2010 Tour of the Adirondacks

June 12-21, 2010

 

                 Atop Mt Greylock in the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts

 

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 Wilmington train station to St Albans, VT.

 

After an overnight in St Albans we will take the short ferry ride across Lake Champlain to Plattsburg, NY for an overnight in Wilmington, NY at the Hungry Trout fishing lodge.

 

Next day we ride through Lake Placid to Blue Mountain Lake for a stay at Hemlock Hall near the Adirondack Museum.

 

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 Catskill Mountains will be in Acra at Lange’s Groveside, with a second night in Wurtsboro. Then, we will sample some of New Jersey’s nicest scenery on either of two optional routes to our final night in Phillipsburg, NJ. Our last day will take us through Valley Forge National Historic Park to home on Tuesday, June 21.

 

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 Wilmington, DE at about 8:56 AM on June 12.

Tour Leader: Wally Hertler (wallyhert@verizon.net).

Lodgings

 

Cues

 

GPS Route Files