Please support the businesses and organizations who support beta.
Support from our Community Partners is vital to our success. Those who invest in BETA help us to leverage our fundraising efforts, inspire volunteerism, and build upon our 35-year history of improving and expanding trail-based recreational opportunities in the area. The Community Partners listed below have generously chosen us, and we hope you'll choose them, too.
Food & Brews
Capisce Coffee
Lake Placid
Capisce Coffee & Espresso Bar is a woman owned and operated small-town Italian coffeehouse. They proudly serve latte flights, artisanal lite bites, and an array of Italian & seasonally inspired specialties. Local and fair trade art and product span the walls and shelves and compliment the beauty of their state of the art espresso machine.
Lake Placid
Capisce Coffee & Espresso Bar is a woman owned and operated small-town Italian coffeehouse. They proudly serve latte flights, artisanal lite bites, and an array of Italian & seasonally inspired specialties. Local and fair trade art and product span the walls and shelves and compliment the beauty of their state of the art espresso machine.
Big Slide Brewery
Lake Placid
Lake Placid
Big Slide Brewery & Public House has a brew-house right in the center of their space, which also features a concrete-topped bar, a comfortable dining room, a beautiful (dog-friendly) patio, and a semi-open kitchen. They offer 10 house beers on tap plus snacks, salads, sandwiches, brick-oven pizzas and delicious entrees.
LoDGING
Cadence Lodge
Wilmington
Wilmington
Just 3 miles from Whiteface Mountain, Cadence Lodge is the ideal base camp for those craving the great outdoors and like-minded souls. As with most mid-Century motels, the guest rooms are on the smaller side. What sets them apart is that they are all recently updated, well appointed, cutely decorated and clean, clean, clean. The only thing they like better than welcoming you to Cadence Lodge and their part of the world, is welcoming you back.
Crowne Plaza
Lake Placid
Lake Placid
Weekender
Weekender endeavors to help bring the energy, the emotion, and the nostalgia of “The Weekend” back to the center of their guests’ lives. They're here to inspire the next generation of travelers to adventure more into the great outdoors, to explore new areas and activities, to find and nurture their passions, and to connect with themselves, those they love, and the world around them more deeply.
Weekender has accommodations in Lake Placid, North Creek, Old Forge, Tupper Lake and Peterborough, NH.
Weekender endeavors to help bring the energy, the emotion, and the nostalgia of “The Weekend” back to the center of their guests’ lives. They're here to inspire the next generation of travelers to adventure more into the great outdoors, to explore new areas and activities, to find and nurture their passions, and to connect with themselves, those they love, and the world around them more deeply.
Weekender has accommodations in Lake Placid, North Creek, Old Forge, Tupper Lake and Peterborough, NH.
Keene Valley Lodge
For over 20 years, the historic Keene Valley Lodge has provided a cozy and convenient home base in the Adirondack High Peaks for outdoor enthusiasts. Located right in the center of the small mountain hamlet of Keene Valley, the Lodge allows easy access to the legendary hiking trails of the Adirondack Great Range, the nearby rock and ice climbing cliffs and crags, and endless miles of backcountry ski and snowshoe trails.
For over 20 years, the historic Keene Valley Lodge has provided a cozy and convenient home base in the Adirondack High Peaks for outdoor enthusiasts. Located right in the center of the small mountain hamlet of Keene Valley, the Lodge allows easy access to the legendary hiking trails of the Adirondack Great Range, the nearby rock and ice climbing cliffs and crags, and endless miles of backcountry ski and snowshoe trails.
Goodies & Groceries
Stewart's Shops
Keene
Keene
Stewart's Shops is an employee and family-owned convenience store chain. Stewart's is best known for their conveniently located gas stations, coffee, fast food options, and locally sourced milk & ice cream. The best pre or post-bike/ski snack stop!
Thanks to the Stewart's Foundation / Dake Family for generously donating $25,000 to make it possible for us to begin work on Phase 1 of the new East Branch Community Trails in Keene.
Thanks to the Stewart's Foundation / Dake Family for generously donating $25,000 to make it possible for us to begin work on Phase 1 of the new East Branch Community Trails in Keene.
Little Supermarket
Wilmington
Wilmington
Little Supermarket is a Wilmington, NY staple for residents and visitors alike and that is because of the decades of family history behind it! Located at the base of Whiteface Mountain, a true local Mom & Pop store that has a little bit of everything! Your One Stop Shop!
