State seeks volunteers to help with trailhead cleanup, hiker education
April 22, 2021
The state is seeking volunteers to assist with hiker education and trailhead cleanup, in the Adirondacks and elsewhere.
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April 22, 2021
The state is seeking volunteers to assist with hiker education and trailhead cleanup, in the Adirondacks and elsewhere.
April 21, 2021
Rangers assist lost and injured hikers and come to aid in domestic violence call.
By Phil Brown
April 21, 2021
On Monday, the state Department of Transportation installed dozens of steel stakes along Route 73 to prevent people from parking on the shoulder of the highway or in two pull-offs in the pass.
By Phil Brown
April 20, 2021
Though not too far from Route 73, the King Wall is more secluded and quiet than most of the cliffs in Chapel Pond Pass.
By Tim Rowland
April 11, 2021
When complete the Adirondack section of the trail will be, at 160 miles, longer than the Northville-Placid Trail.
By Mike Lynch
April 8, 2021
The Adirondack Mountain Club is doubling down on its efforts to educate backcountry users.
By Mike Lynch
April 3, 2021
The NYS DEC is asking people not hike on trails above 2,500 feet, as trails are either muddy or covered in rotten snow and ice.
By Melissa Hart
March 31, 2021
Recent NYS DEC Forest Ranger actions Town of KeeneEssex CountyWilderness Rescue: On Mar. 25 at 5:14 p.m., DEC’s Ray Brook Dispatch received a call from a hiker reporting he was concerned that his 18-year-old friend was lost after the pair were separated on the trail for Mount Marcy in the High Peaks Wilderness Area. After…
By Phil Brown
March 30, 2021
'Everesting,' or skiing up and down the great mountain's total elevation, takes a lot of repetition on a small Adirondack ski hill.