Adirondack Sports May 2024
18 Adirondack Sports St. Regis Canoe Outfitters Helping people fall in love with wild places since 1984... ◾ Lightweight Canoe/Kayak Rentals & Sales ◾ Quality Camping Gear Rentals & Sales ◾ Shuttles, Maps, Guidebooks ◾ Guided Trips & Instruction 73 Dorsey Street • Saranac Lake www.canoeoutfitters.com Let’s Paddle Adirondack Paddling: 65 Great Flatwater Adventures describes day trips that appeal to paddlers of all tastes and abilities, from parents with young children to hard-core wilderness junkies. Explore lakes and rivers with ADK Written by Phil Brown, this expanded edition includes Boreas Ponds, Essex Chain Lakes, Blackwell Stillwater, County Line Flow, and a chapter on Jabe Pond, near Lake George. Adirondack Paddling includes over 150 color photos, color maps, GPS coordinates, and a statistical overview of each trip. Published in partnership with Lost Pond Press. • 518-891-1838 Softcover, 288 pages, 5½" x 8½" $24.95 / $19.96 members (S & H, state and county taxes apply) 800-395-8080 s Explore. Educate. Protect. s ADK.org/shop 2024 spring PADDLING for ADKsports.indd 1 2/23/24 1:52 PM Hone skills. Gain confidence. Get more out of paddling. Instruction. Lectures. Adventures. June 14-17, Saranac Lake, NY. Learn more: adkpaddlingsymposium.com We bring the adventure to you! Mohawk & Hudson Rivers, Erie Canal and Round Lake Upstate Kayak Rentals ■ STAFFED WALK-UP HOURLY RENTALS Before Memorial Day to after Labor Day, weather permitting: Mon-Fri 11-6, Sat-Sun 10-6 Mohawk Harbor, Schenectady Waterford Boat Launch, Waterford ■ “FLIGHT OF LOCKS” 1-WAY EXCURSION Paddle Waterford’s “Flight of Locks,” highest elevation canal lift (169’) over shortest distance (1.5M) in US! Paddle from Alcathy’s Boat Launch thru five locks on historic Erie Canal to Waterford Boat Launch. Transportation back is available. Check this off your bucket list! ■ SELF-SERVE RENTAL HUBS Round Lake: Round Lake, Malta Erie Canal/Mohawk River: Crescent Park, Halfmoon Klamsteam Kayak Launch, Clifton Park Vischer Ferry Preserve, Clifton Park Aqueduct Park, Niskayuna Schoharie Crossing Boat Launch, Amsterdam Champlain Canal/Hudson River: Hudson Crossing Park, Schuylerville Hudson River: Corning Preserve Boat Launch, Albany Henry Hudson Park, Bethlehem Coeymans Landing Park, Coeymans Coxsackie State Boat Launch, Coxsackie Upstate New – Charters! Pontoon ■ UPSTATE PONTOON CHARTERS & RENTALS Blains Bay Marina, Latham. Boating on the Mohawk River and Eric Canal is fun and safe with little traffic. We teach you how to safely operate and dock a pontoon boat. Once cleared, you can rent our boat half and/or full day (at a reduced rate). ■ GROUPS, EXCURSIONS & OUTINGS Have a group, upcoming excursion, or large work outing? Let us cater your next kayaking event. We’ll deliver throughout the Capital Region (min. 12 boats). Info/Book Online: UpstateKayakRentals.com Call/Text 518-209-1063 or Info@UpstateKayakRentals.com
MAY 2024 19 PADDLING continued from 17 of them had my water bottle in his hand, saving me the trouble of doubling back. While we were eating lunch, a pontoon boat arrived at the launch – I presumed that it had come over from one of the private camps on the north side of the peninsula that juts out from this large pond’s west side. About 290 campsites stretch out along the east shore. There was a west wind, so Dave and I decided to paddle closer to the west shore, while Bob opted to head to the north end of the pond in a more direct line. We reconnected near a culvert that carries the outlet of Rock Pond under the old railroad bed – now the Adirondack Rail Trail – and into Rollins Pond. Our goal was to paddle up to Rock Pond. I had done it twice before but in May when water levels are usually higher due to snow melt and spring showers. The best landing spot is north of the culvert. You can then carry over the rail trail and pick up a short path on the other side that leads to the brook. I am not sure if rail trail construction in 2024 will affect this brief crossing. Paddling upstream, we were soon feeling somewhat discouraged while pushing through dense patches of pickerelweed – now past its prime and no longer displaying those attractive purple flowers often seen in August – and hitting some tree debris hidden below the surface of the water. Perhaps this was not going to be the best idea on this day! We pushed on regardless. After going 0.2 miles, the water was a bit deeper and there was hope. I had to get out and pull over two small beaver dams (this is considered normal when paddling Adirondack streams) and I slid over a few others. The shores were mainly marshy. Then there was a crude footbridge across the brook which required a very short carry. From there it was relatively easy getting to the pond. We did a circuit of Rock Pond where there was a view of Floodwood Mountain to the west (two of us hiked it on the following day). A loon hung out on the water and I discovered its empty nest. There were cranberries to be found too – September is the right month for that. It was quite a bit faster paddling the 1.25 miles back to Rollins and I was able to slide over all beaver dams in that direction. The narrow rocky outlet of Rollins Pond leaves its north end and tests your paddle maneuvering skills for about 0.1 miles before flowing into the southwest corner of Floodwood Pond. There is a carry trail on the left – I have paddled through here several times and have never needed to carry but I have read reports of others who did. You can then follow the pond’s west shore back to the put-in to complete the loop. Our trip distance for the day was 12.5 miles and it took us over seven hours – a satisfying day of paddling! The loop minus the Rock Pond side-trip would amount to a trip length of about nine miles including 0.4 miles of carries. A lover of wild places, Rich Macha has led many trips for the Adirondack Mountain Club, and has spent 20 years in the paddle/snowsport business. More of Rich’s adventures can be found at northeastwild.blogspot.com. PHOTOS BY RICH MACHA ▲ DAVE AND BOB TACKLE THE OUTLET OF ROCK POND. ◀ DAVE AND BOB ARRIVE AT FLOODWOOD POND. ▲ ROLLINS POND.
