CHASE LAKE cross country skiing
Jan 16, 2019 - CHASE LAKE skiing & lean-to camping. Shaker Mtn WF. Avg of 3" on ~6" crunchy base - good skiing. Coyotes howling. Missed the cheap beer drinkers, tracked & wheeled vehicles & snowmobiles (saw tracks). Lots of junk in & around the lean-to (actually some of it is useful). Trail to old lean-to site is novice (this was untracked), rest is intermediate (had seen some snowshoe & ski use). Very quiet while I was there - nice spot. Jan 1, 2017 - CHASE LAKE ski, from the end of Pinnacle Rd in Bleecker. Shaker Mtn WF, Adirondack Park. Excellent skiing (if you used Maxiglide on nowax skis; snow can be sticky with temp close to freezing) - 10" powder on over a foot of base, close to 2' total. Trail to the newer lean-to (intermediate) which has a nice view then across the lake to the old lean-to site & looped back (easy but less used & more breaking trail). Ran into a couple on way bac...