Students also use the area throughout the school year for outdoor education courses, hiking, cross country skiing, snowshoeing, sleeping out in the lean-to or yurt, and experiencing the low ropes challenge course.
A nature trail winds for about one mile through the woods and around the challenge course, and the remoteness offers opportunities for solitude and relaxation not easily found on campus.
We're very excited about the new yurt at the Beattie Reserve, especially for using it this winter. (Check out this slide show of the yurt)
Whether you're spending the night there gazing at the stars through the skylight or just warming up by the woodstove during a break from cross country skiing ... the yurt is a great place to be! It's also open to the public, just contact us for information about reserving it.
New for 2007! An outhouse...
People can hike and camp on the land with permission from outdoor education: Please call Roxanne Benson the Outdoor Ed Administrative Assistant at 315-228-7972, or e-mail him at rbenson@mail.colgate.edu.