Cross Country Skiing at the VIC: Logger's Loop Trail (March 2014). Photo by Sandra Hildreth. Used by permission.

Chili Ski Fest
Saturday, 27 February 2016
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Rain, sleet, snow, or hale!

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Gazebo by the VIC Building. 13 January 2015."Find the Gazebos" Poker Run
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On Saturday, 27 February, the Paul Smith's College VIC will host our annual chili tasting and fun-on-the-snow extravaganza. The event will take place rain, sleet, snow, or hale - hopefully snow! Entry is $10 or free with the purchase of a ski pass.

In addition to a great feast of chili and corn bread prepared and served by Chef Sarah Longley and Paul Smith's College culinary students, there will be ski and fat bike demonstrations, a naturalist-led snowshoe walk, and a waxing clinic.

The featured event will be a fun “Find the Gazebos” poker run, in which intrepid competitors on skis or snow shoes will be challenged to find the VIC's seven gazebos, collecting a token at each one. Each token is exchanged for a card, followed by a poker game in the VIC Great Room.




Featured Activities
10:00 AM Naturalist-led snowshoe walk. Reservation required by 5:00 PM Friday.
Noon - 2:00 PM "Find the Gazebos" Poker Run: There are seven gazebos on the VIC trails. Skiers and snowshoers are given a map with locations of all 7 gazebos identified on it.  They each visit as many gazebos as they can.  At each one, they collect a token. They bring their tokens back to the VIC Building. Each participant gets a card for each gazebo they have visited. At 2:00 PM, we will have a poker game in the VIC Great Room. The best poker hand wins a prize.
Noon - the food runs out Feast on chili and corn bread prepared and served by Chef Sarah Longley and Paul Smith's College culinary students. $5 per bowl.
Ongoing High Peaks Cyclery will have a ski and Salsa fat bike demonstration. They will also offer a classic waxing clinic.
Ongoing MAC's will offer a snowshoe demonstration.



Explore the VIC

The Paul Smiths VIC offers a wide variety of programs throughout the year to educate and inform Adirondack Park residents and visitors about the natural wonders of the Adirondack Mountains. You can help support these programs by joining the Friends of the VIC. More information on Friends of the VIC memberships

Explore the Trails

The VIC trails are free and open to the public, from dawn to dusk, spring through fall. In winter, the trails are open to cross-country skiers and snowshoers for a fee. Day or season passes may be purchased.