The 4-3-2-1 Hiking Challenge requires hikers to complete four easy hikes, three intermediate ones, two difficult hikes and then either Snowy or Blue mountains — meaning a total of 10 hikes earns you the patch. On the chamber maps, the hikes are color-coded, with green being the easiest hikes.

With nearly 40 trails to choose from, there is no shortage of places to visit. Darrin Harr, Chamber Coordinator, said most of the trails are fairly easy.

“Some of the ‘green’ trails are so easy, you can rip off four of them and complete 40 percent of the challenge in one day,” Harr wrote in an email. “You can do the hikes in any order you’d like … plus there is no deadline to complete the challenge.”

Because there are so many options, hikers are encouraged to visit the chamber offices at 6301 state Route 30 in Indian Lake to pick up a map that has all the qualifying hikes. The chamber is open seven days a week for the summer from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

OK Slip Falls near Indian Lake is just one of dozens of hikes put together to form the 4-3-2-1 Hiking Challenge in the central Adirondacks. (Enterprise photo — Justin A. Levine)

Many of the hikes are already well known, such as Blue and Snowy mountains, as well as Pillsbury and Chimney mountains. Hikers can visit ponds, waterfalls and mountain tops on their way to earning the patch.

For more information, including the registration form, go to www.indian-lake.com.