Blue Pepper Farm
Blue Pepper Farm is a regenerative farm, producing farmstead sheep milk yogurt from their small flock of pasture-raised dairy ewes in New York’s Adirondack Mountains. They strive to produce the most decadent yogurt you’ve ever tasted, and believe the only way to achieve this is to respect the interconnectedness of their soil, their pastures, and the health and happiness of their flock. They also produce grass-fed lamb, and tanned sheepskins, and as co-founder of the Adirondack Fibershed, squishy yarns and cozy woven wool blankets.
Blue Pepper Farm is a regenerative farm, producing farmstead sheep milk yogurt from their small flock of pasture-raised dairy ewes in New York’s Adirondack Mountains. They strive to produce the most decadent yogurt you’ve ever tasted, and believe the only way to achieve this is to respect the interconnectedness of their soil, their pastures, and the health and happiness of their flock. They also produce grass-fed lamb, and tanned sheepskins, and as co-founder of the Adirondack Fibershed, squishy yarns and cozy woven wool blankets.
Valley Grocery
Keene Valley
The Valley Grocery Store is located in the heart of Keene Valley, NY - Home of the Adirondack High Peaks.
Keene Valley
The Valley Grocery Store is located in the heart of Keene Valley, NY - Home of the Adirondack High Peaks.
Small Town Cultures
Small Town Cultures is a family-based fermentation company located in the High Peaks of the Adirondacks. Their goal is to make healthy plant-based ferments that you and your body will crave.
Small Town Cultures is a family-based fermentation company located in the High Peaks of the Adirondacks. Their goal is to make healthy plant-based ferments that you and your body will crave.
Nori's Village Market
Saranac Lake
Nori's is an independent, unique food market joyfully serving natural, organic and local nourishment. They strive to select clean products that are free of artificial sweeteners, colors and preservatives. By working closely with local farms and producers, They are able to support their neighbors and community while presenting beautifully crafted and grown provisions. Nori's is good food, naturally.
Saranac Lake
Nori's is an independent, unique food market joyfully serving natural, organic and local nourishment. They strive to select clean products that are free of artificial sweeteners, colors and preservatives. By working closely with local farms and producers, They are able to support their neighbors and community while presenting beautifully crafted and grown provisions. Nori's is good food, naturally.
Adirondack Field
Lake Placid
Adirondack Field is an American-made, environmentally-conscious brand outfitting their customers with timeless style and comfortable apparel for anywhere you Leisure Adventurously™.
Lake Placid
Adirondack Field is an American-made, environmentally-conscious brand outfitting their customers with timeless style and comfortable apparel for anywhere you Leisure Adventurously™.
Wild Tribute
Wild Tribute is an apparel company whose designs pay tribute to national parks and public lands. They donate 4% of their proceeds to protect historic and wild places.
Wild Tribute is an apparel company whose designs pay tribute to national parks and public lands. They donate 4% of their proceeds to protect historic and wild places.
Elevate ADK Cannabis Dispensary
At Elevate ADK, their passion for quality cannabis meets a commitment to local excellence. Founded on a deep-rooted belief in the value of community-focused business, they pride themselves on exclusively partnering with New York-owned and operated farms.
At Elevate ADK, their passion for quality cannabis meets a commitment to local excellence. Founded on a deep-rooted belief in the value of community-focused business, they pride themselves on exclusively partnering with New York-owned and operated farms.
REAL ESTATE
The Reynolds Group
Lake Placid
Lake Placid
$58,000,000+ in sales, 130+ transactions and hundreds of happy clients. The Reynolds Group is the authority on Adirondack Real Estate and waterfront properties on Lake Placid, N.Y. and the many other beautiful lakes in the region.
Engel & Volkers
Lake Placid
Lake Placid
At Engel & Völkers Lake Placid, we redefine real estate and vacation rental experiences. Whether you're buying, selling, renting, or planning your dream getaway, our mission is to help you discover the richness of life in your next chapter—be it a first home, a luxurious vacation retreat, a thriving commercial enterprise, or an unforgettable escape.
Pro Tip: Book your next personalized vacation rental stay directly through Engel & Völkers and enjoy substantial savings by avoiding the extra guest fees often charged by online travel agencies like VRBO, HomeAway, Airbnb, FlipKey, and TripAdvisor.
Pro Tip: Book your next personalized vacation rental stay directly through Engel & Völkers and enjoy substantial savings by avoiding the extra guest fees often charged by online travel agencies like VRBO, HomeAway, Airbnb, FlipKey, and TripAdvisor.
outdoor goods & Services
BikeADK is an Adirondack owned and operated bicycle powered company based in Saranac Lake, NY. They create, execute, promote and support charity driven events, curate a library of routes and trail networks, build custom tours, and sell cool t-shirts.
