Since opening last spring, the Viall’s Crossing Trail, has been an increasingly popular addition to the Champlain Area Trails (CATS) network. People use it to hike between Westport and Essex, or to make a five-mile loop that starts and ends in Westport, or as an … [Read more...] about Two New Trails at Viall’s Crossing to be Celebrated December 29
CATS’s Newest Trail Map is Now Available
The Champlain Area Trails (CATS) new 2018-2019 Trail Map shows 87 hikes in the Champlain Valley, as well as new features designed to make it even more useful than the previous maps for hikers, snow-shoers, and cross-country skiers. The first thing map users will notice is the … [Read more...] about CATS’s Newest Trail Map is Now Available
CATS Hosts Outdoor Photography Workshop with Manny Palacios
Champlain Area Trails (CATS) will offer an opportunity to learn from a master photographer when it hosts acclaimed ADK photographer Manuel Palacios (“Manny”) in an outdoor photography workshop, Saturday, October 20, 2018, 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. The workshop will open with an … [Read more...] about CATS Hosts Outdoor Photography Workshop with Manny Palacios
CATS “Fest to Fest” Hike Showcases the Viall’s Crossing Project
Champlain Area Trails (CATS) will again host a fun hike to coincide with the Third Annual Adirondack Harvest Festival on Saturday, September 15. This year it’s called the “Fest to Fest Hike” because hikers will begin and end at the Festival on the Essex County Fairgrounds in … [Read more...] about CATS “Fest to Fest” Hike Showcases the Viall’s Crossing Project
Grand Opening For CATS Flying Squirrel Trail
The Flying Squirrel Trail in Westport, the newest addition to the Champlain Area Trails (CATS) network of trails, is officially open to the hiking public after the grand opening was celebrated June 2. The hikers who came out for the grand opening were treated to a spectacularly … [Read more...] about Grand Opening For CATS Flying Squirrel Trail