{"id":3092,"date":"2010-07-28T06:50:48","date_gmt":"2010-07-28T11:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moshannonfalls.com\/?p=3092"},"modified":"2010-08-04T18:28:47","modified_gmt":"2010-08-04T23:28:47","slug":"canoe-camping-adirondacks-september-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moshannonfalls.com\/canoe-camping-adirondacks-september-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Canoe Camping Adirondacks Trip Report September 2009 – Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Canoe<\/a><\/dt>\n
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It’s a place in New York that you can only get to by canoe or\u00a0on foot. A place with pristine lakes and streams,\u00a0wild\u00a0sunsets, and\u00a0mysterious\u00a0wildlife\u00a0calling in the night. It’s a place know best by past generations and largely left untouched. It’s not easy to get there; you have to really want to\u00a0do it.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

This is part 1\u00a0of a\u00a04 part Adirondack wilderness canoe\u00a0trip report.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Green Pond Boat Launch<\/p><\/div>\n

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St. Regis Canoe Area<\/strong><\/div>\n
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To date I\u2019ve done what I would consider two actual wilderness canoe trips in the St. Regis Canoe Area. On my first Adirondack trip in May, 2007\u00a0\u00a0we made the easy journey to Saint Regis Pond where we set up a base camp. However, on this\u00a0latest Adirondack trip the goal for our small group of four was to\u00a0base camp on Fish Pond, and that meant portaging our entire camp into one of the most remote ponds of the St. Regis Canoe Area, approximately 10 portage miles in total.<\/div>\n
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Little Clear Pond<\/strong><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n

Our First Day<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

It was a cool misty morning with a strong\u00a0hint of rain in the air\u00a0when we started across Little Clear Pond, but I wasn’t concerned about the weather on this trip\u00a0because over the years I’ve\u00a0learned how to keep\u00a0dry even in extreme wet conditions. But the\u00a0canoe \u00a0journey across Little Clear Pond\u00a0is some distance\u00a0and by the time we reached the portage\u00a0trail to Green Pond most of the mist and fog had\u00a0burned off and it was shaping up to be a\u00a0very nice day. The Green Pond portage was short (about 1 hour)\u00a0but I\u00a0thought it was\u00a0a little challenging \u00a0because it actually\u00a0required us to do\u00a0two portage\u00a0carries to\u00a0transport all the gear.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Once completing the portage to Green Pond\u00a0we wasted no time\u00a0paddling through Green Pond and make the very\u00a0short portage to Saint Regis Pond. It was still early in the day\u00a0as we paddled across the familiar Saint Regis Pond\u00a0so I had developed a sense of relief that we’d made it to our destination early and the rest of the day would be\u00a0an easy day spent slowly working our way\u00a0to our actual base camp location at Fish Pond.\u00a0I was even thinking that I should have brought\u00a0along a fishing rod because there would be some time to kill. I had\u00a0no idea that most of the remaining day would be spent on a single portage trail.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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St. Regis River Tributary<\/p><\/div>\n

We made the long canoe journey\u00a0across Saint Regis Pond to the very narrow St. Regis River tributary that would\u00a0permit us to paddle to Ochre Pond\u00a0instead of\u00a0using the portage trail. I was excited about paddling this small creek as it was\u00a0one of the highlights on our\u00a0last trip (dashed red line between Ochre and Saint Regis Pond). It takes about thirty minutes to paddle this small creek to Ochre Pond and it’s a lot of fun if you don’t mind\u00a0a little wear and tear on your canoe (kevlar\u00a0owners be cautious).\u00a0If you ever do a St. Regis canoe trip I\u00a0recommend you paddle\u00a0this tributary\u00a0for various reasons.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n