NORTHVILLE - LAKE PLACID TRAIL
UPPER BENSON TO PISECO
GUIDE SERVICE

Section 1 NLP

Upper Benson to Piseco
Mileage:  25.25
Terrain:  Long steady grades with a gradual to moderate steepness.

Itinerary for Guided Hikes at Adirondack Wilderness Adventures

Day One
One night stay at Yurt (before departure)

Day Two
Drive to Trail Head
Hike into Silver Lake (7.4 miles)

Adirondack Wilderness Hikes are an excellent choice for a guided backpacking trip. Adirondack Wilderness Adventures is located in Upstate New York in the Town of Bleecker. Bleecker is in fulton county. Back To Basics can be seen as a retreat travel experience in the Adirondacks. The photo you are viewing is Silver lake in the Silver Lake Wilderness area. We would like people to enjoy the bare basics of backpacking, fishing, hunting, skiing, canoeing, boating of the mountains in the Adirondacks. While basic, we are romantic and provide vacations of a life time. The getaways and resorts offer a lot, but we offer the fishing, hunting, skiing, canoeing, boating, and the mountains of the excursion resorts you will remember for a lifetime.

Day Three
Hike to Whitehouse (9 miles)
Camp at Whitehouse

Whitehouse is a lovely area for a hike or swim. A unique section of the Adirondack NLP. It lies between upper benson and piseco.

Day Four
Hike to Piseco
One night stay at Yurt

COMPLETE GEAR PACKAGE RENTAL IS AVAILABLE
Your complete gear rental is $40.00/day
4+ days gear rental is $35.00/day

Topographical maps of the area can be reviewed at the links below.









REMEMBER YOU WILL BE STAYING IN THE YURTS THE NIGHT BEFORE DEPARTURE AND UPON YOUR RETURN.  PLEASE SEE WHAT BASICS YOU NEED TO BRING UNDER LODGING.

TOTAL COST OF PACKAGE:  430.00 PER PERSON (DISCOUNT OFFERED FOR GROUPS).

+++Overnight Trips add an additional $20.00/day for your meals+++

This package includes two nights lodging at Adirondack Wilderness Adventures  and three days of guided hiking/camping.  You will be receiving 1-2 licensed guides depending on the size of your party.  

If you feel you or your party require additional basics, before departure, please contact us directly, we will be happy to accommodate you.  

History of Silver Lake:  Old Dan Wadsworth (a lumberjack) was a hermit around 1915 who took to the woods for good after the death of this wife.  Dan was relocated to Silver Lake after the state bought the land and he died at the ripe old age of 90.

History of Whitehouse:  Crossing the West Branch of the Sacandaga you would approach the shoreline and yell across to the "white house" on the opposite bank.  If luck had it someone would appear and rowed over to get you.  If no one came your took off the boots and waded.  This is not hard in the Summer, but crossing in springtime melt is extremely hazardous (if not impossible).
Currently there stands a suspension bridge to make your trip less wet, plus the white house no long stands on a chimney of the past.

Piseco History:  A hermit named Alvah Dunning who listed hunting and fishing on the 1850 census spent his life on Piseco Lake.  He was the inventor of the Lobb Spoon which is still used today.  

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