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Trails & Hiking

Mountain Biking near the Cabins

Mountain bike trails near the cabins: Saranac Lake, Lake Placid and Wilmington networks, difficulty, maps, rentals, mud season and e-bike rules.

The built mountain-bike trails nearest the cabins are in Saranac Lake, about 43 road miles south, with more in Lake Placid at about 52 and Wilmington at about 62. Volunteers and crews of the Barkeater Trails Alliance built and keep up most of them, and between the three towns there are dozens of miles of singletrack, from smooth beginner loops to long, rocky climbs. Closer to home, the riding is on gravel and old logging roads. This guide covers each network nearest first, with the difficulty, parking, shops, the season and the e-bike rules.

Closer to the cabins

We know of no mountain-bike trail network in Malone or at Titus Mountain; the Titus website lists skiing, tubing and terrain parks and no bike trails. The north end of the Park has a great deal of quiet dirt road instead.

The Kushaqua Tract

The Kushaqua Tract is about 19,000 acres of working timberland north and west of the hamlets of Loon Lake and Onchiota, in the towns of Franklin and Brighton, surrounded by the Forest Preserve of the Debar Mountain Wild Forest. Lyme Timber owns it and logs it, and the state holds a conservation easement with public recreation rights. DEC's final recreation plan of 2016 set out to open 100 miles of existing roads there in phases, all of them to hiking, biking and horseback riding. E-bikes are not allowed on any conservation easement land, this tract included. The lower half of the Loon Lake Mountain trail, about 20 road miles from the cabins, crosses the tract, and the Loon Lake Mountain guide has that drive. The Debar Mountain Wild Forest guide covers the land around it.

This is gravel-bike and hardtail country. Riders in 2015 found the main roads in great shape and recommended front suspension, while the disused side roads had grown into grassy paths with muddy swales. Their favorite was a 16.5-mile loop from the end of North Branch Road, where a parking area and register sit at a gate. The Kushaqua-Mud Pond Road, a long seasonal road from Onchiota to Loon Lake, makes another ride. Logging goes on, so watch for trucks. It is remote: carry a spare tube, a pump, food and plenty of water, and leave word at the cabin about where you went.

The Sable Highlands

The conservation easement lands around Owls Head, a few miles from the cabins, have 14 public use areas, about 28,100 acres, where anyone may hike, bike, paddle, hunt, fish and ski. Most of the rest is leased to private hunting and fishing clubs and closed to the public, apart from 12 numbered corridors, mostly logging roads, that cross it. A 6.5-mile mountain-bike loop the state planned in 2009 had not been built by 2020, when a reporter who rode about 175 miles there found few parking areas, unsigned corridors and unmarked boundaries; one corridor was gated and posted by a club with no sign of the public right of way. Carry DEC's map, ride only the public use areas and numbered corridors you can identify, and turn around at any gate or no-trespassing sign you cannot match to a public corridor. The Owls Head and Sable Highlands guide explains the land.

An easy spin in Malone

Malone Memorial Recreation Park, about 10 road miles away in the village, has a paved loop of about a mile, and in summer 2026 the park lent out bikes, kayaks and sports gear free every day. The Salmon River and Malone guide has the park's details. For longer rides on pavement, the road cycling guide covers the county roads.

The networks at a glance

Road miles are from the cabins. Saranac Lake is about an hour away on NY 30 and NY 86, Lake Placid about an hour and ten minutes, and Wilmington about an hour and twenty minutes; the directions guide has the first miles out of Owls Head.

NetworkTownRoad milesTrailBest for
Mount PisgahSaranac Lakeabout 43about 5 milesFlow-trail laps, jumps and berms
Dewey MountainSaranac Lakeabout 445.5 milesEasy cruising to rock gardens
Fowler's CrossingSaranac Lake, on NY 86about 45about 3 miles, growingBeginners, smooth and fast
Lussi Trails and Loggers LoopsLake Placidabout 52The densest singletrack in the areaTight, rooty, twisty riding
Craig Wood and Scott's CobbleLake Placidabout 573+ miles, machine-builtFlow, banked turns and jumps
Mt Van HoevenbergLake Placidabout 6030 kmCross-country riding and lessons
The FlumeWilmingtonabout 62about 10 milesEvery level, the most mileage
Hardy Road and Three SistersWilmingtonabout 65about 11 miles, plus the connectorLong technical climbs, beginner flow

Barkeater Trails Alliance

The Barkeater Trails Alliance, BETA for short, builds and maintains bike trails in Wilmington, Lake Placid, Saranac Lake, Elizabethtown and Keene, and the Jackrabbit ski trail in winter. It calls itself volunteer driven, member supported and human powered, and it looks after 12 bike networks. In 2026 BETA and its contractors opened a black-diamond trail at Keene, finished a climbing trail at Craig Wood, restored Flume bridges and began a new Park Avenue connector into Mount Pisgah.

