Autumn is just around the corner with wonderful hiking temperatures and amazing colors. In October CATS is co-hosting an Old Growth Forest Presentation described below but first, see how you can get an early start on Fall at the Adirondack Harvest Festival at the Essex County … [Read more...] about Harvest Festival Hikes & Old Growth Forest Presentation
Hamlet-to-Hamlet hike
Adirondack Harvest Festival Hikes
The Adirondack Harvest Festival is fast approaching! Celebrate local farms, innovative farmers, tasty beer/cider/wine, great music, and CATS Trails at the Adirondack Harvest Festival on Friday and Saturday, September 16 and 17! It all takes place at the Essex County … [Read more...] about Adirondack Harvest Festival Hikes
CATS August Outings & September Harvest Festival
Making the Most of GPS APPS This Saturday, August 13 from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. Shelby Perry of Northeast Wilderness Trust will show you how you can be sure you're on the right trail, keep you from getting lost, and how to make a map of your hike at the beginners workshop, … [Read more...] about CATS August Outings & September Harvest Festival
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
Westport Hotel to Essex Inn: The Grand Hike on Champlain Area Trails
Three months ago, Rick Dalton, owner of the Essex Inn, and Chris Maron, executive director of Champlain Area Trails (CATS), sat down to talk about creating an inn-to-inn hike that would be the first of its kind in the Adirondacks. The hike would be on trails that CATS is … [Read more...] about Westport Hotel to Essex Inn: The Grand Hike on Champlain Area Trails