What we’re about
What we’re about
This group is operated by Adirondack Mountain Club, Inc. (5/5/2024).
ADK - Genessee Valley (ADK-GVC) is a chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club and welcomes members from all areas of Central and Western New York.
All across New York State, members of the Adirondack Mountain Club work together to conserve natural places, help others discover nature, and get outdoors to play. The Genesee Valley Chapter welcomes members throughout the Rochester metropolitan area and the surrounding five-county area of upstate New York.
Our club has over 1,500 members and is active in local conservation efforts, trail maintenance, and hosts many outings including hiking, bicycling, paddling and our Annual Outdoor Expo. We meet monthly on the second Wednesday from September through May. Our meetings include an educational session and main program featuring local conservationists, naturalists, adventurers, and leaders.
Membership in the Adirondack Mountain Club is not required but encouraged. To join, visit https://adk.org/product/membership/. Be sure to select "Genesee Valley" as your Chapter.
For our hikes, all registrants will be placed on the waitlist and screened for recent experience. All participants will be required to sign a standard liability waiver at the trailhead or meeting place. Preference is given to ADK members.
ADK-GV is regulated by and subject to the Articles of Incorporation and By-laws of the Adirondack Mountain Club, Inc., and organized under Section (501) c (3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Outside Voices at the ADK-GVC Chapter MeetingEisenhart Auditorium, Rochester, NY
The agenda for this free and open to the public meeting is:
6:30 pm Weather Workshop: Forecasting tips and tricks while out on the trail. Join meteorologist James Gilbert for a presentation and Q&A session on weather and forecasting in nature.
7:30 pm Program: Twice Across the Continental Divide on Amtrak
by Jere Fletcher
Does a transcontinental train trip across the U.S. or Canada sound like an adventure on your dream list? How long will you be on the “road”? Where do you stop, and why? What do you wear? How do the dining cars work and what do they serve? Is it airline food? Will your experience and skills from the outdoors and backpacking be useful? Will the natives be friendly?ADK-GVC member Jere Fletcher recreates his two-week journey in the late summer of 2020 on the Amtrak system twice across the Continental Divide. With stops along the way including three nights in Denver, traversing a glacier, summiting a peak, passage through a Colorado canyon torched by wildfire, across northern Nevada and the Sierras in California, walks through Portland, and confrontation with a punk. Suppose you arrive at Glacier National Park but with no vehicle? What are the options—can you ride the bears?
Fletcher’s first and only long-distance train travel had been in Europe during the Vietnam Era. He learned to sleep in a train seat overnight to a destination. When not on a train back then, he slept outside without shelter on several occasions. He traveled by train from Madrid, Spain, to near the top of Norway above the Arctic Circle, then back down the length of Sweden to Copenhagen.
After a gap of several decades, Fletcher resumed long-distance train travel in February 2020 with an Amtrak trip from Yuma in southwest Arizona back to Rochester. It began with two overnights on the Sunset Limited followed by the Texas Eagle. When Amtrak sent news of a roomette sale in June 2020, Fletcher was restless for a post-lock down adventure.
Fletcher has had a life-long interest in trains. His great-grandfather was a Tennessee railway entrepreneur in the late 1800s. He has summited more than half of the 46 Adirondack High Peaks, as well as peaks in the White Mountains, including Mt. Washington, along with Arizona’s Humphrey Peak and many in Spain and the Pyrenees. In 2016, he traveled the Camino de Santiago by bicycle and on foot. When he is not engaged in travel and adventures, Fletcher is an attorney here in Rochester, and has been active in the western New York Argentine tango community.
For more info on the event please visit Monthly Program – Adirondack Mountain Club – Genesee Valley Chapter