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18 <strong>Adirondack</strong> <strong>Sports</strong><br />
St. Regis<br />
Canoe Outfitters<br />
Helping people fall in love<br />
with wild places since 1984...<br />
◾ Lightweight Canoe/Kayak Rentals & Sales<br />
◾ Quality Camping Gear Rentals & Sales<br />
◾ Shuttles, Maps, Guidebooks<br />
◾ Guided Trips & Instruction<br />
73 Dorsey Street • Saranac Lake<br />
www.canoeoutfitters.com<br />
Let’s Paddle<br />
<strong>Adirondack</strong> Paddling:<br />
65 Great Flatwater Adventures<br />
describes day trips that appeal to paddlers<br />
of all tastes and abilities, from parents with young<br />
children to hard-core wilderness junkies.<br />
Explore lakes and rivers with ADK<br />
Written by Phil Brown, this expanded edition includes<br />
Boreas Ponds, Essex Chain Lakes, Blackwell Stillwater,<br />
County Line Flow, and a chapter on Jabe Pond,<br />
near Lake George.<br />
<strong>Adirondack</strong> Paddling includes over 150 color photos,<br />
color maps, GPS coordinates, and a statistical<br />
overview of each trip.<br />
Published in partnership with<br />
Lost Pond Press.<br />
• 518-891-1838<br />
Softcover, 288 pages, 5½" x 8½"<br />
$24.95 / $19.96 members<br />
(S & H, state and county taxes apply)<br />
800-395-8080 s Explore. Educate. Protect. s ADK.org/shop<br />
<strong>2024</strong> spring PADDLING for ADKsports.indd 1 2/23/24 1:52 PM<br />
Hone skills. Gain confidence.<br />
Get more out of paddling.<br />
Instruction. Lectures. Adventures.<br />
June 14-17, Saranac Lake, NY.<br />
Learn more: adkpaddlingsymposium.com<br />
We bring the adventure to you!<br />
Mohawk & Hudson Rivers, Erie Canal and Round Lake<br />
Upstate Kayak<br />
Rentals<br />
■ STAFFED WALK-UP<br />
HOURLY RENTALS<br />
Before Memorial Day to after<br />
Labor Day, weather permitting:<br />
Mon-Fri 11-6, Sat-Sun 10-6<br />
Mohawk Harbor, Schenectady<br />
Waterford Boat Launch, Waterford<br />
■ “FLIGHT OF LOCKS”<br />
1-WAY EXCURSION<br />
Paddle Waterford’s “Flight of Locks,” highest<br />
elevation canal lift (169’) over shortest distance<br />
(1.5M) in US! Paddle from Alcathy’s Boat<br />
Launch thru five locks on historic Erie Canal<br />
to Waterford Boat Launch. Transportation<br />
back is available. Check this off your bucket list!<br />
■ SELF-SERVE RENTAL HUBS<br />
Round Lake: Round Lake, Malta<br />
Erie Canal/Mohawk River:<br />
Crescent Park, Halfmoon<br />
Klamsteam Kayak Launch, Clifton Park<br />
Vischer Ferry Preserve, Clifton Park<br />
Aqueduct Park, Niskayuna<br />
Schoharie Crossing Boat Launch,<br />
Amsterdam<br />
Champlain Canal/Hudson River:<br />
Hudson Crossing Park, Schuylerville<br />
Hudson River:<br />
Corning Preserve Boat Launch, Albany<br />
Henry Hudson Park, Bethlehem<br />
Coeymans Landing Park, Coeymans<br />
Coxsackie State Boat Launch,<br />
Coxsackie<br />
Upstate<br />
New –<br />
Charters!<br />
Pontoon<br />
■ UPSTATE PONTOON<br />
CHARTERS & RENTALS<br />
Blains Bay Marina, Latham. Boating<br />
on the Mohawk River and Eric Canal<br />
is fun and safe with little traffic. We<br />
teach you how to safely operate and<br />
dock a pontoon boat. Once cleared,<br />
you can rent our boat half and/or<br />
full day (at a reduced rate).<br />
■ GROUPS, EXCURSIONS<br />
& OUTINGS<br />
Have a group, upcoming excursion, or<br />
large work outing? Let us cater your<br />
next kayaking event. We’ll deliver<br />
throughout the Capital Region<br />
(min. 12 boats).<br />
Info/Book Online: UpstateKayakRentals.com<br />
Call/Text 518-209-1063 or Info@UpstateKayakRentals.com
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