Ideas? - Places to fly for a day or two trip - adirondacks/NY

jbrinker

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Looking to plan either a long day trip or overnight to somewhere up in the Adirondacks or possibly VT for after I get my PPL. Yeah, putting the horse ahead of the cart a bit, but planning this kind of thing keeps my eye on the prize.(Plus planning it and even flying it solo is a great exercise)

Flying out of KSYR, so even Adirondack Regional (Tupper Lake) or Whiteface is only about an hour flight.

Mainly looking for PIREPs for where to land/stay/things to do nearby. Keep in mind this would be my very first "trip" where I'd need tiedowns, hotel, car, etc. Anything specific, or even in general, to recommend would be great.

Timing would probably be late summer, early fall this year.
 
RUT. Beautiful approach and you got Killington about 30 minutes away.
 
Try Lake Placid (KLKP) You can take a free shuttle into town. Lot's to do. If you want to rent a car there is a lot in the area to explore. Ausable Chasm, Whiteface Mtn, rent a boat on Lower Saranac Lake. Canoe almost anywhere. Lots of food choices in Placid as well. It's mountain flying (for the east anyway) but pick the right day and you'll have a ball.
 
Come to Binghamton and take me out for some lunch. :p

Fly to Montreal for the F1 race...
 
Lake George, Schroon Lake, Cooperstown (not much of an airport).
All places I've been.

Way back in the day, before they put a railing up on 3 sides, we used to try to land on the swim float in the middle of Lake George. Yes, it can be done.
I forgot to mention: We were flying floats in those days.Don't try it on wheels. :)
 
We're going to try Ticonderoga (4B6) next month on my long trip out East but that's just to see the fort.
 
I second Lake Placid. Drove up there last year for a few days, because the weather did not allow me to fly VFR and was on a schedule. I really want to try it again by plane.
 
Lake Placid (KLKP), you can actually just walk over to the Olympic area, LOTS of good places to eat, good night life, good breweries, good hotels, fireworks, just a fun place

What are you flying?
If you can do some backcountry strips or floats I got lots of other suggestions.


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If you like hiking or backpacking Marcy Field (1I1) is close to the trailhead for Porter and Cascade mountains.
 
If you're comfortable with ~3000' of tree-lined grass runways, hop in to 0NY0 and taxi over near the pond and pick me up. I'll take you to lunch and then we can drink homebrew from the shade under the trees after we get back.
 
jbrinker said:
Looking to plan either a long day trip or overnight to somewhere up in the Adirondacks or possibly VT for after I get my PPL.
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As long as you don't try and plan a 1500 mile XC, you'll be just fine. The PG crowd here would have a hissy fit. :eek:
 
Squawk 7500. I am considering a late summer trip up north somewhere. Adirondacks/LKP looks like a nice possibility. Was also considering Mackinac, anyone been there?


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dell30rb said:
Squawk 7500. I am considering a late summer trip up north somewhere. Adirondacks/LKP looks like a nice possibility. Was also considering Mackinac, anyone been there?


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Lots of stuff. Your have amazing hiking and there is a lot of pristine land. Lake Placid itself has many small stores, resturants, and tourist stuff. You have some of the old Olympic venues and can either tour or use them. The lake offers many boating options. It is a full fledged small resort town.

Ausable Chasm is about a 40 minute drive and is supposed to be really cool. You have Whiteface and Gore mountains close and will offer stuff like rope courses, zip lines etc.

Really good place to go for 3 or 4 days.

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I would suggest staying away from the "resort towns." If you want city accommodations then go to a city, not the Adirondacks. (Not much "city" in the Adks to begin with, but you get my point.). If you want to hang out with a bunch of people from NJ, either go to the "resort towns" or just go to NJ. :) Go hiking, or get in touch with someone who can get you set up on a mountain bike and go ride. Tourism in the Adirondacks is best enjoyed by putting distance between you and the tourists. Trust me.
 
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I would suggest staying away from the "resort towns." If you want city accommodations then go to a city, not the Adirondacks. (Not much "city" in the Adks to begin with, but you get my point.). If you want to hang out with a bunch of people from NJ, either go to the "resort towns" or just go to NJ. :) Go hiking, or get in touch with someone who can get you set up on a mountain bike and go ride. Tourism in the Adirondacks is best enjoyed by putting distance between you and the tourists. Trust me.
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Lol, you are really comparing LKP to "the city" or NJ???

Lots of launching points for good hikes and what not from LKP, as I said if he's backcountry lots of other super remote places he file to, but it's a matter of what he and or his plane can do.

Also you can really get out there up here, if you're from the city you can have lots of fun on some mellow hikes, if you're not a outdoors person you can also really get yourself up a creek trying to go from 0 to outdoors hero up here.
 
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Lol, you are really comparing LKP to "the city" or NJ???

Lots of launching points for good hikes and what not from LKP, as I said if he's backcountry lots of other super remote places he file to, but it's a matter of what he and or his plane can do.

Also you can really get out there up here, if you're from the city you can have lots of fun on some mellow hikes, if you're not a outdoors person you can also really get yourself up a creek trying to go from 0 to outdoors hero up here.
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That is the great part of LPK, you can have both. Resort type accomidations when you want them, and within a 30 minute drive some of the best hiking virtually anywhere. Thr area is famous for it.

The Adarandacks are thousands of acres of relatively unspoiled wilderness with good access. Hiking ranges from a leisurely walk, to 12 hour plus intense hikes up some very impressive mountains. Now most of the stuff is reasonably well marked and has park Rangers for help, but nothing like it exists in NJ.

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I'm not comparing the Adirondacks to anything. What I'm saying is instead of recommending someone goes to the Adirondacks just to stay on the paved roads and waste their time in town, get out there and hike, paddle, pedal or camp. Suggesting someone go to the Adirondacks to hang out in a "resort town" is like telling someone to go to Rocky Mountain National Park just to check out the amazing gift shop! On second thought, keep all the yahoos in those towns and keep them off my trails, rivers and lakes. :)
 
Who said to just stay on he paved roads?

We're saying enjoy the best of both worlds, and that's why the daks are as special as they are, you CAN do both rather easily.
 
Wow, thanks for all the suggestions everyone. I've been to various parts of the ADK before (driving), mostly when younger. Have done some backcountry camping and canoeing up around Cranberry Lake, Big Tupper and up into Canada (Frontenac PP), as well. Have never been to Lake Placid though. But for this particular trip was thinking someplace within 2-2.5hrs flight time from SYR, scenic, with enough to do for a day trip/1-nighter where I can bring my wife. We like to camp, but this trip would mostly be just an excuse for flying someplace, and doing some sightseeing, good food, maybe some easy hiking. Essentially an extended $100 hamburger and sight-seeing run. I really do like the idea of doing something more remote, but I will be low time, in a rented cherokee, and want to take things one step at a time.

For a longer vacation, maybe next year, was thinking something like fly up to Maine for 5 days. Or maybe down to like Va Beach (airspace down that way looks fun)...
 
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