Two youngsters hike up the Cheney Mountain Trail in Moriah (photo by Elizabeth Lee)

If you would like to download the 2010 CATS Annual Report, please click on the link below. You will be prompted to save the PDF file to your computer to read, save or print. Thank you.

You Are Invited to Celebrate
Champlain Area Trails
Featuring Bill McKibben

Join Champlain Area Trails (CATS) in celebrating National Trails Day with acclaimed author, educator and environmentalist Bill McKibben.

Date: Saturday, June 4, 2011, 4-6 pm
Location: 2916 Lakeshore Rd (Rt 22), Essex, New York
Schedule: 4-5 pm Bill McKibben presentation (a children's nature hike will take place during the speaker); 5-6 pm Reception (food and drinks)
Cost: Before June 1: $15/person, $30/family. After June 1: $20/person, $40/family. (Note: Children are free!)
RSVP: Send a check (including name and telephone number) to: CATS, PO Box 193, Westport, NY 12993
Questions: Contact us online or call 962-2287.

Three young hikers enjoy the view from the Wildway Overlook Trail.
(Photo by Betsy Bacot-Aigner)

[Originaly published in the Valley News on May 29, 2010.]

View from South Boquet Mountain. (Photo: Dennis Aprill)

[Originaly published in the Press Republican on May 2, 2010.]

Image via spacefellowship.com

We flippantly toss around the phrase “it’s freezing” throughout the winter, but on average about every other year, at least in the last few decades, the main portion of Lake Champlain hasn’t frozen entirely (the Lake’s bays do freeze regularly). In the twenty years between 1988 and 2007 (the last year for which NOAA shows data), the lake froze nine times.

John Davis, Josie Casey, Jamie Phillips hike a wildway trail. (Photo credit: Adirondack Life)

Beech bark damage, inflicted most likely by a bear. We saw many similar marks during out Champlain Area Trails snowshoe outing at Poke-o-Moonshine's Lost Oak Valley this past Saturday. Much damage, but no bears!