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Skiing the Foxy Brown trail

Mike Lynch
January 22, 2021
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A crew signs in before heading off on the trail. Photo by Mike Lynch

Nick Addison, middle, is a state Department of Environmental Conservation natural resources planner who worked on the trail. Photo by Mike Lynch

Evan Williams heads into the wooded section. Photo by Mike Lynch

The group leaves the airport section of the trail. Photo by Mike Lynch

The 5.6 mile Foxy Brown Ski Trail has mileage markers for skiers along the route. Photo by Mike Lynch

A meadow along the trail in the Jessup River Wild Forest. Photo by Mike Lynch

A skier makes her way along a new bridge on the ski trail. Photo by Mike Lynch

Volunteers partnered with the DEC to build a bridge over this stream. Photo by Mike Lynch

A skier exits the new bridge. Photo by Mike Lynch

Bill Hotaling is the treasurer of the Piseco Lake Association and a trail volunteer. Photo by Mike Lynch

Bob Erickson, a Piseco resident and trail volunteer, makes his way through the snow-covered evergreens. Photo by Mike Lynch

Fresh tracks through the new snow. Photo by Mike Lynch

A trail sign on the Foxy Brown trail, which connects to the Northville-Placid Trail for a stretch as it goes through the West Canada Lakes Wilderness. Photo by Mike Lynch

Explorer editor Brandon Loomis enjoys the fresh snow. Photo by Mike Lynch

The trail starts and ends along the Piseco Airport runway. Photo by Mike Lynch

Explorer editor Brandon Loomis skis the final stretch of the trail. Photo by Mike Lynch

A look down the Piseco Airport runway. Photo by Mike Lynch

The Piseco Airport lodge. Photo by Mike Lynch

The Foxy Brown Ski Trail is a 5.6-mile loop that starts at the Piseco Airport and goes through the woods in the Jessup River Wild Forest and West Canada Lake Wilderness. The trail has been restored in recent years by the state Department of Environmental Conservation and volunteers from the Piseco Lake Association, who led the Explorer staff on a trip along the route in January. The trail is named after a hermit who once lived in the nearby woods.

Mike Lynch

Mike Lynch is a multimedia reporter for the Adirondack Explorer. He can be reached at mike@adirondackexplorer.org. Sign up for Mike’s newsletter

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