Over a long weekend from 9-12 August, 2001, the Finger
Lakes Trail Conference
will host the Annual Meeting of the North Country Trail Association,
centered
in Cazenovia, NY, just southeast of Syracuse. The intended
4000-mile North
Country National Scenic Trail from North Dakota to the Adirondacks of
New
York follows blue blazes down Main Street of the charming village of
Cazenovia, where registrants will stay in college dorms and enjoy the
varied
landscape of host Madison County. Here the topography ranges
from 400' and
level to 2000 ft steep forested hills with abrupt valleys between, not
all on
the same hike, thank you. Walks and bike rides along the Old
Erie Canal
State Park towpath will take in the level northern end of the county,
while
more than a dozen other hike offerings will afford visitors astounding
views,
frequent waterfalls, and distances from short to challenging.
Workshops, evening programs, self-guided tours and walks are included
in the
scheduled menu of events, brought to our guests by the combined
efforts of
volunteers from the Central NY Chapter of the North Country Trail
Association, the Onondaga Chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club, and
the
Finger Lakes Trail Conference, whose 800-mile trail system is followed
for
almost 400 miles across upstate NY by the North Country Trail.
Full registration information and highlights are available on the
August
Conference page of the NCTA's web site at www.northcountrytrail.org/conf01/
or in the NCTA's April issue of The North Star or by mail from
NCTA, 229 E.
Main, Lowell, Michigan 49331, 616-897-5987.
And a special note to our Florida Trail friends: make like reverse
snowbirds
and come up and see us in August, when the hiking is still wonderful
in
upstate New York.
Irene Szabo
Finger Lakes Trail Conference
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