2010 Tour of the
June 12-21, 2010
Atop Mt Greylock in the Berkshire Hills of
This unsupported (no sag)
bicycle tour of the Adirondacks and the Catskills of New York and the Berkshire
Hills of Massachusetts begins Saturday, June 12, 2010 at the Wilmington, DE
Amtrak station (Front and French Street), where we will board the Vermonter for
a 12-hour train ride to St Albans, Vermont. A rented truck will take our bikes
from the
After an overnight in St
Albans we will take the short ferry ride across Lake Champlain to
Next day we ride through Lake
Placid to
From there we ride through the
southern Adirondacks to Amsterdam on the Mohawk River, and from there we will
take the extensive Mohawk-Hudson Bike Trail through Albany and continue to
Pittsfield, MA for a two-night stay that will give us an opportunity to climb
Mt Greylock on the newly rebuilt roadway and to take the nice downhill on the
Mohawk Trail before returning to our hotel.
Our first night in the
Participants will need to make
their own reservations at the motels listed under “Lodgings” identifying
themselves as part of the White Clay Bicycle Group in order to claim one of the
rooms that have been blocked off for our group.
You will also need to let the
tour leader know that you are planning to participate so that space on the
bicycle truck can be reserved for your bike (the Vermonter no longer
provides baggage service, and bicycles can not be carried on the train). You will need to make your own reservation
with Amtrak for the Vermonter. The
train departs
Tour Leader:
Wally Hertler (wallyhert@verizon.net).