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Celebrate 100 Years of the Northville-Placid Trail | ADKX | Blue Mountain Lake | July 9

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Celebrating 100 Years of the Northville-Placid Trail

The Adirondack Experience in Blue Mountain Lake marks the NPT’s centennial.

Hikers getting ready to take on the Northville-Placid Trail. Photo courtesy ROOST.

Put on your best hiking apparel and celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Northville-Placid Trail at ADKX, located (roughly) near the halfway mark of the trail in Hamilton County.

Start your day with a guided nature walk with Naturalist, Adirondack Guide, and Author Ed Kanze along a section of the NPT in the Blue Mountain Wilderness Area. Head over to the ADKX campus in the afternoon for a campfire, s’mores, and stories from the trail. Listen to a program by Julia Goren, Deputy Executive Director of the Adirondack Mountain Club, at 2 pm, and tour ADKX’s new temporary exhibit Trail Makers: 100 Years of the Northville-Placid Trail.

A full day of events celebrating the legendary Northville Placid Trail.

All day long, visitors to the ADKX will have an opportunity to check out the recently added exhibit — Trail Makers: The Story of the Northville-Placid Trail. They can also participate in an NPT-themed scavenger hunt. And Lil’ ADKers can make popsicle stick lean-to’s in the ADKX Art Lab.

Other activities include.

  • NPT section hike with Adirondack guide and naturalist Ed Kanze and ADKX Collections Manager Doree Alessi-Holmes - 10:00 pm – 12:00 pm (pre-registration is required)

  • Group Photo Op with 138 NPT hikers. At noon, help mark every mile of the trail—all 138 of them—with a once-in-100-year photo of people who have hiked any part of the route.

  • Campfire Trail Stories & s’mores with NPT finishers Heidi and Peter Roland from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm.

  • Tuesday Trail Talk with Julia Goren, Deputy Director, Adirondack Mountain Club (ADKX Alcove), from 2 pm to 3 pm.

  • Tour the new Trail Markers exhibit with the ADKX project team from 3 pm to 3:30 pm.

Visit the ADKX website for more information.

Places to explore near Blue Mountain Lake.

 

Shop the ADK Taste Store for unique gifts, clothing, merchandise and cool stuff.

Find the Adirondack Experience (ADKX).

 

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