New slide on Seward?

Seward Mountain appears to have a fresh scar. Photo by Phil Brown.
Seward Mountain appears to have a fresh scar. Photo by Phil Brown.

By now, many hikers have heard that Tropical Storm Irene triggered numerous slides in the eastern High Peaks, most notably in the Great Range and the MacIntyre Range and on Mount Colden.

The western High Peaks did not receive as much rain, and so they survived the storm relatively unchanged. This morning, however, I flew over the western High Peaks region with Jim Knowles, a volunteer pilot with LightHawk, which provides flights for nonprofit organizations (the Explorer is a nonprofit), and noticed what appeared to be a fresh scar on the south side of Seward Mountain.

We were flying over the Cold River valley at the time, some five miles away, so we couldn’t tell for sure if it was a new slide. Does anybody know?

I don’t imagine that many people would want to climb this remote piece of rock, but if it is new, I’m certain somebody will.

About Phil Brown

Phil Brown edited the Adirondack Explorer from 1999 until his retirement in 2018. He continues to explore the park and to write for the publication and website.

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  1. Alan Gregory says

    That’s a great photo. Really shows the unfragmented forest of this region. Forest fragmentation, of course, is a major detriment to the population health and nesting productivity of dozens of forest-interior songbird species.

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