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Scheduled outings:
Dec 11, 2025 Regular Kalabus-Perry County Forest Hike Rating: Easy/Moderate Lenore & Jack Reber 518-859-8555 Email leader WX
Kalabus-Perry County Forest is located in Northumberland, east of Saratoga Springs. We’ll walk the 4 mile Flo-Rida (orange) trail loop, with a side trip on Death Star (green) to the ponds for lunch, a total of about 5 miles. These are sandy mountain bike trails over dunes, with some ups and downs and short steep hills, but nothing long. This will be the third hike we’ve led here, but the first time on this trail. Traditionally, we enjoy ice cream at King Dairy after the hike. This is not mandatory!
Meet at 9:45 at the parking lot at the end of Gailor Rd, which is a dead end road located off Homestead Rd, for start of hike at 10:00. Directions to the trailhead. From the north, take Exit 16 and turn left onto Ballard Rd and go 2.3mi to Rt 50. Turn right on Rt 50 and go 1.2mi and make a left on King Road. On King Road, after 2.7mi turn right on Homestead Rd, and after 1.2mi turn right on Gailor Rd to the end. From the south, take Exit 14 toward Saratoga Springs. Turn right at the first light onto Henning Rd and then right in 0.5mi on Lake Avenue (Rt 29). After 5.7mi turn left on Homestead Rd, which is after the fire station. Take Homestake Rd for 0.9mi and turn left on Gailor Rd to the end.
Dec 18, 2025 Regular Inman Pond Hike Rating: Easy with Easy/Moderate option Bonnie Whitman Email Bonnie Joanne Armstrong 310-948-8221 Email Joanne WX
Inman Pond is a small remote pond in the Lake George Wild Forest due south of Buck Mtn. While it can be reached from the west using the Buck Mtn trailhead at Pilot Knob, we will be hiking the shorter route from the east starting at the Sly Pond Road trailhead. From the trailhead, we follow a trail and logging road west toward the eastern end of the pond to a trail junction. From this junction we will divide into two groups and you can choose either of two routes. Easy route: This group will continue along the north shore of the pond for lunch at an open area with a nice view of the pond – this is an out and back route of 2.7 miles RT, with about a 350’ elevation gain. Easy/Moderate route: This group will continue along the south shore for a fairly steep climb to the large rock promontory on its westernmost end for lunch with a nice view of the pond and surrounding mountains to the east. This is an out and back route of just under 4 miles RT, with an elevation gain of just under 500'. Please bring microspikes and snowshoes in case they are needed.
Meet at CTL at 9:15 for a 9:30 departure or at 744 Sly Pond Rd trailhead at 10:00. Directions to the trailhead: From Ft. Ann, take a R onto Rt 149 for 3.1 miles to Buttermilk Falls Rd. Bear L on Sly Pond Rd for 3.3 miles to the trailhead. From CTL or Northway Exit 20, take Rt 9 north for 0.7mi and turn R on NY149; continue E on Rt 149 for 6 mi and turn L on Buttermilk Falls Rd; continue N on Buttermilk Falls Rd for 3.1 mi and bear L onto Sly Pond Rd. The trailhead is on the left and well marked with plenty of parking. Please contact us if you have any questions.