Welcome to ATIS!
Thank you for a wonderful 2022 season!
If you're curious to see what we were up to this past summer, can can check out our:
2022 Junior Program Calendar and Trip Information
and
2022 Adult Program Calendar
If you're curious to see what we were up to this past summer, can can check out our:
2022 Junior Program Calendar and Trip Information
and
2022 Adult Program Calendar
End of the 2021 season celebration.
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New Inlet bridge completed in summer of 2021
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* New for 2022 *
ATIS Diversity Equity & Inclusion Lecture Series
Sponsored by the ATIS DEI Committee
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Voices from the Valley:
What does Diversity, Equity and Inclusion look like for the community of Keene? Monday July 11 – 7:30pm At the Keene Valley Library, 2nd Floor Lecture Room A discussion of lived experience in the town of Keene and on the trails of the High Peaks. Hear from local residents, Bob Woughter, Principal of Keene Central School, Robbi Mecus, New York State Forest Ranger and Chair of Town DEI Committee, Courtney Allen, KCS Parent and Equity and Inclusion Committee chair at North Country School with moderator, Reid Jewett Smith, PhD, ATIS Advisory Board Member and incoming Executive Director of Little Peaks Early Childhood Center. |
Taking the Trail Less Traveled:
Wilderness, stewardship, and a conservation career spent navigating the wilds of America from a BIPOC perspective. Tuesday July 19 + Tuesday August 16 – 6:00pm In the Ausable Club Casino Speaker: Rocci Aguirre, Deputy Director of the Adirondack Council The Adirondacks and AMR share a linked conservation history. Wilderness and stewardship are defining concepts that have shaped AMR and forever linked the Reserve to the wild lands surrounding it. For 27 years, my conservation career has similarly been defined by wilderness, open space protection, and stewardship. As a person of color, I look forward to sharing some of my story and why it is more important than ever to engage across broad constituencies, find new ways to tell the story of wilderness, and to redefine cultural expectations around the wild places we love most. |
Monday evening Capture the Flag
Part of the 2018 Trail Crew
ATIS "C" hike on Swimming Hole Bridge.
ATIS hiking group on Armstrong Mt.
"C" hikers starting off on a hike
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ATIS Mission Statement
The mission of ATIS is to inspire responsible stewardship and facilitate healthy enjoyment of wild lands and to support individuals in developing the skills and qualities necessary to thrive in the natural world and beyond. The mission is accomplished via educational and recreational programs for youth and adults from diverse communities and the maintenance and enhancement of public hiking trails in the vicinity of Keene Valley, New York. History of the ATIS The Adirondack Trail Improvement Society was founded in 1897 to insure regular maintenance and consistent marking of the trails in the St. Huberts and Ausable Lakes area. Later, the organization began hiring trail counselors to lead hiking and camping trips, thus expanding its mission to include education on the proper use and enjoyment of the Adirondack wilderness. ATIS Today Today, this non-profit membership organization hires both a seasonal trail crew and a counselor staff. The trail crew maintains over 100 miles of public hiking trails during a season that runs from May to August. In June, the trained counselor staff conducts High Peaks Camp, a two-week residential wilderness camping program for 18 children aged 12-15. During July and August, the same staff supervises daily and overnight hiking, rock climbing, nature exploration, and canoeing trips. There is also a separate schedule of volunteer-led adult trips. In addition, the Society sponsors occasional lectures and other events during the summer season. Each month's activities are topped off by a picnic supper at the Lower Ausable Lake. The picnic includes water sports, canoe races, recognition of achievements and, in August, a skit. The A.T.I.S. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization funded by donations from its membership, which is open to all who share the society's goals and ideals. General inquires can be directed to ATIS Executive Director, Ben Runyon at atis@atistrail.org or (518) 946-7322. |
Linney Falls on the Schroon River
Adult Program participants on Lower Wolf Jaws, via Bennies Brook Slide, August 2022
High Peaks Camp final banquet
Working on a new bridge over Deer Brook on the trail to Snow Mt.
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Adirondack Trail Improvement Society
PO Box 565
Keene Valley, NY 12943
(518) 576-9157 (ATIS Hut - summer season only)
(518) 946-7322 (Executive Director, Ben Runyon)
atis@atistrail.org
The above email is not always checked daily. In season, call the ATIS Hut phone for more immediate trip and sign-up information.
PO Box 565
Keene Valley, NY 12943
(518) 576-9157 (ATIS Hut - summer season only)
(518) 946-7322 (Executive Director, Ben Runyon)
atis@atistrail.org
The above email is not always checked daily. In season, call the ATIS Hut phone for more immediate trip and sign-up information.