Long Pond Conservancy, along with Poko-O-MacCready’s Adirondack Scholarship Fund, celebrates fall with its annual Pond Sprint and Octoberfest fundraiser. The 12.5-mile race runs around Long Pond and climbs Sugarloaf and Rattlesnake Mountains before returning back to the starting point at Poko. The race is quickly becoming a very popular event. But if running the half marathon is too strenuous, then there is another option of climbing just Rattlesnake from the Highlands Forge Lake and then walking back to the start. After the race, Pond Sprint celebrates Oktoberfest with plenty of Brats and Beer for all of their participants and volunteers. With the fall colors just about peak and the cooler temperatures, it is a perfect way to spend the day helping preserve land around Long Pond and aiding in sending kids to Camp.