Adirondack 46ers Trailhead Steward Training Agenda 2025

Saturday, April 12th, and Sunday, April 27th, and Saturday, May 10th, and Saturday, June 21st
You only need to attend one session, but all stewards must attend one session in 2025

BOCES
Adirondack Educational Center conference room
711 State Route 3
Saranac Lake
Park in back parking lot, enter conference room

8:00 am: Gather, complete paperwork, distribute uniform shirts*, Introductions, About TSP, discussion of feedback from previous season

9:00 am: NYSDEC Forester/Land Manager, Tate Connor Why we are here / Q&A

10:00 am: NYS DEC Forest Ranger if available/Common regulations/errors/Q&A

11:00 am: LNT/hikeSafe – Consistency of messaging is important

12:00 pm: Lunch on your own – note limited time you may wish to bring lunch

12:30 pm: LNT/hikeSafe – Consistency of messaging is important

1:30pm: Authority of the Resource/Interacting with public/Q&A/

2:00 pm: Your responsibilities/review of the handbook and site locations/Demos

3:00 pm: Supporting and recognizing your work, service award hrs, fb page/Q&A

4:00 pm: Dismissal

*If you have a shirt you would like to return for a different size, please bring it with you. Please complete the required on line Sexual Harassment training and read and sign the Code of Conduct prior to this class. Have your 46er number with you!

By providing hikers with information prior to hitting the trail, you are providing them with an experience that will be successful, fun, safe, and protects the lands and mountains they are enjoying. Thank you for participating in the Adirondack 46ers Trailhead Steward Program.

trailhead steward patch

2024 Trailhead Stewards Number Are In

2024 Trailhead Stewards
2024 Trailhead Stewards

Final numbers are in and everyone likes to hear numbers. Our trailhead stewards work under an agreement with NYS DEC at 2 locations, Cascade and Meadows Lane. We work Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and holiday Mondays from Victoria Weekend in May through Columbus Day weekend in October. Our stewards are all experienced 46ers and are all volunteers. They work in all kinds of weather. You are all absolutely amazing in your generosity of time and in your assistance to other hikers and the Adirondack Mountains! Thank you all for making such a huge impact out there!

Volunteer hours: 2360
Cascade 11,473 hikers in 72 days for an average of 159 hikers per day.
Meadows Lane 5,791 hikers in 39 days for an average of 148
total hikers 17,264
total dogs: 1,184
total cars: 3,377 (DEC requests we count cars daily at each location in a certain area)
Slowest day: 1 @ ML
Best day: 717 @ ML
Slowest day: 13 @ Cascade
Best Day: 620 @ Cascade
3,906 just in the month of October for both sites, only 7 days at Cascade and 5 days at ML

2024 Trailhead Steward Program Training Completed

Thank you, Trainers and Volunteers!

The 46ers trailhead steward program has completed its last training session of the 2024 year. This would not be possible without our support team.

We wish to Thank the staff at the Adirondack Educational Center for providing us with a space to conduct our training.

We thank Tate Connor NYSDEC forester for his expert training for the last seven years.

Our heartfelt thanks to NYS Forest Rangers Pete Evans and Chris DiCintio for giving up their time on a weekend to prepare our trainees.

Training would not be possible without our 46er trainers Carla Denn- Authority of the resource.

Ben Bradford, Winn Rea, and Lisa Crandall, our Master leave no trace trainers.

Our behind-the-scenes team Laurie Rankin, Brian Hoody, Heather Daley, Ben Bradford, and Joe Ryan.

Finally, we want to than the 100 volunteers who will man our trailheads this season.