Editor's note: This is where we're updating information, on an ongoing basis, about the Adirondack Mountain Reserve permit system and other news related to High Peaks use. Sept. 30: By the numbers The Adirondack Mountain Reserve, a gateway to … [Read more...] about High Peaks use: Updates and information
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AMR permits: Your questions answered
By Gwendolyn Craig The state Department of Environmental Conservation and the Adirondack Mountain Reserve (AMR) have provided more information on a pilot hiking reservation system set to start on May 1. The permit website went live at … [Read more...] about AMR permits: Your questions answered
Education first
At some national parks, prevention is the answer to search and rescue risks By Mike De Socio Meghan Smith remembers a backpacking trip she took in the Adirondacks when she was in her early 20s. It was winter, and she felt like her group of … [Read more...] about Education first
More than a parking lot, Upper Works is an experience in itself
A trip down Tahawus road provides peak into Adirondack history, as well as serving as southern High Peaks gateway By Tim Rowland Perhaps the first niggling thing picking at the back of your head on the drive up to the southern entrance to the … [Read more...] about More than a parking lot, Upper Works is an experience in itself
Learning to love Mount Haystack’s elusive summit
On 2 different climbs, clouds and haze block stellar views Text and photos by Mike De Socio No matter what I do, the glorious views from the summit of Haystack are determined to elude me. I saved the notoriously beautiful peak for the finish of … [Read more...] about Learning to love Mount Haystack’s elusive summit
Hiker shuttle to start Aug. 21
By Tim Rowland A long-awaited but COVID-delayed hiker shuttle through Keene Valley will begin Aug. 21, and run through Columbus Day weekend, according to Essex County and Department of Environmental Conservation officials. The eye-catching, … [Read more...] about Hiker shuttle to start Aug. 21