Lake Champlain is still frozen yet the calendar says spring is here. Warmer weather will arrive soon so please plan to attend our upcoming CATS events. In April, we have TWO Interpretive Hikes: April 18 - Coot Hill Bird Walk and Hawk Watch. You’ll love the view from Coot … [Read more...] about CATS Spring Events
CATS Grand Hike
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
2014 Grand Hike Retrospective
With the "Blizzard of 2015" already waning, my mind turns to sunnier spring days in the Champlain Valley. In case you need a little pick-me-up to encourage you through the frosty, windy days of late January, I'm passing along some photographs that I took during the 2014 Grand … [Read more...] about 2014 Grand Hike Retrospective
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