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Please note: Laurentian Chapter outings follow Adk’s covid-19 guidelines.
Thu, Apr 16: Weekly Walk, Munter Trail Potsdam, 7:30 a.m. We will walk the trails for approximately 2 miles, 1-hour round trip. Meet in the parking lot behind the Clarkson Walker Arena and Hantz Field off Clarkson
Ave., aka Back Hannawa Rd and CR 59. Leaders for each week will vary. Contact Tom Ortmeyer, tortmeye@gmail.com or 315-244-3707. Level C (Easy).
Thu, Apr 23: Weekly Walk, Munter Trail Potsdam, 7:30 a.m. We will walk the trails for approximately 2 miles, 1-hour round trip. Meet in the parking lot behind the Clarkson Walker Arena and Hantz Field off Clarkson
Ave., aka Back Hannawa Rd and CR 59. Leaders for each week will vary. Contact Tom Ortmeyer, tortmeye@gmail.com or 315-244-3707. Level C (Easy).
Sat, Apr 25: Gould Lake Conservation Area About 5 miles RT of hiking in this area north of Kingston, Ontario. Less than 100 ft net change of elevation but trails are rugged in places (about 500 ft total gain). Pace:
slow. Trailhead is at Conservation Area barn parking lot at south end of Gould Lake (44.46N, 76.59W). Contact John Barron, 613-828-2296 or johnbarron@sympatico.ca.
Level C.
Sun, Apr 26: Outdoors-Indoors - SCUBA, Jungle Treks, Bathing Elephants, Bangkok Wats, and Fabulous Food Relive two weeks in April 2024 with Danielle Jerry and Bob Platte in Ko Tao with their SCUBA instructor son, boating, trekking, and wildlife viewing in Khao Sok National
Park, and touring and eating their way through Bangkok, Thailand. 7:00 p.m. in the Potsdam Civic Center Community Room.
For more information, contact Jeff Miller, jeff@stlawu.edu.
More Laurentian Chapter events
All-Club Outing Calendar
listing all outings from all chapters. If our chapter isn’t going there soon, another chapter may be.
A foot of snow the night before obliged us all to spend much of the next morning digging out. The ro ...
Participants:Jon Montan, Nancy Alessi, Anne Csete, John Barron, TL Dana Chudzinski
We were a small but dedicated group who met on a beautiful Fall morning to look for migrating and pe ...
Eight SUNY Potsdam students worked with Mark Simon to inventory the Tool Shed; sharpen, paint, and r ...
Visit our Backtracks page
for complete trip reports and photos.
The Laurentian Chapter’s newsletter in pdf format
Some of our favorite trails
Mud season alternatives
A Challenge to Encourage Hiking With Our Children
Hikes in the St Lawrence River Valley (US & Canada)
Mission & bylaws; the Laurentian Loon
Resources for Trip Leaders on the ADK website
Become a Member of ADK and the Laurentian Chapter

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