Much of what you will ride exists by permission: state land managed by DEC, town land in North Elba and Harrietstown, the Village of Saranac Lake, a land-trust preserve, and private land whose owner lets riders in. BETA's code for riders, Ride with Gratitude, treats riding those trails as a gift.

Saranac Lake

Saranac Lake is the nearest riding town, and its three networks sit a few miles apart. Silver Birch Cycles on Main Street rents, sells and repairs bikes. The Saranac Lake and Paul Smith's guide covers the village itself.

Mount Pisgah

In summer the village ski hill, about 43 road miles from the cabins, carries about five miles of bike trail built by BETA, rated moderate to difficult. The signature is The Cure, a machine-built flow trail with jumps and big berms. Warm up on Natski II or Zonkers, then climb to the summit and ride down. Park in the base-area lot at 92 Mt Pisgah Lane. The hill is bordered by private land on every side, so ride only the bike trails. The Mount Pisgah guide has the rest of the hill's story.

Dewey Mountain

Dewey Mountain Recreation Center is a cross-country ski center in winter and a mountain-bike network the rest of the year, about 44 road miles from the cabins. Drive south out of Saranac Lake on NY 3 toward Tupper Lake and watch for the sign on the left; park, ride through the lodge breezeway, and you will find a big kiosk and map at the base. The Town of Harrietstown owns it, and Adirondack Lakes and Trails Outfitters runs it with the Dewey Mountain Friends.

There are 5.5 miles of singletrack sharing the hill with about 7.5 miles of ski trail, and the trails are marked by color.

  • Red and purple are the beginner trails, with a smooth surface and few roots or rocks.
  • Yellow and green are more technical, with little climbing.
  • Blue is very technical, with boulders and rock gardens.
  • Orange climbs about 450 vertical feet over steep ground to the summit and its view of the Saranac chain of lakes.

Dewey dries slowly and is usually the last network to open in spring, so give it extra days after a wet spell. Fall is an especially good time to ride it.

Fowler's Crossing

Fowler's Crossing is BETA's beginner network, on state Forest Preserve land on both sides of NY 86 where the Adirondack Rail Trail crosses the highway, about seven miles west of Lake Placid and about 45 road miles from the cabins. Park in the lots on either side of NY 86 at the crossing. BETA built about two miles of singletrack in 2019 and 2020, partly on the Jackrabbit ski trail between the rail corridor and McKenzie Pond Road, and after a four-year pause it built a loop of about a mile on the western side in 2023, with DEC's approval. The goal is six to seven miles. The riding is smooth and fast through planted pine on well-drained sand. The Jackrabbit carries yellow DEC ski markers and the other trails are unmarked, so carry the map. E-bikes of any class are not allowed here.

The Adirondack Rail Trail

For an easy day, the 34-mile rail trail runs from Lake Placid through Saranac Lake to Tupper Lake on a firm stone-dust surface with gentle grades. The Adirondack Rail Trail guide has the trailheads, rentals and shuttles.

Lake Placid

Lake Placid holds the greatest concentration of singletrack in the Adirondack Park, much of it reachable by bike from the village, and many smaller local trails are on no map, so ask at a bike shop. The Lake Placid and Whiteface day trip covers the village.

The Lussi Trails and the Loggers Loops

The Lussi trails are the easiest to reach from the village: bridges, tight turns, roots and rocks, with little climbing. It is on private land next to a golf course, open through the generosity of the landowner, and the rule there is firm: stay on the marked trails and never ride on or across the golf course. A mellow first loop runs Stateline, Judge Smails, Night Putting, Twisted Sister and Bushwood, back to Night Putting and out on Lumberyard, which has boardwalks.

The Loggers Loops, on state land in the Saranac Lakes Wild Forest, get harder as the numbers go up. Loop 1 leads to Loop 2, which some riders call the hard way when ridden counterclockwise, and Loop 3 is a lollipop of chunky rock broken by fast dirt. Cherry Patch drops off Loop 3 to NY 86, and the climb back up is brutal. Bring bug spray; the Loggers Loops are known for the hungriest mosquitoes in the Adirondacks.

