Adirondack Mountains  
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ADK Onondaga Chapter
 
 
 
WELCOME!

The ONONDAGA CHAPTER is a very active chapter located in Central New York. We welcome new members! The chapter sponsors approximately 200 outings per year including over 40 trips in the Adirondacks! The outings include day hikes, weekend overnight hikes and backpacking trips, kayak/canoe trips, bicycling, mountain climbing, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing and social events. Come join our organization!

Conservation
The members of the Adirondack Mountain Club share an appreciation of the value of our wild lands and waters; a commitment to their protection and to using them responsibly; and a conviction that the lands of the Forest Preserve should be allowed to respond to natural influences with minimum interference by man. Initiatives and public action by chapters of ADK on local, state and national conservation issues are essential to the effectiveness of the Club and are coordinated with Club Conservation-oriented advocacies. We work to help protect lands across the state, in addition to those of the Adirondack and Catskill Parks. Outings and field trips, hikes and letter writing, participation in state land use planning processes---just some of the Conservation Committee activities. Contact Mary Kunzler-Larmann at mk-l@juno.com for more information or view the Conservation News at the ADK website.

Volunteers
Chapter members are involved in trail construction, trail maintenance, and ADK committees. If you want to volunteer for trail work, contact Tony Rodriguez. To help with a committee, contact Margie Ong.



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Put these events on your calendar
The Onondaga ADK chapter, Central NY Chapter NCTA, and the Finger Lakes Trail Conference (FLTC) are co-sponsors for the 2008 NCTA Conference to be held in Cazenovia on August 7-10, 2008.

ADK Fall Outing, Friday September 19 through Sunday September 21. This years ADK Fall Outing will be held in the Adirondacks and will be co-hosted by the Hurricane and North Woods chapters. See the ADK website for more information.

Trail Stewardship
ADK -ON has constructed over 100 miles of Finger Lakes Trail over the past 40 years. Presently it maintains 98 miles and is extending the trail 20 miles eastward as part of both the Finger Lakes Trail and the North Country National Scenic Trail. Also ADK-ON maintains the 5 mile West Mountain Trail and 6 mile Norridgewock Trail in Pigeon Lake Wilderness Area in the Adirondacks. For more information, view the Trail Stewardship page.

Adirondack Challenge
The Onondaga Chapter is conducting an Adirondack Challenge during the months May through October 2008. A minimum of eight one-day outings in the Adirondacks will be listed in the Outings Schedules. These outings will consist of either hikes or canoe/kayak trips. Hikes will be a minimum of two miles round-trip in length from the trailhead; canoe/kayak paddles will be a minimum of four miles round-trip from the launch point. Most outings will be longer than the minimum, and will be held in various areas in the north, west and central Adirondacks. Qualifying outings will be denoted in the schedules by (AC) following the outing’s title.

A participant must participate in five of the qualifying outings listed in the schedules to complete the Challenge. Those completing will be awarded a certificate and a bandana inscribed with acknowledgement of completion.