More than a parking lot, Upper Works is an experience in itself
By Tim Rowland
September 5, 2021
A trip down Tahawus road provides peak into Adirondack history, as well as serving as southern High Peaks gateway
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Relic of a revered guide
August 29, 2021
Adirondack Experience acquires pistol of legendary Long Laker Mitchell Sabattis
‘A Wild Idea’
August 24, 2021
Book tells the story of the at-times contentious campaign to create the Adirondack Park Agency
Mountainous obsessions: Verplanck Colvin and his amateur biographer
By James Odato
August 13, 2021
One man was a self-taught Adirondack surveyor who would have a mountain named after him. The other was his nearly unknown biographer.
Upper Works parking, a High Peaks gateway, gets makeover
By Mike Lynch
July 4, 2021
Hikers looking to access the High Peaks from the south will be greeted with a new entrance and parking lot this summer.
Advancing Adirondack inclusivity at John Brown Farm
June 19, 2021
The state’s early embrace of freedom fighters’ legacy is something to build upon, said Adirondack Diversity Initiative Director Nicole Hylton-Patterson.
Before “forever wild”
June 6, 2021
Putnam photo collection from 1800s shows frontier lives and clear-cut forests
Leaning in to save lean-tos
May 14, 2021
A group of volunteers have “rescued” 99 shelters, and plan the 100th this weekend with a relocation from the shore of Lake Colden in the High Peaks Wilderness.
Retiring school mascots
By Mike DeSocio
May 8, 2021
Adirondack schools move away from Native American team names, although some remain unchanged.