Ausable Chasm

Ausable Chasm is an outdoor activity in Keeseville, NY, part of the Vermont guide. Cost: under $25. Trails open year-round; closed Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year's Day.

2144 Route 9 · Keeseville, NY

Why you should go…

Ausable Chasm is a sandstone gorge about two miles long and 150 feet deep, cut by the Ausable River near Keeseville. Basic admission gives you five miles of self-guided trails, past Rainbow Falls and rock formations such as Elephant's Head and Jacob's Well. You can add a raft float tour, river tubing, rappelling, rock climbing or the Adventure Trail. The chasm has drawn paying visitors since 1873, when boat tours by bateau first ran through the gorge.

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What's around here?

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