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Crooked Canes hiking group outings are scheduled weekly throughout the year, and members enjoy spring, summer, fall and winter hikes in the Adirondacks.

Practices: Advance signup is not required. However, prior to attending your first outing, read the information on our Practices and Acknowledgement of Risk pages. Download and sign the Acknowledgement of Risk Agreement form and submit it to the leader of your first Canes outing.

Meeting place: Carol Thomas Lane "CTL" unless specified otherwise in the outing description. More info on CTL, meeting places and times.

Outing types: Outing types are listed as Regular, Alternate (ALT) or Bonus. More info on outing types.

Difficulty: Outing difficulty ratings are shown as "Easy," "Moderate," "Difficult", or a hybrid. These are subjective ratings, and even an "Easy" outing will require attendees to be fit and aware of their physical limitations. More details about difficulty are typically shown in the outing description. Distance and elevation gain shown are generally derived from GPS readings, which are approximate. More info about ratings.

Lead an outing: If you would like to volunteer to lead an outing, please contact an Outings Coordinator. Here's a more detailed information guide. The earlier you respond, the more time your fellow Canes will have to plan to attend your outing.

Air quality: Wild fires in Canada and the western US can cause hazy skies and may also affect ground-level air quality. Check regional air quality for today. More info on haze and air quality and other useful info.

Seeking a Co-Coordinator: We are grateful that Leo Demers has volunteered to become Outings Coordinator. He is seeking a Co-Coordinator to share the responsibilities, which involve coordinating outings with leaders. This is an opportunity for a member to give something back to the Canes and assure we continue to thrive. Contact Leo to volunteer and/or ask questions.

Our beloved long-time Outings Coordinator, Peter Fedorick Sr, has succumbed and passed on, but as long as there are Crooked Canes, he and his contributions to our well-being will never be forgotten. His outgoing nature, self-reliance, vast knowledge and love of the Adirondacks, loyalty to preserving and building the Canes, and deep appreciation for every member's contributions, particulary those of the volunteers who carried on a long tradition of leading outings, made him uniquely suited for that position. He was a true friend to every Cane, and each of us cherished that friendship. Crooked Cane Pete, rest in peace.

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Scheduled outings:

Feb 19, 2026 Regular Blue Mountain Hike Rating: Moderate/Difficult Leo Demers 518-654-8042 Email leader WX

Blue Mountain is located only a few miles NE of the hamlet of Blue Mountain in Hamilton County. At 3,760’ it is one of the taller peaks in the Adirondacks but shy of qualifying as one of the High Peaks. Nonetheless, the views from its flat summit are expansive and from the fire tower - panoramic. It is also one of the qualifying towers of the ADK Fire Tower Challenge. From the trailhead we follow a moderately steep trail, with the steepest pitches near the top. It is a 4.3 mile out and back hike with a 1,568’ gain to the flat-topped summit and its tower. Bring snowshoes and microspikes as we may need both.

Meet at CTL at 8:15 for departure at 8:30; or the North Creek Stewart’s at 9:00; or at trailhead at 10:00. We plan on making a short pit stop at Stewart’s in Indian Lake at 9:45 before proceeding to the trailhead. The trailhead is located at a large parking lot on the east side of NY30/28, just north of Adirondack Experience, the Museum on Blue Mountain Lake. Please contact me if you have any questions.

Feb 26, 2026 Regular Pinnacle Mountain Ice Walls Snowshoe Rating: Moderate Jack and Lenore Reber Jack 518-791-4707 Lenore 518-859-8555 Email leader WX

We have fond memories of Peter Fedorick leading one of his favorite hikes: to the Ice Walls on the NW side of Pinnacle Mountain between County Line and Chase Lakes, along Pinnacle Creek in the Town of Bleecker. We will follow the marked trail to County Line Lake for ~1 mile before bushwhacking through mixed hardwoods and skirting a couple of vleis, following Eric Potter's coordinates, to the three locations of the ice formations – Butterscotch, Big Blue and Ice Alley, each unique in their sizes and colors, for a total distance of ~5 miles RT and an accumulated gain of nearly 900’. We will probably need snowshoes once we get close to the formations, and, remember, this is primarily a bushwhack.

Meet at 9:30 at the Fulton County Visitor's Center (FCVC) located on the NE corner of NY 29 and 30 in Vail Mills, adjacent to Subway. Or, If you know how to get to Chase Lakes parking lot off Pinnacle Rd in Bleecker, meet us around 10:15ish. If you have any questions, please contact us.

Mar 5, 2026 Regular Gull Pond, Harrison Marsh, Spectacle Pond Snowshoe Rating: Easy/Moderate Eric Potter Email leader WX

Instead of doing two separate hikes and a car ride covering the 1 mile between trailheads, we will take a route going to both ponds in one hike, easy, only possible in midwinter. From the Gull Pond trailhead, we hike 0.6 miles to lovely Gull Pond, then over the pond on the ice and down a gentle wooded draw to Harrison Marsh (actually a pond with wetland margins), across the Marsh and thence south along Shanty Bottom Creek - a gorgeous easy wooded route - to connect with the Spectacle Pond trail near its midpoint. We've come about 1.7 miles so far, all flat or gently downhill. We then take the regular trail SE to Spectacle Pond and our lunch spot, a very wild spot with (we hope) stellar views of nearby Pharaoh Mountain. After a leisurely lunch, we head to the Spectacle Pond Trailhead where we have previously spotted cars for drivers to retrieve their vehicles from the Gull Pond trailhead, a mile away. The total distance is about 4 miles, with only small elevation gains of 400 ft total. Note – this is a SNOWSHOE hike but please also bring spikes!

Meet at CTL at 9:15 for a 9:30 departure, or at Stewarts in Schroon Lake via Exit 27 at 10:10, or at the Gull Pond trailhead at 10:30. The trailhead is located on Adirondack Rd approximately 2.5 miles south of Alder Meadow Rd on the east side of Schroon Lake. Email me if you have any questions.

Mar 12, 2026 No outing yet scheduled

Mar 19, 2026 No outing yet scheduled

Mar 26, 2026 No outing yet scheduled