Placid Planet Bicycles
Lake Placid
Lake Placid
Placid Planet proudly serves all types of cyclists, including new and veteran riders, road and mountain aficionados, and recreation and transportation cyclists. Shop for bikes and all bike things! When you bring your bicycle to Placid Planet for maintenance or repair, rest assured, your ride is in good hands. They REALLY love bikes.
The Mountaineer
Keene Valley
Keene Valley
The Mountaineer is an iconic outdoor specialty store that has been a purveyor of fine mountaineering and outdoor equipment since 1975. Their key mission is to stock unique, high quality gear for the adventuresome. Serious mountaineers, expeditionists, hikers, fly fisherman, campers, rock and ice climbers, trail runners, backcountry skiers, young and old are all welcome.
Solace Cycles
Elizabethtown
Elizabethtown
Aggressive hardtail mountain bikes built for the Adirondacks, made to ride anywhere. The mission of Solace Cycles is to create a best in class, purpose-driven product, to promote the Adirondacks as a mountain bike destination and to support sustainable trail building efforts.
High Peaks Cyclery
Lake Placid
Lake Placid
Est. in 1983. The original multisport store in Lake Placid. Check out their selection of gear for road/mountain/gravel/fat biking, triathlon, running, backcountry/nordic skiing, hiking, climbing, mountaineering and more. They have a guide service, a service department and lodging as well. Let their friendly and knowledgeable staff get you on your way to your next adventure!
Human Power Planet Earth
Saranac Lake
Saranac Lake
Professional coaching for MTB, CX, Road, Triathlon and Endurance Athletes. USAC and Ironman Certified. Speed Science Coaching figures out the right balanced approach that allows each client to get the best and most sustainable gains in performance while maximizing enjoyment and satisfaction in the sport.
Adirondack Lakes & Trails Outfitters
Saranac Lake
Adirondack Lakes & Trails Outfitters is a specialty paddling and outdoor shop located in Saranac Lake. They carry the best names in canoes, kayaks, SUPs, paddles, PFDs, paddling and outdoor supplies. They have a complete rental and outfitting service and 20 years of guiding and instruction experience in the Adirondacks. Whether you're a skilled paddler looking to explore the Adirondack's endless waters or want to try paddling for the first time, make Adirondack Lakes & Trails Outfitters first on your list when it comes to discovering the Adirondacks.
Saranac Lake
Adirondack Lakes & Trails Outfitters is a specialty paddling and outdoor shop located in Saranac Lake. They carry the best names in canoes, kayaks, SUPs, paddles, PFDs, paddling and outdoor supplies. They have a complete rental and outfitting service and 20 years of guiding and instruction experience in the Adirondacks. Whether you're a skilled paddler looking to explore the Adirondack's endless waters or want to try paddling for the first time, make Adirondack Lakes & Trails Outfitters first on your list when it comes to discovering the Adirondacks.
Dewey Mountain Recreation Center
Saranac Lake
Saranac Lake
Wilderness Van
Wilmington
Wilderness Van rents cozy travel trailers! Their travel trailers provide the ultimate glamping experience. The trailers' queen beds and bunks, kitchenette, full bathroom, and airconditioning/heat will have you camping in comfort! They deliver and set up the trailer for you. It is that easy! They deliver to Fish Creek Ponds Campground and Rollins Pond Campground.
Wilmington
Wilderness Van rents cozy travel trailers! Their travel trailers provide the ultimate glamping experience. The trailers' queen beds and bunks, kitchenette, full bathroom, and airconditioning/heat will have you camping in comfort! They deliver and set up the trailer for you. It is that easy! They deliver to Fish Creek Ponds Campground and Rollins Pond Campground.
Jump Camp
Beekmantown
Jump Camp is an eight-week training progression camp held at Beekmantown High School for off-season high school athletes.
It has served hundreds in the 22 years it has been running.
Beekmantown
Jump Camp is an eight-week training progression camp held at Beekmantown High School for off-season high school athletes.
It has served hundreds in the 22 years it has been running.
Gear-To-Go Tandems
Saranac Lake
Saranac Lake
HEALTH SERVICES
Dr. Ballestrini & LP Family Dental
Lake Placid
Lake Placid
Eye Peek
Lake Placid
Lake Placid
Mountain Orthotic & Prosthetic Services
Lake Placid
Lake Placid
Mountain Orthotic and Prosthetic Services is a full service orthotic and prosthetic practice serving the Adirondack North Country. We offer personalized prosthetic care, custom and pre-fabricated orthoses and therapeutic footwear. Our family owned and operated practice offers a friendly welcoming environment for patients of all ages.
