The 90-Miler is an Adirondack Classic!
The 2025 Adirondack Canoe Classic will be Sept. 5-7, 2025. The 90-Miler Adirondack Canoe Classic is an amazing boat event (which welcomes canoes, kayaks, guide boats, and more) held on the historic "Highway of the Adirondacks" on the weekend after Labor Day. The three-day, 90-mile, 275-boat race concludes at the NYS Boat Launch on Lake Flower in Saranac Lake, welcoming triumphant finishers and concluding with a ceremonial dinner.
While participants have the advantage of lighter boats, pit crews, and trailering from the finish to start lines each day, they are paddling, carrying, and camping along the same chain of lakes, rivers, and carries taken by early European settlers and local Adirondack guides.
This is a continuous route from Old Forge, via the Moose River through the Fulton Chain Lakes, to Raquette Lake, then via the Raquette River to Forked Lake, Long Lake, and finally via the Stony Creek Ponds and the Indian Carry to Upper Saranac Lake. The route then proceeds via Bartletts Carry to Middle Saranac Lake and Lower Saranac Lake, and finally, Lake Flower in Saranac Lake, the village. As extensive as this route appears, it is only the first leg of the Northern Forest Canoe Trail, which stretches all the way to Maine.
There are over 500 competitors from all over the world. The 90 Miler is open to all age groups and classes, from professional to family recreational.
Course Information
- Course Map Day 1 - Old Forge to Blue Mountain Lake
- Course Map Day 2 - Long Lake to Tupper Lake
- Course Map Day 3 - Fish Creek to Saranac Lake
For more information visit: https://www.northernforestcanoetrail.org/adirondack90miler/
