From steam trains to WiFi: The Rap-Shaw Club
By Adirondack Explorer
Principal daily activities remain boating, fishing, swimming, playing games and relaxing. Some members jokingly call the club 'nap-shaw.'”
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Small Adirondack hospital preps for COVID-19 in the rural North Country’s ‘calm before the storm’
By Adirondack Explorer
The hospital has turned the old ambulatory surgery unit that had already been undergoing renovations into a temporary inpatient facility, increasing capacity for coronavirus patients by 50 percent and adding another four ICU beds.
A welcoming wildland outpost
By Adirondack Explorer
Between Cranberry Lake and Star Lake, just off St. Lawrence County Route 61, in the hamlet of Wanakena, Otto’s Abode aims to be not just a beacon of light during the desolate months, but one in a series of “Stations without a Signal."
Brief Bio: Jake O’Connell
By Adirondack Explorer
Advice for getting through winter: Get out and hike!
Rangers aid injured snowmobiler, hiker
By Adirondack Explorer
A 45-year-old woman from Montreal took a wrong step while descending the mountain and sustained an ankle injury. Six Forest Rangers responded to assist the hiker off the mountain, arriving at 5:26 p.m.
In their own words: A High Peaks rescue
By Adirondack Explorer
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
By Adirondack Explorer
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.
Cold winter hikes demand layering
By Adirondack Explorer
The time to have all your layers on is not at the trailhead. You’ll be cold without them at first, but you’ll be sweating too much five minutes down the trail if you’re already warm at the register.
Stop forest pests at the source
By Adirondack Explorer
This is not a local issue or even a state issue, because once these pests enter the country through international trade it is almost impossible to keep them from spreading.
Rangers aid injured snowmobilers
By Adirondack Explorer
A 50-year-old man from Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, had lost control of his snowmobile and was ejected into a tree.