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Adirondack Fun: Ski at Mt Pisgah with U.S. Ski Team

The Saranac Lake Ski Club is hosting a fun ski event with U.S. Ski Team members at Mt Pisgah on Friday March 19th from 4-6 pm. Ted Ligety, Andrew Weibrecht (not skiing) and a number of other Olympians are planning on being at Pisgah from 4-5:30 training with racers. An autograph session will occur from 5:30 to 6 in the lodge. $15 to ski at Mt Pisgah includes the lift ticket. Additional donations are also welcome. If you would like to donate but can't be present please send donation to Friends of Mt Pisgah, DBA Saranac Lake Ski Club, PO Box 978, Saranac Lake, NY 12983. Friends of Mt Pisgah is a 501c3 corporation. Donations are tax deductable. Twenty years ago volunteers raised money and installed snow making. Ten years ago volunteers raised the money and built a new base lodge and now the 1950's T-Bar is beyond repair. This will be a unique opportunity to ski and meet our U.S. Ski Team members. Please join the Saranac Lake Ski Club in this fundraising effort.

Family Fun: Getting Your Irish On!

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Craving Corn Beef and Cabbage? Need for an Irish jig? Here are some events to quench your thirst. Tri-Lakes All Day: $38 tickets to Whiteface with a Coca-Cola product 4:30 p.m - 7:00 p.m. St. Agnes St. Patrick’s dinner, Lake Placid held at the Comfort Inn 6:00 p.m. Irish music at Charlie's Inn Lake Clear , 518-891-9858 Western Noon: St. Patty's lunch at the Senior Nut Site, Long Lake Southern All Day: $38 lift tickets to Gore (with a Coca-Cola product) noon - midnight Olde Post Grille, 1300 State Route 9 Lake George 5:00 p.m. Corn Beef and Cabbage dinner at Emmanuel United Methodist Church, Steward Avenue Bolton Landing, NY Irish Step Dancers and the Adirondack Highlanders Pipe & Drum Band at the Parting Glass Pub , Saratoga Springs 5:00 p.m. All day celebration at the Irish Times Pub in Sarantoga Springs 6:00 p.m. -9:00 p.m. Performances by Aces High and Tom Moriarty at the Bolton Landing School Gymnasium. Lake Champlain 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. VFW 125 Corned Beef and Cabb

Family Fun: What to do in the Adirondacks 3/13-3/14 2010

Go to www.adkfamilytime.com for a listing of family-friendly activities for March 13-14 out and about the Adirondack Park. This is a partial listing. Please let me know if I need to add something. I do the best I can! Enjoy! Tri-Lakes Adirondack Family Time (Lake Placid, Saranac Lake, Tupper Lake and Just Beyond 3/13/10 10:00 am Easter activities at Book Store Plus, Lake Placid; 10:30 am story time AuSable Forks Library; 3/14 11:30 Wild Center Wild Days with story time 1:00 Wild Center Wild Days workshop on raising chickens in your backyard *Ski at Big Tupper and get a free pass to the Wild Center 3/14 1:00 Wild Center Art Day, Family Art and Nature project 6:00 Play with your soup (some adult language, Lake Placid Center for the Arts and Pendragon Theatre Western Adirondack Family Time 3/13/10 All Day: Snow Fest at the George T. Hilebrant Pavilion Old Forge 11:00 -3:00 Kestral Nesting Box workshop, Newcomb VIC 3/14/10 1:30 Adk Museum Cabin Fever: free to school-aged children and m

Adirondack Family Fun: Geocaching in Long Lake

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Shane Holmes of Blueline Geocachers also encourages non-geocachers to come to the 4th annual Mid-Winter Get-Together. The event is free and registration is not required. Bring a lunch or grab something from a local vendor. Anyone without a GPS and is interested, Holmes will gladly pair with other geocachers to introduce the activity. Holmes states,“Geocaching is great exercise. You get outside, hike, swim and are introduced to places that perhaps you haven’t seen before. Some people have never done anything like this outside so it opens up a new opportunity to see something of esthetic value. For others, it gets them off the computer. ” The Long Lake event will be held at the Long Lake Town Hall/Fire Hall (N 43° 58.352 W 074° 25.215)
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Family Fun: Luge in Lake Placid

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The USA Luge team, headquartered in Lake Placid, gives free tours of their facility every weekday at 2:00 p.m. This week the Olympic luge team and most of the staff are in Vancouver supporting their athletes so tours will resume the week of the 22nd. Read More

Easy Short Lake Placid Hikes: Adirondacks Wilmington Flume Trail System

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The Flume Trail System is about eight miles of trails open to mountain biking, hiking, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing. The Flume parking lot is about 2 miles south from the town of Wilmington on Route 86 on the opposite side of the Ausable River from the Hungry Trout Restaurant. The majority of the trails are free and open to the public. This trail network does connect to Whiteface Ski Area, which does require a ticket. Curses on that rain that wreaked havoc on the snow. I optimistically pack snowshoes hoping that the woods will still hold some of the white stuff. The children grab their own backpacks and fill each with the essentials. Flashlights, space blankets, first aid kits and gators are pulled from our winter kits. Then the games, stuffed animals and hardcover novels start being tucked around the sides. I remind them that we are just going for a bit of a walk, not winter camping. Once they realize they will be carrying their own packs, items start flying out faster tha

Big Tupper/ Wild Center Bonus

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Big Tupper has teamed with The Wild Center , the Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks. Anyone purchasing a ticket to the Wild Center or a day lift ticket for Big Tupper will get a free day pass to the other venue. The free ticket is good for up to two weeks. I am a fan of Big Tupper. Literally, a fan. I clicked on the Facebook flag and became a fan of the little mountain that could. I have been swept along with all the momentum of hearing about and have friends (this time real ones not just Facebook) that have spent time getting the mountain open. With all the computer progress updates and conversation, I have yet to ski there. My family has been able to go but it seems that my own family time has its work conflicts like any one else’s. Ironic isn’t it? To write about family activities but to then send the family off to enjoy so that I can work. My children assure me that they will report back in detail any discoveries from their ski outing at Big Tupper. Before I regale you wit