Albany & Saratoga Centers for Pain Management
Albany & Saratoga Centers for Pain Management are dedicated to the relief of pain and suffering. With a team of committed professionals and a comprehensive approach to pain management, they feel that they can successfully treat most forms of pain. By incorporating education into their treatment program, they seek to motivate patients to become actively involved in their care.
Albany & Saratoga Centers for Pain Management are dedicated to the relief of pain and suffering. With a team of committed professionals and a comprehensive approach to pain management, they feel that they can successfully treat most forms of pain. By incorporating education into their treatment program, they seek to motivate patients to become actively involved in their care.
TRADES Contractors & Suppliers
R.P. Ledger Construction
Lake Placid
Lake Placid
Experienced home builders helping you to construct your dream home from the ground up. With more than 20 years of business in the Adirondack Park, they are committed to helping you realize the best version of your new home.
High Peaks Builders
Lake Placid
Lake Placid
High Peaks Builders specializes in building high-end custom homes and great camps in the Adirondack parks region of New York State. Through meticulous craftsmanship and attention to detail, our approach to building results in homes reflecting a fresh look of timeless beauty.
Crowl Construction
Keene
Locally owned and operated custom home builders with over 25 years of experience building in the Adirondacks. Owner Brian Crowl is a Certified Green Professional through the National Association of Home Builders. The company focuses on energy efficient homes that are finely detailed but also offer better health and comfort for the occupants as well as lower annual operating costs.
"Making life in the North Country better, one home at a time."
Keene
Locally owned and operated custom home builders with over 25 years of experience building in the Adirondacks. Owner Brian Crowl is a Certified Green Professional through the National Association of Home Builders. The company focuses on energy efficient homes that are finely detailed but also offer better health and comfort for the occupants as well as lower annual operating costs.
"Making life in the North Country better, one home at a time."
Tree Nail Builders
Tree Nail is rooted in a motivation to build with a high level of craft and environmental consciousness. Beauty, simplicity, durability, efficiency & minimal impact.
Tree Nail is rooted in a motivation to build with a high level of craft and environmental consciousness. Beauty, simplicity, durability, efficiency & minimal impact.
Hometown Electrical Systems
Elizabethtown
Hometown Electrical Systems based out of Elizabethtown, is a group of professional electricians and apprentices. They excel at electrical installation and energy management so their layouts, designs and installation work together to optimize the efficiency, flexibility, and sustainability of electrical systems for their clients’ situation. They offer solutions from design or repair to new construction and renovations. Each project receives their highest levels of quality and service. They’re dedicated to excellence and are clean, fast and thorough.
Elizabethtown
Hometown Electrical Systems based out of Elizabethtown, is a group of professional electricians and apprentices. They excel at electrical installation and energy management so their layouts, designs and installation work together to optimize the efficiency, flexibility, and sustainability of electrical systems for their clients’ situation. They offer solutions from design or repair to new construction and renovations. Each project receives their highest levels of quality and service. They’re dedicated to excellence and are clean, fast and thorough.
Parasol Structures
Parasol designs, manufactures, and installs innovative renewable energy solutions, specializing in transforming outdoor parking lots and garages into beautiful power plants. Parasol is dedicated to providing our clients with the best products, services, and system performance. Our mission is to make a significant and enduring contribution to the development of renewable energy to ensure a better and safer world for all.
Parasol designs, manufactures, and installs innovative renewable energy solutions, specializing in transforming outdoor parking lots and garages into beautiful power plants. Parasol is dedicated to providing our clients with the best products, services, and system performance. Our mission is to make a significant and enduring contribution to the development of renewable energy to ensure a better and safer world for all.
AUTOmotive sales & Service
Upstate Auto
Saranac Lake
Saranac Lake
Upstate Auto Service & Body Works in Saranac Lake has been serving serving the greater Saranac Lake area since 1954. They offer a wide selection of New Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram vehicles at great prices! They also offer quality pre owned sedans, SUVs, minivans and pickup trucks. Upstate Auto has a full-service auto body and repair shop, too.
LEGAL SERVICES
Miller, Mannix, Schacher & Hafner, LLC
Glens Falls, NY & Round Lake, NY
Glens Falls, NY & Round Lake, NY
Miller, Mannix, Schachner & Hafner, LLC is a highly skilled but unpretentious law firm. They’re dedicated to providing no-nonsense guidance through the intricacies of your legal issue to accomplish your goals as efficiently as possible. As a full-service law firm, they can satisfy a wide variety of client needs from straightforward real estate transactions to complex undertakings involving several areas of practice.
