Hooray for halfway! Put on your best hiking apparel and celebrate the 100^th anniversary of the Northville-Placid Trail at ADKX, located (roughly) near the halfway mark of the trail in Hamilton County. Start your day with a guided nature walk with Naturalist, Adirondack Guide, and Author Ed Kanze along a section of the NPT in the Blue Mountain Wilderness Area. Head over to the ADKX campus in the afternoon for a campfire, s’mores, and stories from the trail. Listen to a program by Julia Goren, Deputy Executive Director of the Adirondack Mountain Club at 2 PM, and take a tour of ADKX’s new temporary exhibit Trail Makers: 100 Years of the Northville-Placid Trail.

Schedule of programs at ADKX:

Happening All day:

• Visit this year’s special seasonal exhibition—Trail Makers: The Story of the Northville-Placid Trail
• NPT-themed scavenger hunt
• Popsicle stick lean-to art activity (ADKX Art Lab)

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM.

• NPT section hike with Adirondack guide and naturalist Ed Kanze and ADKX Collections Manager Doree Alessi-Holmes Pre-registration is required.

12:00 PM –  We’re looking for at least 138 NPT hikers!

• Help us mark every mile of the trail—all 138 of them—with a once-in-100-years photo of people who have hiked any part of the route.

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM: Campfire Trail Stories & s’mores with NPT finishers Heidi and Peter Roland. Add your own story to the day!

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM: Tuesday Trail Talk with Julia Goren, Deputy Director, Adirondack Mountain Club (ADKX Alcove)

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM: ADKX project team tour of Trail Makers exhibition