Lake George Weekend Tour

Price: $200

Frequent Paddler Price: $150 includes equipment

Venue: Lake George

Prerequisite: Core Techniques or equivalent

Meals: Meals will be worked out communally.

This beautiful Adirondack lake is 32 miles long, 195 feet deep, and has more than 160 islands, most of them state-owned.

Also known as the "Queen of American Lakes", Lake George has such pristine, clear waters that you can see 20 or more feet down. A deep glacially-formed lake, it warms up slowly in the spring and stays fairly cool through the summer.

Historically, the lake was a major military travel route during the French & Indian Wars and the Revolutionary War. Later, Thomas Jefferson wrote his daughter, "Lake George is without comparison, the most beautiful water I ever saw; formed by a contour of mountains into a basin... finely interspersed with islands, its water limpid as crystal, and the mountain sides covered with rich groves... down to the water-edge: here and there precipices of rock to checker the scene and save it from monotony."

This Friday to Sunday trip will include launching from the village of Bolton Landing and camping for two nights on one of the islands in the Narrows Island Group. Participants will stay in small tents with a nice odor-free composting toilet facility nearby.

No power or water is provided at these campsites, so we will be self-sufficient. From this base camp, we plan to explore north and south on the lake including areas like the Mother Bunch Islands, Black Mountain Point, Paradise Bay and Northwest Bay.