February 10
Wednesday

Genesee Valley Chapter Meeting
More information here.

February 13
Saturday
9:45 AM

Webster Park - Update
Meet at the parking area on the west side of Holt Rd. about 2/10 of a mile south of the intersection with East Lake Rd.; if you are coming from Rt 104,it is on your left just after you go over the creek. We'll meet at 9:45 for a 10 AM start and explore the gentle hills and varied terrain for about 2 hours.
Call Brad at 637-2160 for more information; leave a message if you get a machine.

February 14
Sunday
10:15 AM

North Hampton Park
We will hike the North Hampton park, which will be a fairly flat 5-6 mile hike. Bring a lunch. We will meet in the Ski Lodge parking lot off of Hubbell Road (park away from the lodge) at 10:15 am and start hiking at 10:30 am.
Call Brad at 637-2160 for more information; leave a message if you get a machine.

February 14
Sunday
1:00 PM

Canceled - Snowshoe at Abraham Lincoln Park (Bay Park East) - Update
Gary has to be out of town this weekend. He recommends the Sunday hike as an alternative.
Please contact Gary DeWitt for the meeting location, 315-333-5012.

February 18-21

Annual Loj Trip
As of February 8, the February 18-21 ADK Loj trip has 2 openings left--both in a family bunk-room. If you are interested in joining the group, please contact Shae Hanford at (585) 244-3863. We're also taking wait list for a Private Room. But if you want to assure yourself a place at this year's big winter event, don't wait too long!

February 20
Saturday
9:45 AM

Seneca Park - Update
Meet at the Zoo Parking lot off of St. Paul Blvd at 9:45 for a 10 AM start. Please park at the far end of the lot away from the zoo entrance. We'll hike about 5 miles over 2 hours over moderate terrain.
For more information contact Darlene at 436-4773

February 20
Saturday
10:30AM - 12:30PM

Family Snowshoe at Mendon Ponds - Update
This event is geared toward young families, who want to try out snowshoeing. Please bring snowshoes, poles, warm clothing, and drinks and/or snacks. We will be snowshoeing on a portion of the Birdsong Trail, so bring some bird seed, so the kids can feed the very friendly chickadees and sparrows on the trail. We will meet at the Nature Center parking lot in Mendon Ponds at 10:30am.
Please contact Mary Norman at or 585-278-7547 by Friday, February 19th, to RSVP so we can have a rough headcount of attendees. Thank you!

February 21
Sunday
11 AM - 2 PM

The ADK GVC Conservation Committee is hosting a Bluebird Box Building event
ADK is partnering with Compeer Rochester, a local nonprofit agency whose mission is to match community volunteers with adults and youth who are struggling with mental illness. Compeer youth will construct the bluebird boxes from kits. ADK members are welcome to participate. Pre-registration is required since there is a limited number of kits to be built.
If interested, please contact Danielle Abramson at Compeer Rochester (dabramson@compeer.org).
The event is scheduled for Sunday, February 21st from 11AM to 2PM at the Newport Yacht Club, 694 Seneca Road, Rochester (www.newportyc.org).
The completed bluebird boxes will be placed along the ADK GVC section of 531 which we have adopted since 1994 under the Adopt-a-Highway program.

February 21
Sunday
10:15 AM

Durand Eastman Park - Western portion - Update
Dick Spade will lead this Sunday hike through the rolling hills of the western portion of Durand Eastman Park. Be prepared for snow with snow shoes/YakTraxs. Bring a lunch. We will meet at the golf course parking lot off of Sunset Point Rd. Meet at 10:15 am and start hiking at 10:30am. We will finish about 1:30pm.
For more information contact Dick Spade at 234-0636 or .

