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TRAILS AT LAKE PLACID

                                                                  GUIDE TO THE SOA TRAILS:
                                                         A HIKER'S COMPANION TO THE HISTORIC TRAILS
                                                         OF THE LAKE PLACID SHORE OWNERS ASSOCIATION

                                           Over the course of nine seasons I restored 17 miles of hiking trails
                                         in the Lake Placid watershed, using hand tools only.  These trails were
                                           originally cut and maintained by the Shore Owners' Association (SOA),
                                          most of them during the nineteenth century.  Now, for the first time,
                                           a written trail guide is available to the public.  Within these pages
                                            you will find an account of why I did this, advice on how to locate
                                         long-neglected trails, instructions on trail maintenance with hand tools,
                                          a brief history of the SOA trails, detailed descriptions of the entire
                                       17-mile system, and a map showing all of the SOA trails.  Included are trails
                                         to McKenzie Mtn., Moose Mtn., Bartlett Pond, Loch Bonnie, and Eagle Eyrie,
                                            and the Lake Shore Trail from Whiteface Inn to Whiteface Landing.

                                                           Contact: richardhayesphillips@yahoo.com

                                                                      Also available at:

                                         THE MOUNTAINEER, 1866 Route 73, Keene Valley, NY, 12943, (518) 576-2281

                                                                   CURRENT TRAIL CONDITIONS

                                                           ALL TRAILS CLEARED SEPTEMBER 2007 EXCEPT
                                                         LOCH BONNIE TRAIL BELOW UNDERCLIFF JUNCTION,
                                                              WHICH WAS LAST CLEARED APRIL 2007

                                                                   STATUS OF TRAIL CLIPPING:

                                               LAKE TRAIL FROM TWO BROOKS TO FALLS BROOK: Clipped April 2007
                                                     LAKE TRAIL FROM FALLS BROOK TO WHITEFACE LANDING:
                                                Needs clipping, especially between Falls Brook and Echo Bay
                                                         EAGLE EYRIE TRAIL: Clipped September 2007
                                                 BARTLETT POND TRAIL TO McKENZIE: Clipped August 2005
                                            TWO BROOKS TRAIL TO MOOSE, LOWER 0.6 MILES: Clipped September 2007
                                            TWO BROOKS TRAIL TO MOOSE, UPPER 1.7 MILES: Clipped September 2006
                                                 CAMP SOLITUDE TO LOCH BONNIE: Clipped September 2006
                                           LOCH BONNIE TRAIL BELOW UNDERCLIFF JUNCTION: Clipped September 2006
                                               ALL TRAILS TO MOOSE VIA LOCH BONNIE: Clipped August 2006
                                                WADSWORTH TRAIL, SOUTH 0.70 MILES: Clipped October 2006
                               WADSWORTH TRAIL, 0.35 MILES FROM SECOND COL TO SECOND LESSER SUMMIT: Clipped September 2007
                                                WADSWORTH TRAIL, NORTH 1.85 MILES: Clipped August 2005

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