There are three places to start. The driving range on NY 86, just east of the NY 73 intersection, has a green kiosk with a map and a donation box; keep it quiet in that lot. A dirt pull-off on NY 86, about two miles east of NY 73, is the start of Stateline. And on River Road by the steel-deck bridge, park on the public road, cross the bridge and follow the red Jackrabbit markers to a kiosk that also serves Craig Wood.

Craig Wood and Scott's Cobble

South of Lussi on the Jackrabbit, the Craig Wood trails are more than three miles of machine-built trail on land owned by the Town of North Elba, next to the Craig Wood Golf Course and about 57 road miles from the cabins. Part of the network climbs Scott's Cobble, a ski area abandoned in the 1970s, where BETA built a flow trail in 2017. The Back Nine flows into the 19th Hole for a long downhill, and Poppa Wheelie has banked turns and jumps. A new climbing trail, finished in 2026, makes laps easier, and the same year the Back Nine was rerouted away from the landing of a drop. Park by the steel-deck bridge on River Road, or ride from the village: south on River Road, left on Maynard Road at the big red barn, up to Bird Song Lane, and right at the gated Jackrabbit entrance. Stay off the golf course except on the link from the clubhouse lot to Poppa Wheelie.

Mt Van Hoevenberg

The Olympic sports complex at Mt Van Hoevenberg, about 60 road miles from the cabins, has 30 kilometers of single and double track for riding in summer. Beginners can start on flat paved surfaces and gentle double track, and stronger riders get the rolling terrain beyond. A day trail pass for riders 7 and up was $10 in 2026, and the trails were open daily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; check the schedule before you go.

Discover Cross Country Biking is a one-hour lesson and guided tour for ages 7 and up, run Tuesday to Saturday in summer 2026, $65 with the trail pass and a rental bike and helmet, less with your own bike; reservations are strongly recommended. The UCI Mountain Bike World Series finale ran October 2 to 4, 2026, with the cross-country races here and the downhill at Whiteface; ORDA has said it will pause these international races after 2026. The Olympic sites guide covers the rest of the complex.

Wilmington

Wilmington calls itself the mountain-bike capital of the Adirondacks, and its trails are about an hour and twenty minutes from the cabins, past Lake Placid on NY 86. Most of the riding is on state Forest Preserve land in the Wilmington Wild Forest, which has about 23 miles of multiple-use trail open to bikes. Those trails are free and, like all Forest Preserve land, open to hunting in season.

The Flume

The Flume is the original mountain-bike destination in the Whiteface region, with the most mileage of any network nearby: about ten miles of trail open to bikes, hikers, skiers and snowshoers, built and kept up almost entirely by volunteers. The main trailhead is on NY 86 about two miles south of the village center, across the bridge from the Hungry Trout, about 62 road miles from the cabins; overflow parking is just north, across the road. Riders coming from the hamlet start on the Reservoir Trail off the Whiteface Memorial Highway, and the Upper and Lower Connectors link the Flume to the Whiteface ski area from its Kids Kampus lot.

The lower trails are smooth and flowing, and they get more technical as they climb the shoulder of Marble Mountain. DEC's trail sheet rates the segments like this.

TrailMilesRating
Corridor0.3Easy
Corridor Loop0.4Easy
Delta0.4Easy
River0.4Easy
Lower Connector0.9Easy
Bluff0.4Moderate
Cedar0.4Moderate
Erratic0.3Moderate
Rock Garden0.5Hard
Marble Mountain1.5Hard
Ridge1.5Hard
Upper Connector1.0Hard

Mileages are for each segment alone, and the ratings compare Flume trails with each other. The Flume Knob and Bear Den Mountain trails are for hikers only; closed trails are posted.

Hardy Road

Hardy Road, the Beaver Brook tract of the Wilmington Wild Forest, was the first trail system in the Adirondack Park built for mountain bikes. It has about 11 miles of singletrack on both sides of the Beaver Brook valley, which sits in the rain shadow of Whiteface and is usually warmer and drier than the country around it.

  • Coniferous is smooth singletrack through black spruce, a gentle warm-up.
  • Make Believe, Upper Twisted and Twisted Pine are tighter, flowing trails.
  • Double Time crosses a wetland to Safe Bet, which is old-school rocks and roots.
  • Good Luck climbs more than 200 vertical feet of technical rock and slick slab.
  • All In is a lollipop that climbs nearly 800 vertical feet on switchbacks to a blueberry ledge looking at Whiteface.

