Easy Family-Friendly Winter Adventures Lecture at Winter Expo Saratoga Springs

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Are you going to the Adirondack Sports and Fitness Winter Sports and Healthy Living Expo? Held at the Saratoga Springs City Center on Broadway from November 19, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. and November 20, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. 


There will be plenty of opportunities to meet vendors that make winter sports fun and easy! Here is a list of exhibitors. 
 If you want to learn some easy snowshoeing or XC skiing trails, stop by our seminar on November 19, 4:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. and we will go through some easy trails to access in the High Peaks, based on the 1st Adirondack Family Time Book: Tri-Lakes and High Peaks. 


November 19, 4-4:45pm    Easy Family-Friendly Adirondack Adventures with Diane Chase ▪ Seminar RoomJoin us as we present a "slideshow" of short snowshoe walks and cross-country ski trails throughout the High Peaks region. Learn how to venture off the groomed paths while being comfortable and safe. Learn some fun activities to keep your kids engaged on the trails. 

Diane Chase is the author of the new Adirondack Family Tri-Lakes and High Peaks: Your Four-Season Guide to Over 300 Activities guidebook, and a writer and columnist. Her husband Tyler Chase is a licensed guide for wilderness adventure for youth and families through backcountry excursions.

© Diane Chase, author of Adirondack Family Time: Tri-Lakes and High Peaks (Your Four-Season Guide to Over 300 Activities) for the towns of Lake Placid, Saranac Lake, Jay/Upper Jay, Wilmington, Keene/Keene Valley which is available online or bookstores/museums/sporting good stores. Diane is currently working on the second guidebook in the four-book series of Adirondack Family Activities.

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