The Beaver Brook Trail System is comprised of approximately 3.6 miles of trails in the town of Wilmington, NY. The trails are open to mountain biking, hiking, cross country skiing, and snowshoeing.
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Wilmington Wild Forest Beaver Brook Trail System
June 20th, 2011 · No Comments · News
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DEC and Partners Celebrate Opening of Bike Trail System
June 18th, 2011 · No Comments · Adirondack News
Expands Mountain Bike Trail System in the Wilmington Area
The Beaver Brook Trail System officially opened today, adding 3.5 miles of mountain bike trails to the Wilmington area. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and its partners celebrated the opening of the trails at the Wilmington Whiteface Bike Fest, which includes four days of bike races, rides and other entertainment.
“This trail system expands on the Flume Trail system and, combined with other trails and facilities in the Wilmington area, demonstrates how DEC can partner with municipalities and organizations to develop outstanding recreational opportunities for the public and economic opportunities for local communities in the Adirondacks,” said DEC Regional Director Betsy Lowe.
Representatives and staff from DEC, the Town of Wilmington, the Wilmington Mountain Peddlers, and the Barkeater Trails Alliance (BETA) were joined by the general public in a ribbon cutting ceremony at the trailhead in the Wilmington Wild Forest.
The Beaver Brook Trail System currently includes approximately 3.5 miles of trails for recreational activities in all seasons including mountain biking, hiking, cross country skiing, and snowshoeing. The trails were designed to meet the specifications of the International Mountain Bicycling Association and include trails rated as easy, moderate and hard. An additional 3.5 miles of trails are proposed for the Beaver Brook Tract. These trails should be completed in the near future.
The Town of Wilmington has been involved in mountain bike trail development through the DEC’s unit management planning process and has contributed town resources to construct and maintain facilities at the Beaver Brook Tract and the Flume.
“This is very exciting to have the grand opening of the Beaver Brook Trail System,” said Randy Preston, Supervisor of the Town of Wilmington. “This project should serve as a model for other recreational projects in the Park. The partnership between the Town of Wilmington and DEC has been very positive and ongoing. People of all ages and abilities can enjoy the trails whether it be mountain biking or a walk in the woods, this is truly a beautiful spot which will add very nicely to our Town’s network of mountain bike trails. This joint partnership continues to secure our spot as a mountain bike destination.”
BETA volunteered many hours to help construct and maintain mountain bike trails in Wilmington, and lead trail building efforts at the Beaver Brook Tract.
“The trail development project at Beaver Brook in Wilmington has proven to be a great place for our local community of trail building volunteers to come together and build some great bike-friendly trails, said Matt McNamara of BETA. “It’s rewarding to see our collective efforts bearing fruit, and we’re excited to continue our work at Beaver Brook and elsewhere in the Whiteface region.”
The Wilmington Mountain Peddlers have been involved from the early days of trail development at the Beaver Brook Tract, and strongly advocated for mountain bike trails. The group has volunteered many hours to construct and maintain mountain bike trails in Wilmington under DEC’s Adopt-A- Natural-Resource program.
“The new Beaver Brook trail system represents just the latest step in trying to make Wilmington the mountain biking capital of the Adirondacks,” said Bert Yost of the Wilmington Mountain Peddlers. “ It could not have happened without the support of DEC, the local community including all of the volunteers, the Wilmington Mountain Peddlers, the Barkeater Trails Alliance, the Whiteface Mt. Regional Visitor’s Bureau, and all of the area businesses that have supports our efforts over the years. It’s a great new area with riding for all abilities including some fantastic vistas.”
Combined with the Flume Trail System, which opened in 2009, and the bike trails on the Whiteface Mountain Ski, which are connected to the Flume Trail System, there are now more than 20 miles of bike trails in the Wilmington area. This Wilmington area bike trail system was developed through the combined efforts of the DEC, Town of Wilmington, Wilmington Mountain Peddlers, Barkeater Trails Alliance, the Olympic Regional Development Authority’s Whiteface Mountain Ski Center and the Adirondack Mountain Club’s Trails Program.
