State group privately debates High Peaks crowd solutions that could affect this summer’s visitors
The state's High Peaks Strategic Planning Advisory Group believes it could have at least short-term recommendations for this summer.
Stories
Workhorses of sustainability
By Tim Rowland
Chad Vogel of Reber Rock Farm makes a living using two chestnut geldings named Stretch and Swede to harvest timber.
Prospect Mountain highway leads skiers to the peak
By Phil Brown
Over 4.5 miles, the highway gains about 1,650 feet in elevation, much less than the Whiteface road, so the climb is easier.
A bicyclist’s Adirondack dream
“There is such great energy around trails in all parts of the state,” says Robin Dropkin, executive director of Parks & Trails New York.
When a binding breaks in the backcountry
By Phil Brown
He figured he’d have to walk back to the car or, at best, try to gingerly schuss down the road with a broken binding. All that uphill climbing for naught.
APA fines, shuts down Hudson River retreat
The Adirondack Park Agency has ordered a vacation property to cease operating and pay fines for numerous violations.
Drones: An imperfect rescue aid
Part of the drawback to using drones is the park landscape. The thick canopy of trees makes it hard for a drone to fly, much less capture consistent, useful pictures.
Guardians in the woods
For the first time in all of their hikes, Renaud slipped and fell. Rangers would soon be en route to where she lay near the summit of Mount Marshall.
In their own words: A High Peaks rescue
Ranger Rob said that the thing I could do that would help Joan the most would be to pull her leg off the root. Oh dear. Really?
Rangers aid injured snowmobilers, disoriented skiers and exhausted hikers
DEC's Ray Brook Dispatch received a request to assist a 56-year-old male and an 18-year-old male from Boston, Massachusetts, who became disoriented after out-of-bounds skiing at Whiteface Mountain.