The trailhead is about 2.2 miles up Hardy Road, which leaves NY 86 on the right just under 2.1 miles toward Jay from the intersection of NY 86 and the Whiteface Memorial Highway. The lot is small and the road is a quiet residential street, so BETA asks visitors to start in town.

The Wilmington Youth Park and Three Sisters

The place to start is the Wilmington Youth Park, on Park Road off Springfield Road, behind the Little Supermarket on NY 86. Trails from the park climb into the Three Sisters Preserve, owned by the Adirondack Land Trust since 2023, and link downtown with Hardy Road. The Three Sisters Trail and the Town Connector are beginner-friendly, smooth and flowy, with berms, rollers and optional jumps; from Hardy Road the climb to the top is 1.2 miles and just under 300 feet. Part of the Town Connector follows a paved town road, so watch for the signs. Dogs go on a leash here, and the land around the preserve is private.

The Youth Park also holds the free Wilmington bike park: a pump track, dirt jumps and a skills park with rollers and seesaws, the jumps designed by former World Cup downhill racer Kyle Ebbett. It is open in daylight, helmets are required, and riders stay off it when the dirt is wet.

Poor Man's Downhill and Whiteface

Poor Man's Downhill, the PMD, began as a snowmobile trail and now drops more than 1,200 vertical feet from near the entrance of the Whiteface toll road to the hamlet. Riders leave a car at the bottom and shuttle to the top, where there is parking near the toll road and Gillespie Drive. A full-suspension trail bike is plenty, with no need for a downhill bike. Whiteface's summer activities page lists the gondola, the summit highway, disc golf and hiking, with no bike park. Its slopes held the downhill races of the World Series finale on October 4, 2026.

Keene's East Branch trails

The East Branch Community Trails are BETA's newest network, on Essex County reforestation land along NY 9N at the Keene and Jay town line, south of the hamlet of Upper Jay and about 70 road miles from the cabins. BETA built them with the Town of Keene and the Keene Youth Commission. The trails are stacked loops, easiest at the bottom near the parking area and pavilion and harder as you climb, and some are one-way and for bikes only. The first phase, finished in September 2022, added more than two miles, and the plan is a seven-mile system built to include adaptive riders. Trail 8, an adaptive-friendly black-diamond trail, opened in early September 2026. Jay is the next town over from Wilmington, so East Branch fits well into a Wilmington day.

Paul Smith's and Tupper Lake

The Paul Smith's College VIC, about 30 road miles from the cabins, is the closest big trail system. Its 25-plus miles of trail are for walking and nature watching in summer and are groomed for skiing and snowshoeing in winter; its pages list no riding, so plan to walk there. The Paul Smith's guide has the trails. Tupper Lake, about 57 road miles away, has no singletrack network we can point to. In winter, the James C. Frenette Sr. Recreational Trails at the Tupper Lake Golf Course are free and open to fat-tire bikes, which keep to the sides and out of the ski tracks. The Wild Center guide covers the town.

Maps and trail conditions

The best paper map is BETA's mountain-bike map from Green Goat Maps: waterproof and double-sided, with insets of the trails in Lake Placid, Saranac Lake, Wilmington, Keene and Elizabethtown, showing which way to ride each trail and how hard it is. It was $14.95 in the Adirondack Mountain Club's shop, and 10 percent of each sale goes to BETA. DEC's trail sheet for the Flume lists every segment with its length and rating. On a phone, Trailforks has the networks mapped, and BETA's pages link to it; use it to find your way, and take the club's and DEC's word on what is open.

BETA keeps a trail-conditions page with each network rated green, yellow or red, and Dewey Mountain's site links to it for current conditions. Check it the morning you ride. The rule BETA repeats all season is short: if you find you are leaving tracks, turn back.

The season and mud season

The riding season runs from late spring through fall, and fall brings the color; the foliage guide has the timing.

Spring is mud season, any time from late March into mid-June depending on the year. Wet trails rut and erode, so the clubs ask riders to wait until each network dries. DEC also closes the mud gates on seasonal roads on state and easement land to cars each spring, by March 20 in 2026, and opens them once the roads dry and are repaired, so some parking areas on the gravel roads near the cabins open late too. Dewey Mountain is usually the last network to dry out. Black flies are out from mid-May to late June, and the bug guide has what works.

