A coterie of climbers tames the cliffs at one of the wildest, remotest, and most sublime locales in the High Peaks. By ALAN WECHSLER Four and a half hours after our 4:30 a.m. departure from the Garden trailhead in Keene … [Read more...] about Panther Gorge rocks
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Beyond Peak Capacity
A sharp rise in hikers climbing some of the region’s highest mountains leads to the degradation of natural resources and raises a variety of other issues. By MIKE LYNCH The number of hikers in the High Peaks has been steadily increasing in … [Read more...] about Beyond Peak Capacity
Spring comes to Snow
Bird songs welcome hikers on a jaunt in Keene Valley in May. By TOM WOODMAN Following a disappointing winter for skiing, I came into May looking forward to the next season of outdoor enjoyment. But spring turned out as … [Read more...] about Spring comes to Snow
A bigger wilderness
Eight environmental groups want most of the Boreas Ponds Tract added to High Peaks Wilderness, but local officials have other ideas. By Phil Brown In 1936, the conservationist Bob Marshall made a list of forty-eight forested areas in the … [Read more...] about A bigger wilderness
Oil in them thar hills
Iowa Pacific’s plan to store empty tanker cars on tracks near the High Peaks alarms environmentalists and sets state lawyers to scrambling. By Phil Brown The Iowa-Pacific rail company took state officials and environmental activists by surprise … [Read more...] about Oil in them thar hills
One from the archives: Amazing Grace
Four hikers pay tribute to an Adirondack legend while climbing the peak newly renamed in her honor. By Susan Bibeau Shortly after moving to the Adirondacks in 1996, I climbed Giant Mountain. Not only was it my first High Peak, it was the … [Read more...] about One from the archives: Amazing Grace