Fall Foliage Nearing Peak in Higher Elevations
Fall Foliage is approaching peak colors in the higher elevations of the High Peaks.
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Call For More Forest Rangers
By Mike Lynch
The number of people using the Forest Preserve in the Adirondack Park, especially in the High Peaks region, has increased dramatically in recent years, causing some people to say there is a need for more forest rangers.
Saranac Lake Native Reissues Adirondack Guidebooks
Falcon Guides releases new editions of two hiking books by Lisa Densmore Ballard.
Can Any Adirondack Hike Top Franconia Ridge?
By Phil Brown
I haven’t spent much time in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, largely because there is so much to do here in the Adirondacks. It was a case of not knowing what I was missing. In late August, Carol MacKinnon Fox and I spent four days in the Whites, hiking and rock climbing. One of the…
Paddling The Lower Bog River
By Phil Brown
In the nineteenth century, the Bog River’s reputation for remoteness attracted numerous writers of the day, who invariably depicted the headwaters as dismal, lonely, and insect-infected.
Guide Rescues Solo Climber Near Chapel Pond
By Phil Brown
Shipton’s Arete is one of my favorite places to take a novice rock climber. The three routes on the arête are all pretty easy. There’s a good anchor for a top rope. And the arête overlooks scenic Chapel Pond. The easiest route, Shipton’s Voyage, is rated only 5.4 on the Yosemite Decimal System scale of…
Hiker Skip Baker Was Military Vet
By Mike Lynch
A fifty-year-old hiker who drowned in the East Branch of the Ausable in late July was a military veteran who had struggled with post-traumatic-stress disorder but found outlets in horses and hiking.
Autopsy Shows Missing Great Range Hiker Drowned
By Mike Lynch
An autopsy performed August 2 determined that missing hiker Ralph "Skip" Baker drowned in the East Branch of the Ausable River. The death was ruled accidental.
Great Range Hiker Found Dead In Ausable River
By Mike Lynch
Missing hiker Ralph "Skip" Baker was found Tuesday by searchers in the East Branch of the Ausable River near the base of the Wolfjaw Mountains in the Great Range.
Hiker Missing In High Peaks Wilderness
By Mike Lynch
A large-scale search is underway for a hiker who didn’t return from a daytrip up Gothics Mountain on Sunday.