Adventure Year Round!
Join us for a Gentile Gravel Group Bike Ride
at Rush Pond in Queensburyon Earth Day!
This is a free event, to provide an opportunity for fun and socializing. This a no-drop ride with plenty of stops!
Monday, April, 22, 2024
On your bike ready to ride by 4 PM
* Rain At Beginning of Ride Cancels *
We will meet at the parking area at corner Gurney Lane and West Mtn Road in Queensbury. Here is google directions to parking lot : Rush Pond Parking
Here is the Trail Map.
Guests welcome. You do not have to be a member of the club to join us.
What to expect: These are Disney-esque “mountain bike” trails. They are built by machine, on hard-pack soil, are well marked, and have “B” routes around the features. Rush Pond is one of the best places to be introduced to “mountain biking”. The trails are devoid of roots and rocks and mud. There are climbs that’ll make you huff and puff but with enough fun on the downhill to make it worthwhile.
What do you need: A bike. A helmet. A bike with hydraulic brakes and wide tires (2”+). Borrow one - or rent one from Rick’s Bikes in Queensbury. Gravel bikes are ridden at Rush Pond. An ordinary bike might work, but it won’t be fun. Road bikes with skinny tires and caliper brakes will not perform well.
Where: Exit 20 of I-87, west on Rt 149 to the parking lot on the corner of Rt 149 (Also called County Rt 23 and Gurney Lane ) and West Mountain Rd. This is a big parking lot. Give yourself 15 minutes to get ready. We’ll group together and ride out at 4:00. Be prepared for a 1 ½ hr ride. Bring your favorite energy drink and food (stroopwafel, raisins, or whatever).
Questions, concerns, and what have you can be requested by calling Pete Weykamp at 518 935-7470.
Come to our fourth annual picnic at Grafton Lakes State Park and spend a great day with your fellow club members on Saturday, July 20.
Bring your walking shoes, bicycle, fishing pole, or kayak to enjoy the many ponds and public areas the park has to offer, or bring your favorite backyard game or board game to play! Park opens at 8:00 a.m. We encourage early arrival due to parking availability.
We will be gathering at the Boathouse Tent area beginning at 10:00 a.m. The Boathouse Tent area is located on Second Pond, and is reserved for the Albany Ski Club.
Around 12:00 noon we will be cooking hot dogs and hamburgers. We have a covered area, so rain or shine, some of us will be there!
Bring a dish to share and games to play. When you register, you can let us know what you are bringing. There will be picnic tables, but feel free to bring a folding chair.
Bring your own beverages. Adult beverages can be consumed at our picnic area in moderation, but should not be taken to the public beach or public areas.
There is a fee of $8 per vehicle to enter the park. Carpooling is a good idea, in addition to arriving early!
Guests of current members are welcome.
The park can reach full capacity on very warm days and holiday weekends. If the park reaches full capacity and has to close the front gates, they have parking areas reserved for pavilion guests. Guests may have a short walk to the Boathouse Tent area but they will be able to enter and park. Please let the park staff know that you are here for a pavilion with the Albany Ski Club and they will be directed where to go. Thank you and have a wonderful day.
Grafton Lakes State Park, includes six ponds and nearly 2500 acres. Long Pond has a large, sandy beach. Anglers can go after rainbow and brown trout in Long, Second and Shaver Pond. Pickerel, perch, and bass are abundant in all ponds including Mill Pond and walleye are found at the Martin-Durham Reservoir. All ponds have launch facilities for canoes, sailboats and rowboats, electric boat are allowed. Visitors can walk the nature trails, and hike, bike or ride horses along the 25 miles of park trails (No ATV use allowed).
Welcome Center/Office: 9am – 4pm
Comfort Stations: Open daily
Trails: Open, conditions permitting
Parking Fee: $8 per vehicle
Address 254 Grafton Lakes State Park Way Grafton, NY 12082
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NYCDSC
The Albany Ski Club was founded in 1950 by skiers for skiers!
Albany Ski Club
P.O. Box 108
Clifton Park, NY 12065
