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It’s mud season – time to avoid hiking High Peaks
By Mike Lynch
The NYS DEC is asking people not hike on trails above 2,500 feet, as trails are either muddy or covered in rotten snow and ice.
Regulators and Rebels pt 3: Adirondack National Park?
Adirondack Park as a national park? The idea proposed by a Rockefeller in the late 1960s achieved consensus: Everyone hated it.
Inside a recent transformation
How Peru Central School District became the Nighthawks
New trout fishing regulations in effect April 1
By Mike Lynch
Anglers may want to do a little homework before hitting trout streams this season, as the stream regulations received a major overhaul.
Rangers busy with two overnight rescues
By Melissa Hart
Recent NYS DEC Forest Ranger actions Town of KeeneEssex CountyWilderness Rescue: On Mar. 25 at 5:14 p.m., DEC’s Ray Brook Dispatch received a call from a hiker reporting he was concerned that his 18-year-old friend was lost after the pair were separated on the trail for Mount Marcy in the High Peaks Wilderness Area. After…
Regulators and Rebels pt 2: Clarence Petty’s surveys
Clarence Petty and Neil Stout’s Adirondacks survey work laid the foundation for the State Land Master Plan.
‘Everesting’ in the Adirondacks: Ski up, ski down, repeat 92 times
By Phil Brown
'Everesting,' or skiing up and down the great mountain's total elevation, takes a lot of repetition on a small Adirondack ski hill.
Flatrock rec plan could benefit rock climbers
By Phil Brown
DEC seeks comments on draft plan for easement lands outside of Old Forge
Hiking permit system set for popular Adirondack trails gateway
Starting May 1, hikers will need a permit to access a number of trailheads that begin at the Adirondack Mountain Reserve.