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Bike Wilmington
Barkeater Trails Alliance
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Lake Placid CVB/ROOST – 2010 Leisure Travel Study
June 14th, 2011 · No Comments · Adirondack News
LAKE PLACID, NY – Leisure travel visitors to Lake Placid and Essex County are environmentally conscious, attracted to the area’s outdoor activities and spent $65 for every dollar spent on marketing in 2010, according to the latest leisure travel information study.
For the eighth year in a row, the Technical Assistance Center (TAC), based at SUNY Plattsburgh, was contracted by the Lake Placid CVB/Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism (LPCVB/ROOST) to conduct an independent, third party Leisure Travel Information Study.
According to the report, the average household income of 2010 respondents was $80,000. The average age was 52 years, slightly higher than in 2009, with a 5-year average of 49.9 years.
Respondents live primarily in the Northeast, with an increased number over 2009 residing within New York State. Hotels and motels are the most common type of lodging respondents used during their stay. Outdoor activities remain the strongest reported attraction to the area, followed by relaxing, dining and shopping.
The Lake Placid CVB / Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism is the accredited destination marketing organization responsible for promoting the Schroon Lake, Lake Champlain, Whiteface, Saranac Lake and Lake Placid regions to the traveling public.
The Leisure Travel Information Study is based on a survey of the LPCVB/ROOST’s 2010 trackable leads database. New leads are added on a constant basis; walk-in visitors, phone and mail inquiries, bingo cards from magazine advertising, and web signups provide a snapshot of the respondents to the 2010 overall marketing efforts. This year, social networking participants were included for the first time, establishing a basis for comparison in this growing communications medium in future years.
Although lakeplacid.com alone receives millions of unique visitors, the survey takes only these trackable leads into consideration. In order to calculate the economic impact of the ROOST’s marketing efforts exclusively, the results do not include any standard economic multipliers, such as the impact from group visitation, staff expenditures, sales tax or events.
In addition to valuable demographic data and trends, the study’s intent is to determine the effectiveness of the LPCVB/ROOST’s marketing programs, to measure the return on investment (ROI) ratio for public marketing expenditures and the conversion rate factor, or the number of those leads who actually visited the region.
The report found that the percent of visitors who stated that the information or advertisements viewed influenced their decision to visit the region was 83 percent, which is near the five-year average of 82 percent. And, for every occupancy tax dollar LPCVB/ROOST spent on marketing, visitors to Essex County spent $65.
The major reduction in regional cooperative spending and the elimination of state matching funds in 2010 clearly impacted ROOST’s ability to target as broad a reach of potential travelers as in past years.
“Fewer leads in 2010 is a direct result of the unfunded I Love New York Matching Funds program last year, which limited the number of leads generated from our Adirondack regional program,” said James McKenna, LPCVB/ROOST CEO. “This really highlights the value of pooling resources for cooperative regional marketing, which has resumed at a greater level in our 2011 strategy.”
The 2010 survey also garnered visitor profile data that was not collected in previous years. 80 percent of respondents reported that ecological or environmental sensitivity of the travel destination is either “important” or “extremely important”.
And this year marked the first time that social media (Facebook and Twitter) participants were surveyed. Initial results from this market represented a slightly lower age demographic, a higher interest in the hiking and paddling outdoor activities, and higher interest in the sub-regions of the county; substantially higher in the Lake Champlain region. The social media results are based on a small, but increasing percentage of the overall visitor database, and will serve as a valuable basis for comparison in future years.
The 2010 report, additional LPCVB/ROOST research and more is available for download at the online resource developed specifically for local tourism-related businesses. All are encouraged to review essential news, events, marketing opportunities and travel trends that impact the local tourism economy at www.roostadk.com.
Download: 2010 Leisure Travel Study (PDF)
