality outdoor recreation experiences in the Adirondacks that bring friends and families together – experiences that promote the stewardship of our precious Adirondack woods and waters and advance the wellness of our trekkers.

The establishment of specific routes we create helps maximize the sustainable tourism economies of the Adirondack communities. Your support will fund the continued development and use of these routes as we work with lodging operators, outfitters, local governments, and state agencies to put together the pieces of the puzzle that comprise each route.

Please donate today at adkh2h.org/donate so that we can not only continue our work but also strengthen and deepen it as we live up to the promise of our mission on behalf of the Adirondacks and those who join you and me in protecting and enjoying this special place.

In support of our work, we are grateful to the fine folks at Adirondack Fragrance for donating a percentage of their sales made this week. Thanks to Yen Maine and her staff! Please join her in making your own invaluable and much-appreciated gift. You can check out their awesome merchandise at https://www.adkfragrancefarm.com/

Thanks in advance to all!

Cheers,

Joe

11/28/2024

Happy Thanksgiving! Adirondack Hamlets to Huts is incredibly grateful to our donors, board members, volunteers, trekkers, patrons of our Trails Center, and subscribers. It is through your interest and support we were able to serve countless thousands who visited our Trails Center and the scores of trekkers who took our tours in helping us foster vibrant communities, environmental stewardship, and wellness with our ever-expanding system of hut-to- hut routes. Enjoy your day!

11/24/2024

Come join us on Wednesday, December 11th at 7:00 PM for a showing of the documentary The Voice of the Hudson at Saranac Lake High School!

10/31/2024

Happy Halloween from Adirondack Hamlets to Huts! We're all set for some spooky fun downtown!

10/31/2024

Happy Halloween from Adirondack Hamlets to Huts! We're all set for some spooky fun downtown!

10/24/2024

The documentary The Voice of the Hudson by Emmy-award winning cinematographer John Barnhardt will be shown for the first time in the Adirondacks at The Tannery Pond Center in North Creek, New York at 7:00 PM on Friday, November 1. The 50-minute movie about the 2023 Hudson River Source to Sea Expedition follows the journey of eight 16- and 17-year-old young men who over the course of 2 weeks hiked, paddled, and biked 370 miles from New York State's highest summit—Mt Marcy—to New York City, and along the way conducted a study of the Hudson River’s water quality. Two of the eight student explorers were Adirondackers, including Cole Sears of North Creek, who will be in attendance to reflect on his experience. The film highlights the group’s challenges during their north-to-south odyssey while bearing witness to the seekers’ citizen science efforts and humanity’s continuing challenge to keep our waterways clear of pollution. Come see how the young men featured here followed in the footsteps of explorers throughout the ages and shared the aura of adventure and scientific discovery that has driven intrepid pathfinders across time. Admission is free. Donations are welcome here. The participating organizations are Adirondack Hamlets to Huts, Mountain Goat Movement, Evergreen Business Analytics, and Barnfly Productions. The film will also be shown at the Mark Twain Library / New Pond Farm Education Center, Redding CT on November 6, 2024, at 7:00 PM. Additional showings are being planned for Saranac Lake, Lake Placid, and Keene Valley.

Trailer here:

https://vimeo.com/917326173

10/24/2024

The documentary The Voice of the Hudson by Emmy-award winning cinematographer John Barnhardt will be shown for the first time in the Adirondacks at The Tannery Pond Center in North Creek, New York at 7:00 PM on Friday, November 1. The 50-minute movie about the 2023 Hudson River Source to Sea Expedition follows the journey of eight 16- and 17-year-old young men who over the course of 2 weeks hiked, paddled, and biked 370 miles from New York State's highest summit—Mt Marcy—to New York City, and along the way conducted a study of the Hudson River’s water quality. Two of the eight student explorers were Adirondackers, including Cole Sears of North Creek, who will be in attendance to reflect on his experience. The film highlights the group’s challenges during their north-to-south odyssey while bearing witness to the seekers’ citizen science efforts and humanity’s continuing challenge to keep our waterways clear of pollution. Come see how the young men featured here followed in the footsteps of explorers throughout the ages and shared the aura of adventure and scientific discovery that has driven intrepid pathfinders across time. Admission is free. Donations are welcome here. The participating organizations are Adirondack Hamlets to Huts, Mountain Goat Movement, Evergreen Business Analytics, and Barnfly Productions. The film will also be shown at the Mark Twain Library / New Pond Farm Education Center, Redding CT on November 6, 2024, at 7:00 PM. Additional showings are being planned for Saranac Lake, Lake Placid, and Keene Valley.

Trailer here:

https://vimeo.com/917326173

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10/07/2024

While glamping at Echo Farm last night (Sunday, October 6) in Westport, New York on Night 3/Day 2 of the Adirondack Hamlets to Huts Westport Field and Forest Circuit, our trekkers noticed a faint reddish glow to the north. What our mobile phones captured was NOT what we saw with our naked eyes. Still, it was way cool to see what the cameras illuminated, northern lights, constellations, and all. A magical night! Thanks, Echo Farm, for the awesome site to spend the night and also for the quintessential and delicious farm-fresh food!

10/07/2024

While glamping last night (Sunday, October 6) at Echo Farm in Westport, New York on Night 3/Day 2 of the Adirondack Hamlets to Huts Westport Field and Forest Circuit, our trekkers noticed a faint reddish glow to the north. What the photos show that our mobile cameras picked up are NOT what we saw with our naked eyes. Still, it was way cool to see what the cameras did illuminate, northern lights, constellations, and all. A magical night! Thanks, Echo Farm, for the awesome place to spend the night and also for the quintessential, delicious farm fresh food!

09/20/2024

An amazing last night on the Adirondack Hamlets to Huts Paul Smiths to Saranac Lake Paddle Traverse. On Larom Island, Lower Saranac Lake. A sweet sunset to the west, followed by a beautiful moonrise to the east.

09/13/2024

Father and son having an early morning conversation as the sun and mist rise over Raquette Lake. At SUNY Cortland Antlers on the Adirondack Hamlets to Huts/ Sierra Club Outings Old Forge to Blue Mountain Lake Paddle Traverse.

09/08/2024

Making do in the wind and the rain at the finish line for the 90-miler in Saranac Lake. Good energy all around! Stop on by!

08/26/2024

My good college buddy, C.P. Robinson just retired after a 30+ year-long and very successful career at Johnson & Johnson. To celebrate his retirement, he opted to adventure on the 5-night, 4-day Adirondack Hamlets to Huts Old Forge - Blue Mountain Lake Paddle Traverse with his sister Mimi and brother Ed. They began their excursion this morning by paddling to Inlet from Old Forge. They are READY!

08/26/2024

Chris and Cindy Aman and their friends ahead of them, Chris Gimbernat and Jean Castellani, head out from the Raquette Lake Town Dock in the early morning fog to Great Camp Sagamore.