CLUB CORNER

Adirondack Mountain Club

by Laura Clark

The Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK), founded in 1922 to protect and encourage responsible recreational use of wild lands and waters in New York state, boasts 35,000 members in 26 chapters. Yearly fees are: $40 individual; $45 family; $30 senior; $35 senior family; or $25 student. Members receive discounts on ADK workshops, facilities, merchandise and outings, as well as the satisfaction that they are helping to preserve the land for future generations. Outings encompass a wide variety of outdoor skills from hiking, climbing and canoeing to skiing, snowshoeing and ongoing trail maintenance. Other activities are more self-directed. For example, the Kids on the Trail Challenge, based on the book of the same name by Rose Rivezzi and David Trihart, encourages families to participate in sixteen of the described hikes and earn a patch. The Fire Tower Challenge, based on John Freeman's Views from on High, similarly encourages individuals to enjoy the lesser-known fire tower trails.

Links:
Adirondack Mountain Club
Fire Tower Challenge
Kids on the Trail Challenge
Book: Views from on High
Book: Kids on the Trail

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