April 10
Saturday
10:00 AM

An Invitation from the Monroe County Department of Parks - Update

Pick Up the Parks
A new initiative from the Monroe County Department of Parks
April 10th, 2010

Join us and several local recreation and environmental groups in kicking off this new local stewardship event. In this first year, we will be targeting 4 parks: Ellison, Genesee Valley, Greece Canal, and Ontario Beach Parks for clean up and other park improvements. Why just four? As you know there are 21 parks within the Monroe County Parks system. As this is a first year event, we wanted to identify popular parks that could also accommodate our widespread community. We welcome your ideas for future projects and will certainly add more parks to the event as community support grows.

Email or call today to register your family, group of friends, club, organization, scout troop, or class! Contact Ryan Loysen at rloysen@monroecounty.gov or 585-753-7281.

Be sure to tell us your group size, preferred park, e-mail address, and phone number, or just come on out to one of the project sites on April 10th and register on-site. Orientation begins at 10 a.m. at each project site with refreshments and additional information. Group projects and field work will begin at 10:30 a.m.

The Monroe County Parks belong to all of us, so let's join together to keep them clean and green. Check back for additional event details, meet-up locations and park information at http://www.monroecounty.gov/parks.
For more information, contact Dave Harrison at (585) 442-3223 or .

May 1

SAVE THE DATE: Camping Workshop - Update
The Educational Committee is happy to announce that it will host a full day camping workshop for individuals interested in learning more about wilderness camping via backpacking or canoe/kayak. Further details will be posted on the website and newsletter in the near future.

June 12
Saturday

ADK Outdoor Expo 2010 at Mendon Ponds - See you there!
Click here for more info

Recent Trip Reports – More reports from the paddlers and hikers – Click any thumbnail to open a slideshow with additional images.

January 16-18

Dix Range - Photos by Reinhard Gsellmeier and James Fetten

   

By: Reinhard Gsellmeier
On Sat. our group of five left the winter parking area at Clear Pond and headed back to setup camp near the Slide Brook LT. Our early start provided us with enough daylight left that afternoon to check out the Macomb slide,just for fun and to stretch our legs.
The next day (Sun.) we left camp for our dayhike that took us over Macomb, S. Dix, E. Dix, back to S. Dix, Hough & Dix. We were very fortunate with rather mild temperatures, clear skies and overall great snow/trail conditions. The Macomb slide was rather easily climbed with snowshoes, and we were treated with a spectacular view of Adirondack peaks protruding through a low-lying early morning mist. All herdpaths had been previously broken out, which enabled us to make great progress.
It was late afternoon by the time we reached the summit of Dix, tired but all of us very pleased with the day's accomplishments. We descended from the Beckhorn via. the marked trail, donning our headlights for the final 3 miles back to camp.
Mon. we broke camp and hiked out. Overall this was a great trip -- we had a real strong group, with good camaraderie and fun for all

December 13

Looking back to the January 2010 Chapter Meeting - Photos by Steve

   

Photos by Steve – Click any thumbnail to open a slideshow with additional images.

December 6
Sunday

Black Creek from Churchville Park
Two people from Rochester joined up with seven people from the Buffalo area on a chilly but sunny day. The temperature only reached a high of 36 degrees but all of us seamed to dress correctly for the days paddle. We paddled into a strong wind and current upstream towards the Bergen swamp. Not much animal life except for some ducks and geese but this did bring up some interesting conditions. While we paddled along we kept hearing gunshots......we assumed this was from the Bergen Gun Club which we paddled right pass on our way into the swamp area.
We continued further along and found a nice downed tree that just about all of us were able to sit on for our lunch break. All of a sudden two very large containers of cookies and a monsterous thermos full of hot chocolate appeared out of no-where!!!!
While we sat and ate we continued to hear gunfire and figured out it was hunters........well that was enough for all of us.....no one wanted to be mistaken for a duck so we turned around and headed for home......we paddled a total of seven miles....not bad for a December day!
Participants: From Rochester.......Stina and Charlie

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Genesee Valley Chapter
Adirondack Mountain Club
P.O. Box 18558
Rochester, NY 14618-0558

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