North Elba To Join Legal Fight For Rail Trail
By Phil Brown
North Elba plans to retain an attorney to fight for a rail trail between Lake Placid and Tupper Lake.
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Women On 5-Peak Trek Benighted In Adirondacks
By Phil Brown
Two women who were trying to hike all five peaks in the Dix Range on Saturday got lost near the Macomb Slide and had to spend an unplanned night in the woods. Forest Rangers searched for them through the night to no avail. The women were located Sunday morning on a trail about a quarter-mile…
The Stranger in the Woods The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
Adirondack camp owners and bushwhackers will love this book. And so will people interested in the meaning of extreme solitude—who can tolerate it, who can’t. I’m not talking about the sort of solitude we all appreciate when we have an afternoon or maybe even a couple of days entirely to ourselves. This book is about…
Feeling Nature’s Power On An Adirondack Peak
By Phil Brown
Check out our video of a hiker in fifty-mph winds on Wright Peak.
State puts $4 million toward Lake George wastewater treatment plant
The Village of Lake George on Thursday received a $4,273,923 grant from the state to rebuild its wastewater-treatment plant, a $17 million project. The Lake George grant is the largest of the $44 million in grants announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to support 24 essential drinking water- and wastewater-infrastructure projects. The grants are funded through…
ARTA Criticizes Judge’s Rail-Trail Decision
By Phil Brown
Adirondack Recreational Trail Advocates has been a strong voice for converting the rail line between Lake Placid and Tupper Lake into a biking, hiking, and snowmobile trail. Last month, however, Acting State Supreme Court Justice Robert G. Main Jr. ruled that the state’s plan for the rail trail violated the law. On Friday morning, ARTA…
A Visit to the Ladies Mile
By Mike Lynch
In late September, I visited the Ladies Mile, a trail on Ausable Club property near Keene Valley. The purpose of the trip was to get some photos of Explorer summer intern Autumn Rock, who had written a story about the trail for the November/December issue of the Adirondack Explorer. Above are a few of the…
Coot Hill
The hike up this airy perch in the Champlain Valley may be short, but the place is long in history. By David Thomas-Train Horse and buggy plunge off cliff! Husband shoots wife and self! Couple tumbles over precipice, stung by passion! Lurid is the lore of Coot Hill, and all these troubling exploits were told…
Feds Deny Request To List Bicknell’s As Endangered
By Phil Brown
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today denied a petition to put the Bicknell’s thrush on the list of endangered species. The songbird breeds at high-elevations in the Adirondacks and New England. Click here to read the background on the petition by the Center for Biological Diversity. The F&WS news release follows: Service Finds Migratory…
DEC to Relocate Trailheads for Cascade, Porter and Pitchoff (West) Mountains On Columbus Day Weekend
The following press release was issued by the state Department of Environmental Conservation on September 28 in anticipation of the large hiking crowds during Columbus Day weekend: Temporary Trailhead to be Located at ORDA’s Mt. Van Hoevenberg Sports Complex To Ensure Public Safety, State Route 73 Pull-offs will be Closed and Roadside Parking Prohibited during…