Bartlett Road & Styles Brook
Fish Hatchery Floodwood Pond Loop
This loop has only a few miles of asphalt riding. While on the state highway the road generally has narrow shoulders and can be busy during the summer. The ride takes you past many small ponds and there are opportunities to stop and go for a swim. The abandoned rail line, takes you back to your car. The rail corridor will be top coated with stone dust by the end of 2023, until then the compacted crushed stone surface is only suitable for bikes with wider tires. Please note that the rail line may be closed during final construction.
Jay Mountain Loop
Great ride for a gravel bike or 29er. The mostly asphalt road ride does include Trout Pond Road, a beautiful gravel road. It also includes the seasonally open, sometimes eroded and often cobble strewn Jay Mountain Road, which might require walking gravel bikes for a bit. The ride proceeds clockwise to give you ample opportunity to warm up before the big climb up over Jay Mountain. Speed control on the downhill side of Jay Mountain is a must.
St. Regis Trailhead to Azure Mountain
Bring along a pair of hiking shoes on a ride to Azure Mountain. Once there stretch your legs by hiking a little over a mile to the summit of a moderately to fairly steep hike and hike a fire tower that offers spectacular views of the surrounding landscape. Once you're back to your bike ride back to your car and head into Saranac Lake for a well deserved meal. Note that you must be self sufficient as there is little to no cell coverage or development along much of this route.
Paul Smith's College Big Loop
A big loop that combines some old country roads, dirt roads, and a wide shouldered state highway. The mileage is up there, luckily there are only a few punchy climbs and short sections along the dirt road where there is a bit of sand. This is what fast gravel bikes are made for! There is a small convenience store in St Regis Falls where you resupply. There very are long sections where you will have little to no cell service, and very little development so being well prepared is a must.
Fish Pond Out & Back
This abandoned road that takes you to a remote pond. This is an out and back ride suitable for fat tire, hardtail mountain bike.
Cobble Wobble
Lake Champlain Birding Tour
Love wine, cheese, bikes & birds? Then our all-new small group birding by bike tour is for you.
This summer, we've partnered with University of Vermont graduate student and New York State certified guide Hyla Howe to present a series of guided birding by bike tours. The first of which was held June 26 in the Champlain Valley. Best of all, proceeds from this will support graduate research being conducted on grassland birds in the Adirondacks.
Jay Mountain Loop
Great ride for a gravel bike or 29er. The mostly asphalt road ride does include Trout Pond Road, a beautiful gravel road. It also includes the seasonally open, usually washed out and often cobble strewn Jay Mountain road which might require hike a bike for those sporting minimal widths. The ride proceeds clockwise to give you ample opportunity to warm up before the big climb up over Jay Mountain. Speed control on the downhill side of Jay Mountain is a must.