Rangers rescue hikers in Adirondack wilderness
The hikers said they believed they were just over a mile from the Adirondak Loj past Marcy Dam.
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Eastern High Peaks to get “hot spot” hiker education
By Mike Lynch
Efforts to educate hikers about proper backcountry ethics will continue this summer in the Eastern High Peaks Wilderness, as the area has been designated an official Leave No Trace Hotspot for 2019.
Invitation accepted: Paddling the Cedar River
For 100 years, a day trip on the Cedar was impractical without permission from the hunting and fishing club that controlled the take-out point. Then, in 2013, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that new lands added to the Adirondack Forest Preserve would make the Cedar River and its confluence with the Hudson River available.
DEC asks hikers to avoid high elevation trails during mud season
By Mike Lynch
Hikers are being asked to avoid hiking on trails above 2,500 feet until high elevation trails have dried and hardened. Snow and ice are currently melting on high elevation trails and steep trails with thin soils are dangerous for hiking and susceptible to erosion, and sensitive alpine vegetation is easily damaged.
Brown, state preserve right to appeal in 10-year paddling case
Attorneys for New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation and former Adirondack Explorer Editor Phil Brown have filed notices of appeal of a judge’s ruling that uninvited paddlers have no right to canoe the 1.8-mile Mud Pond Waterway in privately owned Brandreth Park in the northwestern Adirondacks.
Forest rangers honor fallen soldiers
By Mike Lynch
The following are forest ranger actions for the period of April 22-29. The information was provided by the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
An open door for invaders on Lake George?
By Mike Lynch
Some of Lake George’s top defenders worry that two boat launches on northern Lake George could become portals to invasives that they have so diligently tried to keep out.
Study makes economic case for Adirondack protections
Protect the Adirondacks reviewed 40 years of U.S. Census Bureau and other data that show park towns and their 130,000 inhabitants mirror national trends in some economic categories while outperforming most small communities in others.
New ADK map updates High Peaks Wilderness
By Phil Brown
The High Peaks Wilderness has grown to 274,000 acres, absorbing the Dix Mountain Wilderness, Boreas Ponds, and other adjacent lands. A new map reflects those additions.
Unprepared hikers rescued on Colden
By Mike Lynch
Forest rangers and state police rescued four unprepared 17-year-old hikers atop Mount Colden Tuesday evening.Conditions in the Adirondack lower elevations have been spring-like recently, but there is still a significant amount of snow atop the High Peaks, where temperatures are much colder.