In fall, the Wilmington Wild Forest and other Forest Preserve land are open to hunting in every open season, so wear something bright. In winter the bike moves to fat tires: the Scotts Cobble Nordic Center in Lake Placid grooms more than 15 kilometers for skiing, fat biking and snowshoeing, the Tupper Lake golf course trails welcome fat bikes, and the rail trail is shared by snowmobiles, skiers and fat bikes. The cross-country skiing guide has the winter trail centers.

E-bikes on state land and club trails

New York sorts e-bikes into three classes. A Class 1 bike helps only while you pedal and stops helping at 20 miles an hour; a Class 2 can also run on a throttle, up to 20; a Class 3 helps up to 25. The rules in the Adirondacks are strict.

  • On Forest Preserve land, e-bikes of any class are not allowed on trails. That takes in the Flume, Hardy Road and the rest of the Wilmington Wild Forest, the Loggers Loops in the Saranac Lakes Wild Forest, and Fowler's Crossing.
  • On DEC land generally, e-bikes may use the public roads DEC manages unless a road is posted against them. Riding off those roads, on trails, closed roads or open ground, is not allowed.
  • The Adirondack Rail Trail is the exception: Class 1 e-bikes are allowed on it all year, and Class 2 and 3 are not. DEC campgrounds allow Class 1 as well.
  • No conservation easement allows e-bikes yet, so the Kushaqua Tract and the Sable Highlands are for pedal bikes.
  • On public highways, Class 1 and Class 2 e-bikes may ride where the posted limit is 30 miles an hour or less, and some Adirondack towns have passed local laws that allow them on faster roads. Class 3 bikes are not allowed in the Park except on private land.
  • Pisgah (village land), Dewey and Craig Wood (town land), Lussi (private land) and Three Sisters (a land-trust preserve) post no e-bike rule on their pages, and neither does Mt Van Hoevenberg. Ask the shop or the landowner before you ride one there.

If you rent an e-bike, plan to ride it on the rail trail, which is what the e-bike rentals in Saranac Lake are set up for.

Shops and rentals

We found no bike shop in Malone, so bring spare tubes, a pump and a multi-tool from home. The nearest full-service shops are in Saranac Lake and Lake Placid.

  • High Peaks Cyclery, 2733 Main Street, Lake Placid, (518) 523-3764, open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, about 52 road miles from the cabins. Its 2026 list showed full-suspension mountain bikes at $100, hardtails at $80 and fat bikes at $80 for a full day of up to eight hours, with multi-day and some half-day options. Bring your own pedals or ride their flats. It services bikes by appointment and runs the Scotts Cobble Nordic Center with the town in winter.
  • Silver Birch Cycles, 77 Main Street, Saranac Lake, (518) 354-8497, about 43 road miles away. The village shop, formerly Human Power Planet Earth, sells and services bikes, rents them for the rail trail and handles a lot of fat bikes.
  • Bike Lake Placid, 455 Old Military Road, Lake Placid, (518) 354-0777, rents bikes for the rail trail, open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily in 2026.
  • Sara-Placid Sled and Spoke, 255 Broadway, Saranac Lake, (518) 205-7864, rents Class 1 e-bikes right on the rail trail and snowmobiles in winter.
  • BikeADK, based in Saranac Lake, (518) 524-4674, runs small-group and custom bike tours and one-way rail trail shuttles.
  • Mt Van Hoevenberg includes a bike and helmet in its Discover Cross Country Biking lesson.

Rental fleets change through the season. Call ahead for your size, and confirm prices when you book.

Trail manners

DEC's sheet for the Flume prints the International Mountain Bicycling Association's rules of the trail: ride open trails only, leave no trace, control your bicycle, yield to others, never scare animals, and plan ahead. On DEC's shared trails, cyclists yield to hikers and to horses, and hikers coming uphill have the right of way. A few local rules go with them.

  • Stay on the marked bike trails. At Lussi and Craig Wood that means never on the golf courses; at Pisgah, never onto the private land around the hill.
  • Skip wet trails. If you are leaving tracks, turn back and try a network that drains better.
  • Keep dogs under control, and on a leash where the trail asks for it, as at Three Sisters. The dog guide has more.
  • Drop a few dollars in the kiosk box at Lussi, or give to BETA; the access depends on goodwill.

For an emergency, call 911; the Flume sheet also lists (518) 891-0235 as its emergency contact. The health and safety page has the hospital and pharmacies near the cabins.

