Raquette Lake to Blue Mountain Lake, Adirondacks, New York. Twenty-nine miles of self-powered travel: 23 miles of paddling; 5 miles of hiking; and a 0.7-mile canoe carry
We recommend that trekkers paddle lightweight (e.g., Kevlar) tandem (C-2) or single person (C-1) canoes because they are easier to carry while portaging. Boat rental is not included in the cost of the trip listed above.
TRIP ITINERARY
DAY 1, Saturday, June 22nd: Meet up with your guides and your fellow trekkers at 3:00 PM in Raquette Lake for orientation and your first night of cozy lodging. A yoga session and dinner at the Taproom caps your first day and sets your amazing retreat fully into motion!
DAY 2, Sunday, June 23rd: After a morning yoga session and breakfast, you’ll paddle 6.5 miles and hike 1.7 miles to Great Camp Sagamore, a National Historic Landmark and one of W.W. Durant’s Adirondack Great Camps that served as a wilderness enclave for the Vanderbilts over a century ago. An afternoon tour of this fabulous Great Camp, followed by a yoga session and dinner, leave the evening open for enjoying the sublime landscape into which you have immersed yourself.
DAY 3, Monday, June 24th: Following a morning yoga session and breakfast at Great Camp Sagamore, you’ll hike the 1.7 miles back to Cascade Falls and paddle 4.7 miles down the South Inlet and across South Bay and around Long Point to lodging at St. William’s, where you will enjoy an afternoon yoga session before dinner.
DAY 4, Tuesday, June 25th: Following your morning yoga session and breakfast, you will depart St. William’s for your scenic travel day to The Hedges. You will paddle up the slow-moving, winding Marion River to the first and only canoe carry of the trip—a 0.3-mile portage along what was once the shortest standard-gauge rail line in the world. From the eastern end of the carry, you’ll paddle across Utowana and Eagle lakes into Blue Mountain Lake, where you will spend the evening at the splendid Hedges, itself listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A pre-dinner yoga session caps your active day.
DAY 5, Wednesday, June 26th: A morning yoga session and breakfast is the perfect way to start your final day as you relish the rustic refinements of The Hedges. Thereafter, you’ll paddle 1.3 miles to the water landing for a trail to Castle Rock mountain, where a 1.6 mile round trip hike rewards you with fabulous views of Blue Mountain Lake and the expansive Adirondack wilderness to the south. Upon returning to the water from the modest summit, you will paddle the 1.3 miles back to The Hedges where the traverse ends following a debrief of your experience.
Raquette Lake
Meet up with your guides and your fellow trekkers at 3:00 PM in Raquette Lake for orientation and your first night of cozy lodging. A yoga session and dinner at the Taproom caps your first day and sets your amazing retreat fully into motion!
Great Camp Sagamore
After a morning yoga session and breakfast, you’ll paddle 6.5 miles and hike 1.7 miles to Great Camp Sagamore, a National Historic Landmark and one of W.W. Durant’s Adirondack Great Camps that served as a wilderness enclave for the Vanderbilts over a century ago. An afternoon tour of this fabulous Great Camp, followed by a yoga session and dinner, leave the evening open for enjoying the sublime landscape into which you have immersed yourself.
Camp Huntington
Following a morning yoga session and breakfast at Great Camp Sagamore, you’ll hike the 1.7 miles back to Cascade Falls and paddle 4.7 miles down the South Inlet and across South Bay and around Long Point to lodging at St. William’s, where you will enjoy an afternoon yoga session before dinner.
Blue Mountain Lake
Following your morning yoga session and breakfast, you will depart St. William’s for your scenic travel day to The Hedges. You will paddle up the slow-moving, winding Marion River to the first and only canoe carry of the trip—a 0.3-mile portage along what was once the shortest standard-gauge rail line in the world. From the eastern end of the carry, you’ll paddle across Utowana and Eagle lakes into Blue Mountain Lake, where you will spend the evening at the splendid Hedges, itself listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A pre-dinner yoga session caps your active day.
Blue Mountain Lake
A morning yoga session and breakfast is the perfect way to start your final day as you relish the rustic refinements of The Hedges. Thereafter, you’ll paddle 1.3 miles to the water landing for a trail to Castle Rock mountain, where a 1.6 mile round trip hike rewards you with fabulous views of Blue Mountain Lake and the expansive Adirondack wilderness to the south. Upon returning to the water from the modest summit, you will paddle the 1.3 miles back to The Hedges where the traverse ends following a debrief of your experience.
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Yoga Instructors
Sarah Chien aims to create a warm atmosphere in her yoga classes to support you in deepening your relationship with your mind, breath, body, and connection to that which is greater. In her classes, you can expect to expand outside of your comfort zone through connecting to creativity, joy, expanded awareness, and connection to your inner guidance through an intuitively guided blend of physical asana practice, meditation, breathwork, and mantra practice. In her classes and studio space, Sarah aims to weave community together once again through a tapestry of sound, creativity, mind-body connection, and the simple joys of being together. When she is not teaching classes at her local Lake Placid yoga studio, High Peaks Yoga Shala, you can find her hiking through the mountains, enjoying times with friends, reading poetry with a cup of chai, or singing and playing guitar.
Kari Safari is a Licensed New York State Guide who has enjoyed bringing people into nature since she was a Wilderness Adventure Camp Counselor as a teenager. She is an Adirondack 46er and an avid adventurer.
Other Notes:
A 50% nonrefundable deposit is due at the time of booking. You may make your payment via our “DONATE” button on the Adirondack Hamlets to Huts website here.
Reservation Policy
A 50% non-refundable deposit is required at the time of booking. We accept Visa, Mastercard, and Discover. The remaining balance is due 14 days before your trip starts.
Cancellation Policy
Cancellations made 14 days or more before the start of the trip are eligible to receive an electronic gift card valid for 12 months from the date of issuance for the amount paid to date, minus a 10% processing fee based on the amount of the trip. Refunds are not available for reservations cancelled within 14 days of the start of the selected trip.
Although this guided trip provides comfortable lodging at the end of each day, this experience involves backcountry travel from one place of lodging to the next. You will be exposed to elements of the weather and terrain and must be clothed appropriately. Adirondack Hamlets to Huts will provide you with a clothing and gear list upon booking. Trekkers must be sufficiently fit to ably paddle the necessary distances from one place of lodging to the next. Given that this is a guided trip, we require that you sign an Acknowledgement of Risk/Waiver of Liability form and fill out an AHH medical history form.
Please call Joe at 315.657.1320 with any questions you may have.
Our Vision - Trips for Everyone
Weekend trips. Week-long trips. Some all hiking. Some all paddling. Some in which you can do both-- paddle and hike, even paddle and bike. No matter how long your selected route or your mode of travel, there are no tents to carry, camp stoves to struggle with, or mosquitoes biting you in your sleep on an Adirondack Hamlets to Huts trek.
You will travel to and through charming and historic Adirondack communities as well as amazing wild landscapes that make the Adirondacks the special place that it is. Our routes celebrate both the settled and the sublime, the culture of the Adirondacks as much as its nature. Your lodging will run the gamut, from the simple, such as walled tents, yurts, cabins, and motels, to the grand, including bed-and-breakfasts, hotels, lodges, and inns.
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