shadowcat
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Wanted to share w/ you guys a new place we tried out last wkend: we rented a yurt up in the Vanderwhacker wilderness area near Minerva, NY "Falls Brook Yurts"
www.fallsbrookyurts.com
I had never heard of them but read about them in an article in Backpacker Mag last Fall I think. Anyway, Jim & Michele have built 2 mongolian style yurts in the woods. Each is in it's own area, within easy walking distance from each other, but you can't see or hear the folks staying at either one. One of them is nearer the Falls Brook waterfall & the other just has a small part of the stream running thru it. Both of course have easy access to lots of fresh water (either filter or boil for 3-4 min bef using). The link above will give you all the basic info but I wanted to relay my review of the place.
First, it's an easy road trip on good roads. Second, the "path" to the yurts is basically a rough jeep trail. Although you can't take a vehicle on it, it's only about .6 miles to the 1st yurt, a little further to the 2nd. Even w/ the road in crappy condition due to all the rain it was an easy walk and I was able to pull my cart behind w/ all the food etc in it. The grounds were clean; there was a picnic table, clothes line, bonfire area, chemical outhouse. The yurt was pretty clean - I just had to sweep up the floor a bit, no biggy. And I washed all the silverware etc as it looked like it may have gone unused for a bit. Again no biggy. Ours had a queen size bed, a futon and 2 sets of bunk beds. You could sleep up to 8 altho that mite get a little crowded ! All you need to bring is clothes, towels, bedding, food, drinks, personal stuff -- and pillows. We brought sleeping bags but they could have been left. All I used was my sheet the whole time. My only regret is we were up there during all this hot humid weather. Not a great time to be there. The yurts get pretty stuffy and hot during the day and the bugs were nasty. But that isn't the yurts fault. I would love to have been there in the Fall or winter for snowshoeing or skiing. That's the time I would recommend anyone going. You could have a blast out there in the winter for sure. There's all kinds of trails back to a linkeage of ponds and snowmobile trails that seem to go all over the place. We did some hiking 2 days there, but like I said w/ all the rain the trails were pretty over grown and the bugs ate us up. (hiked around 13th lake and swam all day one day which was AWESOME).But anyway I like to pass places like this along otherwise you never hear about them.
www.fallsbrookyurts.com
I had never heard of them but read about them in an article in Backpacker Mag last Fall I think. Anyway, Jim & Michele have built 2 mongolian style yurts in the woods. Each is in it's own area, within easy walking distance from each other, but you can't see or hear the folks staying at either one. One of them is nearer the Falls Brook waterfall & the other just has a small part of the stream running thru it. Both of course have easy access to lots of fresh water (either filter or boil for 3-4 min bef using). The link above will give you all the basic info but I wanted to relay my review of the place.
First, it's an easy road trip on good roads. Second, the "path" to the yurts is basically a rough jeep trail. Although you can't take a vehicle on it, it's only about .6 miles to the 1st yurt, a little further to the 2nd. Even w/ the road in crappy condition due to all the rain it was an easy walk and I was able to pull my cart behind w/ all the food etc in it. The grounds were clean; there was a picnic table, clothes line, bonfire area, chemical outhouse. The yurt was pretty clean - I just had to sweep up the floor a bit, no biggy. And I washed all the silverware etc as it looked like it may have gone unused for a bit. Again no biggy. Ours had a queen size bed, a futon and 2 sets of bunk beds. You could sleep up to 8 altho that mite get a little crowded ! All you need to bring is clothes, towels, bedding, food, drinks, personal stuff -- and pillows. We brought sleeping bags but they could have been left. All I used was my sheet the whole time. My only regret is we were up there during all this hot humid weather. Not a great time to be there. The yurts get pretty stuffy and hot during the day and the bugs were nasty. But that isn't the yurts fault. I would love to have been there in the Fall or winter for snowshoeing or skiing. That's the time I would recommend anyone going. You could have a blast out there in the winter for sure. There's all kinds of trails back to a linkeage of ponds and snowmobile trails that seem to go all over the place. We did some hiking 2 days there, but like I said w/ all the rain the trails were pretty over grown and the bugs ate us up. (hiked around 13th lake and swam all day one day which was AWESOME).But anyway I like to pass places like this along otherwise you never hear about them.