Bikes at the cabins

All three cabins list free parking on the property, and the listings for The Modern Pine and The Modern Tiny Home say there is plenty of room in the parking area to bring an ATV or snowmobile, so a car with a bike rack has room; at The Modern Tiny Home the parking area is shared when the cabin next door is occupied. No listing mentions bike storage, so bring a lock. Each cabin has a washer and dryer for muddy kit, a private hot tub for tired legs, and a fire pit and grill for the evening. The cabins page compares the three, and you can book direct.

A riding weekend from the cabins

Check BETA's trail conditions on Friday night and load the bikes before bed.

Saturday in Saranac Lake

  1. Leave the cabins by 8:30 and drive County Route 25, NY 30 and NY 86 to Saranac Lake, about an hour.
  2. Ride Dewey Mountain in the morning: warm up on red and purple, try yellow and green, and climb the orange trail to the summit view if your legs are good.
  3. Have lunch in the village; the Saranac Lake guide has Main Street and Broadway.
  4. In the afternoon, ride laps of The Cure at Mount Pisgah, about four miles across town, or spin the rail trail toward Lake Placid if someone in the group wants an easy ride.
  5. Drive home and get in the hot tub.

Sunday in Wilmington

  1. Drive NY 30 and NY 86 through Saranac Lake and Lake Placid to the Flume lot, about an hour and twenty minutes.
  2. Ride the easy Flume trails, Corridor, Delta and River, then Marble Mountain and Ridge if you want a climb.
  3. If the Flume is wet, try Hardy Road instead, starting from the Wilmington Youth Park on Three Sisters.
  4. On the way home, stop at High Peaks Cyclery in Lake Placid if anything on the bike needs attention.

Without bikes of your own, book a Discover lesson at Mt Van Hoevenberg for Saturday morning, since the lessons ran Tuesday to Saturday in summer 2026, then rent in Lake Placid on Sunday and ride Lussi and Craig Wood from the village. The summer page has more for the season.

Questions

Are there mountain bike trails near Malone or Titus Mountain?

Not built singletrack. The Titus website lists skiing and tubing and no bike trails, and the closest bike networks are in Saranac Lake, about 43 road miles south. Near the cabins the riding is on gravel: DEC's plan for the Kushaqua Tract north and west of Loon Lake opens about 100 miles of logging roads to bikes, and the Sable Highlands easement lands have public use areas open for biking. See the Sable Highlands guide.

Which trails are best for a beginner?

Start at Fowler's Crossing in Saranac Lake, smooth and fast on sandy soil, or the red and purple trails at Dewey Mountain. In Wilmington, the Three Sisters Trail from the Youth Park and the easy Flume trails (Corridor, Delta, River) are good first rides. Mt Van Hoevenberg's one-hour Discover lesson, $65 in 2026 with bike and helmet, is a gentle introduction.

Can I ride an e-bike on the mountain bike trails?

Not on state Forest Preserve trails: e-bikes of any class are barred there, which takes in the Flume, Hardy Road, the Loggers Loops and Fowler's Crossing, and no conservation easement allows them either. Class 1 e-bikes are allowed on the Adirondack Rail Trail, and e-bikes may use public roads DEC manages unless posted. For town, village and private networks, ask the landowner or a shop first.

When is mountain bike season in the Adirondacks?

Late spring through fall. Mud season can run from late March into mid-June, and the clubs ask riders to stay off wet trails; Dewey Mountain is usually the last to dry. Check the Barkeater Trails Alliance conditions page before you go. In winter, fat bikes take over at Scotts Cobble in Lake Placid and on the rail trail.

Where can I rent a mountain bike?

High Peaks Cyclery at 2733 Main Street in Lake Placid rents full-suspension, hardtail and fat bikes, with 2026 prices of $80 to $100 for a full day. Silver Birch Cycles at 77 Main Street in Saranac Lake sells, services and rents bikes. Call ahead for your size; there is no bike shop in Malone that we found.

How far are Wilmington's Flume trails from the cabins?

About 62 road miles, roughly an hour and twenty minutes on NY 30 and NY 86 through Saranac Lake and Lake Placid. The trailhead is on NY 86 about two miles south of Wilmington's village center, across the bridge from the Hungry Trout. The trails are free and open to bikes, hikers and skiers.

Is there anywhere to keep bikes at the cabins?

All three cabins have free parking on the property, and two listings say the parking area has room for an ATV or snowmobile, so a car with a bike rack fits. The listings do not mention bike storage, so bring a lock. Each cabin has a washer and dryer for muddy clothes and a private hot tub. Compare them on the cabins page.

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Facts on this page were checked against these sources in October 2026. Hours, fees and schedules change; confirm before you go.

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