Two youngsters hike up the Cheney Mountain Trail in Moriah (photo by Elizabeth Lee)

Please join us on Saturday morning, November 5 at 8:30 when we return to Cheney Mountain in Moriah to hike up through the forest, enjoy the views and clear the final 200 feet of trail to the best overlook.  Click on this link   http://www.thevalleynews.org/news/2011/oct/26/cheney-mountain-trail-work-continues/   -  to see an article from the Valley News describing the trail party.  It feature

We had a great turnout for the October 8 trail project at Cheney Mountain in Moriah, with volunteers coming from Port Henry, Mineville, Moriah, Crown Point, Westport, Wadhams, Essex, and even southeast Kentucky.   After some tasty muffins, welcoming words, and introductions we cut branches and saplings, removed fallen logs, weed-whacked through tall goldenrod, and put up trail markers as we worked uphill to the summit.
 
Cheney Mountain is shaped like a loaf of bread so the top of the mountain has a long, fairly level surface with rock outcrops near the edges and numero