The first wilderness part of the Northville Placid Trail is remarkably steep for this part of Adirondacks, climbing 700 feet over a ridge on the first mile, then dropping down 100 feet to Mud Lake over a half mile, then over the next four miles you lose about 550 feet elevation until you reach West Stoney Creek and the lean-to.
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The Upper Hudson Ski Loop trail is 4.2 miles and parallels the Goodnow River (north-side) to the Hudson River. The trail heads north along the Hudson for a short distance before looping back and reconnecting with itself 0.5 mile from the trailhead
This map shows the Northville - Placid Trail from where it leaves the road in Benson up to the remote Canary Pond in the Shaker Mountain Wild Forest.
Chase Lake in Fulton County is a remote 70 acre lake that can be accessed via Pinnacle Road in Bleecker, which is between Caroga Lake and Bensen on County Route 125. It is a 2.5 mile back along a red-blazed trail, with a yellow-spur to the tent site on the southern end of the lake.
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