Other activities Christmas week near Gore?

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If you want to ski, head to your nearest airport for a flight out west.  I've got no other ideas other than bowling or a movie, and there aren't many bowling alleys or movie theatres near Gore.

Edit:  The Adirondack Museum is near there.  Check if it's open.  I've been there a couple times and it's pretty cool.

I take my fam out into the woods to walk around and explore quite a bit. I would think there is plenty of cool hiking around there.  I know it can be difficult for some people (especially some people on the east coast! ;)) but sometimes doing nothing is the best something.

if the ground dries out it could be an awesome time to go hiking. the views should be really good with all the leaves off the trees -- even if you're only able to see brown dirt. Snowy Mountain would be a full day with kids, but has awesome views at the top.

http://nyskiblog.com/snowy-mountain-climbing/

Otherwise you could probably bike or even canoe.

There's a place in Pottersville called Railroads on Parade, I always pass through there on my way to the High Peaks. I've never been there but I was really into that stuff as a kid, might be worth checking out.

I'll second the recommendation on the Adirondack Museum, some really cool stuff in there, you can easily spend a day there. Lake Placid of course has all the olympic facilities that I think you can tour, maybe skate on the 1980 ice? Might be worth a day trip.

Museum is closed until spring.

I was just about to reply.  I say hike, plenty of that to do.  Also was going to mention paddling, I might go just because the water is soft, but I'd be careful with kids.  A dip in the water can be bad this time of year.

MTB would be great, not sure about with kids but I'm not thinking it's going to be dry enough for that.  I tend to stay off the trails when they are muddy or else they can get tore up.  Same goes for hiking, but use your best judgement.  Also doesn't hurt to carry some kind of traction device this time of year, ice can crop up at elevation especially along the trail where water is draining.  I'm sure you could rent some microspikes somewhere.

The Shelburne Museum in Vt is also a nice place. You could take the ferry across Lake Champlain to the museum which is kinda fun. Ausable Gorge is right there by the NY side departure.

http://shelburnemuseum.org/

For New Year's eve fun, attend Pee Tex's Woo Hoo ! Rockin New Year's Eve blow out.

I believe the train museum in Pottersville went belly up.
I would hike out to camp Santanoni in Newcomb or up to Flowed Lands (one of my favorite spots) and the VIC in Newcomb might also be open (good for about an hour). IMHO Snowy is not a spectacular hike, a good one but it's a tree covered summit and you have to climb the fire tower to see anything and if there is ice I would not recommend it. What you are going to have to be concerned about with Hiking is ice, after Christmas day it will ice up at night and that may persist into the day on areas that have running water over rock and travel without spikes could be rough going.
Another hike real close to N Creek is Moxham Mountain which is approached from the back side up near Minerva. A nice view of Gore as the summit is open in that direction.

go to the Wild Center in Tupper Lake!  

The Wildlife Refuge center in Wilmington is also cool if you're in that area. For hiking, the Lake George area is always warmer/sunnier/less icy than other parts of the park. I've only ever done the Tongue Mountain Range which is great but I believe there's lots of other great hiking on the other side of the lake. I think Shelving Rock and Sleeping Beauty are some good shorter hikes?

Shelving Rock is good - very easy.  Buck Mtn is good - very easy.  Sleeping and Black are a little harder, but good.

The Tongue is awesome, one of my favorite winter no-snow hikes.  I think the Tongue is pretty easy too, just long if you want to do the whole loop.

You've had a house there for 10 years and your looking for things to do

It's the Adirondacks bro

build a campfire, pull up some chairs, and kick back.

Snowballs wrote

The Shelburne Museum in Vt is also a nice place. You could take the ferry across Lake Champlain to the museum which is kinda fun. Ausable Gorge is right there by the NY side departure.

http://shelburnemuseum.org/

For New Year's eve fun, attend Pee Tex's Woo Hoo ! Rockin New Year's Eve blow out.

The ferry between Port Kent and Burlington doesn't run in the "winter".  The one between Essex and Charlotte is the one you want to take to get to the Shelburne Museum.  It runs once every hour between 7am and 5pm (8pm before 12/28).  The Plattsburgh to Grand Isle crossing runs continuously 24/7 year round, but is too far north for where the op. might want to go.

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dobermann wrote

campgottagopee wrote

You've had a house there for 10 years and your looking for things to do

It's the Adirondacks bro

build a campfire, pull up some chairs, and kick back.

Actually the reason I'm asking is so I can send kids off so I can sit by my fire, kick back and have a few brewski's in peace.   My kid's last about ten minutes with that program.

Anyway, I'm sure some of you are also going to be in similar shoes next week and appreciate all these good suggestions.

LOL    

Got a tractor?

Bring a drysuit or borrow one and do some waterskiing

Not as warm as I thought:

Tonight Rain, mainly before 4am. Low around 48. Breezy, with a southeast wind 17 to 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday A chance of showers, mainly before 10am. Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 59. Breezy, with a southwest wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Thursday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 35. West wind 15 to 18 mph.

Christmas Day Partly sunny, with a high near 42. West wind 11 to 14 mph.

Friday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29.

Saturday A chance of showers after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday Night Rain likely before 1am, then rain and snow likely. Cloudy, with a low around 32. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday Rain and snow showers likely, becoming all rain after 10am. Cloudy, with a high near 41. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19.

Monday Partly sunny, with a high near 31.

Monday Night A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Tuesday A chance of rain and snow. Cloudy, with a high near 38. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Tuesday Night A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Wednesday A chance of snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 30.

I know the Keene Valley forecast is calling for five to eight inches on Tuesday, so who knows.  

If I was up there and couldn't ski Gore, I would consider hiking up to the fire tower there.  

That would be a whole day.  

Can always stow a few beers in the backpack!

gebbyfish wrote

If I was up there and couldn't ski Gore, I would consider hiking up to the fire tower there.  

Good idea.  Bring some pack saws and clippers, do a little glade maintenance