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ADK Hosts Family Snowshoe Day

January 27th, 2011 · No Comments · Adirondack News

Winter Fun for the Whole Family!

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – Looking for a winter adventure the whole family will enjoy? Join the Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK) on Saturday, Feb. 12, for Family Snowshoe Day.

Spend the day snowshoeing on the beautiful trails of ADK’s Heart Lake Property, just south of Lake Placid at the end of Adirondack Loj Road. We’ll provide the snowshoes and instruction for a guided hike around our property, as well as sharing bits of natural history including animal tracking and winter ecology. The program will run from 10 a.m. till 3 p.m.

The cost is $35 for adults and $12 for children 6-15 years old. Kids under 6 are free. For ADK members, the price is only $30 for adults and $10 for kids. Price includes parking at the Adirondak Loj.

For more information, contact ADK Outdoor Leadership Coordinator Ryan Doyle at (518) 523-3480 Ext. 19 or send him an e-mail at workshops@adk.org. For more information about ADK and its outdoor programs and workshops, visit our Web site at www.adk.org.

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Slide Down Mt. Van Hoevenberg

January 26th, 2011 · No Comments · Adirondack Life

Make sure you watch the HD version.

Track Specification
Length to finish: 1455 m
Length to end of track: 1680 m
Curves: 20
Average Grade: 9.8%
Vertical Drop to Finish: 107 m
Vertical Drop to low point: 128 m
Maximum G Forces: 5.1
Maximum Speed: 130 km/h Official Site – Wikipedia
Average Grade: 8.6%

The old track:
“Owning one of the great traditions in the sport, the original bob track in lake Placid was ranked among the most difficult. Lake Placid has hosted the Olympic bobsleigh competitions of 1932 and 1980 along with seven World Championships. In 1999 a new combined track was built for the Goodwill Games.” (link)

Wow, in 1917, the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks successfully blocked “construction of a bobsleigh run on state forest lands, in the Town of North Elba, on the west side of the Sentinel Range, in Wilmington Notch“, which resulted in the construction of the bobsled track in its current location. (link)

Popular Science, 1931 – Mile-a-Minute on a Bobsled
Popular Mechanics, 1932 – Rounding the Zigzag Turn of a Bobsled Run

(Photo by Dave Parfitt, via Adventures by Daddy)