Cottage Expansions Expected for 2012!

The Old Forge Camping Resort is expanding!  We are pleased to announce the addition of 10 new Adirondack Cottages to our campground resort located in Old Forge NY.

The new cottages, located at the end of Otter Avenue, are wooded and privately spaced.  They boast fewer stairs for easier access as well as convenient parking. Strategic placing of the fire pits make for a larger picnic area. The unique landscaping has a truly Adirondack flair. 

Each will have the same great amenities as our existing cottages, which sleep 6 comfortably.  They will include a high efficiency hot water heater and forced air furnace.  New appliances in a more spacious-looking kitchen will provide the finishing touch.

The location of the new sites will provide more options for friends and families traveling together that require both cabins and cottages.  They will pair well with cabins 113-131 and will offer more alternatives for the RV sites behind the Main Lodge.

This has been an “all hands on deck” venture.  The walls have been constructed at Enchanted Forest/Water Safari warehouse and brought over here.  Several of the park employees have been working on the project as well.

Be sure to visit our Facebook page for updates and pictures of the progress!

The Transformation to an Adirondack Winter Wonderland

 Winters in OldForge
are long, and cold…
and beautiful!!

There is so much to do in Old Forge NY in the wintertime – from snowmobiling, to skiing or snowshoeing, or even ice fishing.    We’re proud to be one of the only campgrounds to be open for the whole year.  Some of our guests probably don’t even realize that we’re open year-round!  There’s a lot to be done to transform the Old Forge CampingResort into a working winter resort.  We all have lots of work to be done around our homes to prepare for winter, so you can imagine there’s quite a bit of work to be done to get an entire Campground set for the winter season.

We have 7 restroom & shower facilities up and running during the summer.  After our last Autumn Adventure Weekend, our grounds workers start shutting down the Pine Forest Circle Restroom.  They have to shut off the water that goes to that bathroom so it won’t freeze up in the winter.  All of the other 6 restroom & shower facilities have heat in them, so they’re toasty all winter long!  Seeing as there’s no restroom open in that area, we shut down Cabins 47-85 for the winter.  This turns out to be a great way to conserve propane, since we’re able to turn off the pilots to the heaters in them.  The water & sewer lines to all the RV sites are shut off in the winter, and the dump stations are shut down.

During the spring, summer, and fall, we have Canoe, Rowboat & Paddleboat Rentals, but before winter, it’s time to pull all the boats and the docks out of the water.  Speaking of the beach, the lake is off-limits in the winter since it doesn’t completely freeze over.  We have to put up all the winter signage around the Campground so everyone knows not to venture out on the ice, what the snowmobile speed limit is, etc.  Tall markers are placed by spigots, sign posts, etc, so they won’t be plowed over when they disappear in the deep snow.

A picnic table “pyramid” at the Old Forge Camping Resort

Once snow flies, we have to be able to plow efficiently – there are lots of roads & sites in the campground that need to be cleared.  In order to make that happen, our grounds crew disassembles all of the fire pits, and stacks up all of the picnic tables from the sites.  A few sites are reserved for these picnic table pyramids – an ancient form of architecture found only in the Adirondacks.  J

 Quite a few of our sites are able to be rented out as Winter Seasonal Sites, where the winter renters are free to come and go as they please between November 1^st and April 15^th.  The RV’s and snowmobile trailers all have to be moved from their summer storage spots to their home for the winter.  Rental Cabins & Cottages are given a thorough cleaning before their winter renters move in.  Furnaces are serviced and checked to be sure they’ll be in good working order.

We’re pretty much all set for winter in Old Forge.  Attaching the plows to the trucks is the only thing left to do.  You never know exactly when the snow will start to come here, but once it comes, it’s usually here to stay.  If you’ve never seen the winter here, come up and give it a try!