When Jim McCulley drove his snowmobile on Old Mountain Road in 2003, he touched off a series of court battles that lasted 15 years. For now, at least, the legal saga appears to have ended. The New York Department of Environmental Conservation … [Read more...] about Battle over Old Mountain Road may be settled
Questions raised about proposed snowmobile trail
Environmental groups are raising concerns about the state's plan to build a snowmobile trail parallel to Route 28 in the Blue Ridge Wilderness Area. The state Department of Environmental Conservation says the trail is needed to give snowmobilers a … [Read more...] about Questions raised about proposed snowmobile trail
New Adirondack Welcome Center tells Park’s story
The Commission on the Adirondacks in the Twenty-First Century issued a series of recommendations in 1990 to make the Adirondack Park seem more like, well, a park. Among other things, it called for the establishment of “comprehensive visitor services … [Read more...] about New Adirondack Welcome Center tells Park’s story
Classic Rock-Climbing History Gets Update
Laura and Guy Waterman’s Yankee Rock and Ice, a history of climbing in the Northeast, won high praise when first published. But that was twenty-five years ago. A lot has happened since then, and so Stackpole Books recently released an updated … [Read more...] about Classic Rock-Climbing History Gets Update
Ice climber returns from frightening accident
Matt Horner is one of the best ice climbers in the Adirondacks. He has done most of the hard routes in the Park—sometimes soloing them—and is a popular guide for Adirondack Rock and River in Keene. So why did Horner take a horrific fall on a route … [Read more...] about Ice climber returns from frightening accident
DEC rebuilds road in Boreas Ponds tract
The Gulf Brook Road was in bad shape when I visited Boreas Ponds in June. So bad that it took thirty minutes to drive my Subaru 3.2 miles to the Fly Pond parking area. So bad that I made a video about it. Since then, the state Department of … [Read more...] about DEC rebuilds road in Boreas Ponds tract