Northeast - from albany to burlington. rideable?

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yukon cornelius

07-15-09, 12:57 PM

i'll be going to a wedding in burlington in late august. but id love to take my bike on a mountain road adventure! has anyone biked from albany to burlington and have any suggestions for this in terms of routes or time frames etc?

im in chicago now so mountains or small hills are non existent here. i'll make sure to train! i think i calculated the ride at around 130 miles.

cleansheet

07-15-09, 08:54 PM

Have driven many times, different routes. It is very doable. Go along Lake Champlaign and catch the ferry from Essex to Charlotte, about 15 miles south of Burlington.

dendawg

07-15-09, 10:18 PM

Bike Route 9 and ferry across
Lake Champlain

https://www.nysdot.gov/divisions/operating/opdm/local-programs-bureau/repository/bicycle/state-bicycle-routes/rt9.html

yukon cornelius

07-16-09, 09:57 PM

thanks for the info! is route 9 fairly scenic or mostly highways? it looks very easy to get on that route in Albany. im going to ssend out for a map the pdfs are very low res and impossible to read!