Flink Maswick Law PLLC
Lake Placid, Tupper Lake
Lake Placid, Tupper Lake
Flink Maswick Law's mission is to provide each and every client with skilled legal advice in a timely and efficient manner. They handle every case with accountability and responsiveness. Their mission is based on the values they hold true: integrity, service and excellence.
Norfolk Beier PLLC
Lake Placid
Norfolk Beier PLLC provides comprehensive legal services with specialties that when combined provide clients with a seamless transition between litigation and transactional work.
Lake Placid
Norfolk Beier PLLC provides comprehensive legal services with specialties that when combined provide clients with a seamless transition between litigation and transactional work.
Financial Services
Long Run Wealth Advisors
Lake Placid
Lake Placid
Your financial goals, aspirations and investment needs are just that – yours. So rather than ask you to settle for an off-the-shelf investment program, Long Run, acting as a fiduciary, can provide personalized comprehensive financial planning and investment strategies based on your goals, your time frame and your particular tolerance for risk. Preparing you for the long run...
Insurance
MLM Insurance Agency
Westport
Westport
Trail builders
Tahawus Trails LLC
Hudson Valley, Upstate NY & Beyond
Tahawus Trails offers a full range of trail-related services. They work directly with land and stewardship organizations, parks, municipalities, schools, resorts, developers, land trusts, and private landowners to develop, design and improve appropriate access to natural areas. They regularly work on multi-use and purpose-built trails including equestrian, Universal Access, ski, mountain bike, and utility vehicle trails.
Their consulting services include trail design, master plan development, trail and trail system assessments, and construction management services. They also offer educational services to develop trail design, assessment, and construction skills and knowledge for volunteers, land-owners, and park and facility operations staff.
Hudson Valley, Upstate NY & Beyond
Tahawus Trails offers a full range of trail-related services. They work directly with land and stewardship organizations, parks, municipalities, schools, resorts, developers, land trusts, and private landowners to develop, design and improve appropriate access to natural areas. They regularly work on multi-use and purpose-built trails including equestrian, Universal Access, ski, mountain bike, and utility vehicle trails.
Their consulting services include trail design, master plan development, trail and trail system assessments, and construction management services. They also offer educational services to develop trail design, assessment, and construction skills and knowledge for volunteers, land-owners, and park and facility operations staff.
COMMUNITY REsources
Whiteface Regional Visitors Bureau
Wilmington
Wilmington
Bookstores & Publications
Bookstore Plus
Lake Placid
Lake Placid
ORGANIZATIONS & Non-Profit Partners & FOUNDATIONS
Cloudsplitter Foundation
The Cloudsplitter Foundation formed as a 501c3 charity in 1987, re-domiciled in New York in 1999. From 2011-2020, $11,264,232 million distributed to the Adirondack region, with $26 million in assets. An Adirondack focus, at least 70% of their grants go to Adirondack grantees.
Through their strategic giving, they promote public support or support of other foundations, support a policy direction or change and provide leadership grants.
The Cloudsplitter Foundation formed as a 501c3 charity in 1987, re-domiciled in New York in 1999. From 2011-2020, $11,264,232 million distributed to the Adirondack region, with $26 million in assets. An Adirondack focus, at least 70% of their grants go to Adirondack grantees.
Through their strategic giving, they promote public support or support of other foundations, support a policy direction or change and provide leadership grants.
Adirondack Land Trust
Keene
The mission of the Adirondack Land Trust is to forever conserve the forests, farmlands, waters and wild places that advance the quality of life of our communities and the ecological integrity of the Adirondacks.
Keene
The mission of the Adirondack Land Trust is to forever conserve the forests, farmlands, waters and wild places that advance the quality of life of our communities and the ecological integrity of the Adirondacks.
North and Country
North and Country is a collective of climbers from all over the country, united in a mission to give more back to each alpine community than was taken during any trip or expedition. It’s a novel approach to climbing that should equal a net-gain for the alpine community.
North and Country is a collective of climbers from all over the country, united in a mission to give more back to each alpine community than was taken during any trip or expedition. It’s a novel approach to climbing that should equal a net-gain for the alpine community.
Adirondack Sports Council
Lake Placid
Lake Placid
Adirondack Community Recreation Alliance
Adirondack Region
Adirondack Region
ACRA is a group of community leaders, outdoor enthusiasts and local entrepreneurs dedicated to enhancing and developing recreation assets, increasing region-wide stewardship, and advancing policies to secure long-lasting community and economic benefits for Adirondack towns and villages.
The Northern Forest Center creates bold possibilities that give rise to vibrant Northern Forest Communities.
