PRESS RELEASE

 

For Immediate Release:                                   Contact:

November 1, 2007                                                John J. Kettlewell                                                                                      (518) 668-4447, Ext. 23,

                                                                           johnk@adk.org

New ADK Northville-Placid Trail Guide Available

The Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK) has released the fourth edition of the “Adirondack Trails: Northville-Placid Trail” guide, providing the latest information on the 132-mile trail that meanders through some of the wildest and most remote parts of the Adirondack Park.

The revised guide features updates on trailheads, camping, lean-tos, trail conditions and parking, and a new edition of the N-P Trail map comes with each guide. This is the only trail map available showing the complete route in detail.   

Editors Jeffrey and Donna Case, of Mattydale, N.Y., who have hiked the trail each spring for 21 years, describe it as a sampler of all the Adirondacks have to offer. The rugged footpath  reaches a height of over 3,000 feet near Blue Mountain and passes through several interesting Adirondack towns. The N-P Trail, begun in 1922, was the first project undertaken by the newly formed Adirondack Mountain Club. Completed in 1924, the trail was subsequently donated to New York state, but ADK continues to work closely with the state to maintain and improve the trail.

“Adirondack Trails: Northville-Placid Trail” is volume 4 in ADK’s eight-volume Forest Preserve Series of trail guides covering the Adirondacks and Catskills. The 5-inch-by-7-inch, 136-page paperback includes a 20-inch-by-33-inch foldout trail map tucked in a cover pocket. The list price for the guide is $19.95, and additional copies of the map can be purchased for $7.95 each.

ADK books and maps can be ordered by calling (800) 395-8080, by visiting ADK’s online store at www.adk.org, and through other booksellers and outdoor retailers.

The Adirondack Mountain Club, founded in 1922, is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to protecting the New York State Forest Preserve and other wild lands and waters through conservation and advocacy, environmental education and responsible recreation.