Adirondacks bound

9am on the 26th we'll be Dacks bound for a week of fun and friends.  Our basecamp for the week will be the Mountain Retreat house which is walking distance from the Baxter Mountain Tavern.

We have some dacks newbies coming up and these friends will be experiencing the beauty of the Dacks for the first time on the drive in and the view from our deck.

Some of our fun for the week will include x-c skiing, ice climbing, mountaineering and in Lake Placid ice skating on the Olympic oval and hitting the toboggan run.

The tobaggan run is the best 5 bucks you'll ever spend. They took a old ski jump and set it so you slide right out onto Mirror Lake. The record for slides 1/4 mile across the ice and the speed record is 28 miles an hour.  In February they have a competition sponsored by Genessee Ale.

So you and your friends slap down 5 bucks, grab your sled and climb the 3 stories of stairs while watching other groups fly down.  They have lights and plow the ice for night time fun.

After the fun you can cruise over to the ADK brewery for some Ubu or Frostbite ale to warm up.

http://www.ubuale.com/