Closer Adirondack Ride Plan

 A shortened Southern Ontario to the Allegany/Adirondacks mountains in New York State. It's about 300kms to get there, then looping back to a central base means I can ride light without luggage during the stay there. 

Day 1: Home to Adirondack base, 291kms: https://goo.gl/maps/MFo4hLEq69jSg8gC6

Day 2: Watkins Glen Loop 393kms: https://goo.gl/maps/rR8yYs3hv1xmzxL27

Day 3: Allegany Loop, 666, 395kms: https://goo.gl/maps/5DzBsp5p7n8orJTB8 

Day 4: South Loop, 381kms: https://goo.gl/maps/vG7NofL8iugeQo2A8

Day 5: Back home: 293kms: https://goo.gl/maps/xkhNJk7pBeA7zJnR8

That's 1753kms over five days. The nice thing about the loops is they are just an outline. If I don't feel like a high mileage day on any of them, I can cut corners and shorten the loop.

Fall would be the best time to go - end of September/beginning of October seem to offer the best chance of seeing the trees change colour.

Links

Adirondacks: https://visitadirondacks.com/fall

Upstate New York:  https://2wheels.haymondlaw.com/best-motorcycle-rides-upstate-new-york/

https://visitadirondacks.com/recreation/motorcycling

Allegany Motorcycle Trip Map: https://visitanf.com/wp-content/pdf/MRT_Sheets_2017_v2_f.pdf

A Summer Jaunt into the Adirondacks

I'm getting a bit stir crazy riding to the same places over and over.  Reading about Wolfe's run at the Iron Butt Rally this year makes me want to raise my own long distance game with an eye to eventually taking a run at that event.  Who wouldn't want to pass out in a graveyard for half an hour before hitting the never ending road again?

The Water is Life rally helps provide some alternatives, but what I really want to do is an overnight trip to roads both interesting and new.  The Adirondacks are the nearest thing I have to mountain roads anywhere near me beyond Southern Ontario's flat, industrial farming desert.

Operating out of the Hotel Crittenden, I'd be able to leave luggage behind and travel light on the two loop days designed to explore the twisting roads of the Adirondack Mountains.  Hotel prices tend to spike on peak times like weekends, so a mid-week trip should keep costs minimal.  It's a couple of hundred miles south and east, over the US border into New York State and south through the old mountains of eastern North America to Coudersport on the Allegheny River.


Day 1:  Ride to Coudersport:  352kms
https://goo.gl/maps/pGs8DgPVezkTCF6U7

Hotel Crittenden:  https://hotelcrittenden.com/

Interesting Adirondacks roads:  http://www.motorcycleroads.com/Routes/New-York_108.html




Day 2:  Snow Shoe Haneyville Loop:  352kms
https://goo.gl/maps/ixVjPmw6jBJzcHGg8





Day 3:  Hollerback Loop:  384kms
https://goo.gl/maps/13odCYiY5RNSJHAE8





Day 4:  Ride Home:  409kms
https://goo.gl/maps/RbVZd5wx9HQWbqoi7

1497kms (930 miles) in 4 days / 3 nights.
Monday - Thursday (cheapest hotel room rates)
Hotel nights:  Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
August 19-22:  USD $238.50 / CAD $313 Single King Room /3 nights

Our King suite is large, nearly 450 square feet. Each of our rooms is uniquely decorated and appointed with a classic theme. Relax on our premium quality king sized mattress and enjoy the historic surroundings. All rooms include a flat screen television, Coffee maker, and free WI-FI. The Bathroom features a Stand up shower with complimentary toiletries and a hair dryer.

Amenities on site (restaurant, bar) and a great downtown location near many other eating options means no need to ride at the end of a long day exploring twisty mountain roads.

The same area is great for autumn colours: 
https://tkmotorcyclediaries.blogspot.com/2018/09/pennsylvanian-autumn-colours.html

Finding Mountains

Way back in the late 70's we were new immigrants living in Montreal. We got a handle on our new land by camping, a lot. One of the most memorable trips we took was down into the Adirondacks in the spring, where we camped in the mountains. It was the first time I saw a rainbow trout; North American animals are so exotic!

I'd love to spend some time on two wheels somewhere nearby and mountainous, and the Adirondacks have a fond child-hood glow to them. I can access the back side of the Appalachians below the Adirondacks just a day's ride south east of me.

Below are some variations on trips I might take in the future.

Two Nights with a loop (minimal luggage/lighter bike)

417kms:  https://goo.gl/maps/SWkMLbjfAGF2

Night 1:  To Microtel Inn & Suites, Mansfield, PA  https://goo.gl/maps/7Pvi2CBRbMv

290kms mountain loop:  https://goo.gl/maps/uqXZXWSRJ262

Night 2:  back to Microtel, Mansfield  

417kms: https://goo.gl/maps/V3x2aY6PZ9r