Learn about the events happening in and around Essex, NY! Check out the schedule below created from the Essex Calendar of Events to see what's coming up this week. Click on the link to Essex, NY Calendar to learn more about a particular event. Sunday, August 23, 2015 Guided … [Read more...] about Upcoming Essex Events 8/23-8/30
Westport Hotel and Tavern
CATS Announces Second Annual Grand Hike May 9th
(Browse some photos from the 2014 Grand Hike above.) Last spring over 200 people joined in the inaugural Champlain Area Trails (CATS) Grand Hike, and as groups and individuals they hiked from Westport to Essex, NY. This year the event is happening again and it will take place … [Read more...] about CATS Announces Second Annual Grand Hike May 9th
Moonlight Hiking Fun on Wildway Passage Trail
Wildway Passage Trail with moonlight sparkling on new snow. A rustling wind whipping through the treetops as the temperature dropped. Nine nighttime hikers toasty warm marveling at the luminescent snow-covered trees. Posing for a picture with moon above, photographer on the snow … [Read more...] about Moonlight Hiking Fun on Wildway Passage Trail
CATS’ Grand Hike A Great Success
It started with a brief conversation last January between Chris Maron of Champlain Area Trails and Rick Dalton, owner of the Essex Inn and CEO of College for Every Student (CFES). CATS had a successful "hamlet-to-hamlet" hike the previous October and the idea of an "inn-to-inn" … [Read more...] about CATS’ Grand Hike A Great Success
CATS Grand Hike: Preparing for the Trek
There is only one week left until the Champlain Area Trails Grand Inn-to-Inn Hike on May 3! Are you ready? Have you been training to build up endurance for the long trek? Or have you not signed up yet? There is still time. The Grand Hike begins at the Westport Hotel and … [Read more...] about CATS Grand Hike: Preparing for the Trek