Everything here is yours.
The boats, the bikes, the skis, the trails, the tables in The Pub. None of it needs booking, none of it costs anything, and there is no sheet to sign. If something below appeals, say so to whoever is nearest and it will be ready.
Now showing winter
On the water.
Waterskiing
Our Ski Nautique and a licensed driver, most mornings before the lake gets busy. Wakeboarding and tubing too, if you would rather.
The Hacker-Craft
A 33-foot 1933 replica, hand-built in mahogany, captained. The classic way to see Upper Saranac, and the loudest thing on the lake.
The Budsins
Wooden electric boats, silent, and yours to take out alone. No licence, no lesson, no company.
Canoes & kayaks
Pulled off the rack whenever you want them.
Fishing
Bass and pike. Rods and a driver if you want them, quiet and a thermos if you don’t.
Swimming
Off the dock, off the boat, or off an island nobody else is on.
The ELCO
A glass-enclosed electric launch, used for breakfasts, lunches and cocktails at dusk. Dinner has been served aboard it, course by course, delivered by motorboat to keep it hot.
In the woods.
The trails
Private, and entirely ours. Walk them alone or ask the assistant manager to come along — he does, often.
E-bikes
A fleet of them, and roads with almost nothing on them.
Fat tire bikes
Dirt in summer, snow in winter, same bike.
Island picnics
The kitchen packs it, someone drives you out, and you have the island.
Around the camp.
The Pub
Billiards, darts, a poker table, a jukebox, and the only television on the property.
Stave puzzles
Hand-cut, wooden, and genuinely difficult. Guests have been known to stay up with them.
Croquet
On the lawn outside the Guest House. Competitive by the second afternoon.
Tennis & badminton
Rackets are in the shed.
The libraries
Books, films and records, and the nooks to use them in.
Doing nothing
There are hammocks, terraces, two lean-tos, warming cabins, and a number of corners we did not design for anything in particular. They get used.
The parts
everybody does
A few things happen at the same time each day, and most guests fall into them by the second evening.
Cocktails at seven, in the Great Hall or The Pub. Dinner at eight, at one long table, hosted by a member of the management team. A bonfire at the lean-to at half past nine, for as long as anyone stays. And a fire lit in your room while you are out, so it is going when you get back.
Included
Everything on this page is part of your stay. The boats, the bikes, the skis, the trails, the games, the picnics, the fires. Massages and private yoga are arranged in advance and carry a charge — those aside, nothing here appears on a bill, because there isn’t one.
Just ask.
Or arrive with no plan at all, which is what most people do.