Summit steward report shows 2022 saw fewer High Peaks hikers By Mike Lynch In its end of season report for 2022, the Adirondack High Peaks Summit Stewardship Program reported 32,844 hiker contacts between Memorial Day and Indigenous Peoples … [Read more...] about Tracking changes to alpine vegetation
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Stewards see bump in hikers during 2022, but not as many as years past
Visits don’t match 'fever pitch' of a few years ago By MIke Lynch Data tallied in the first half of this summer by summit stewards shows that hikers are returning to several popular High Peaks summits after a down year in 2021, but the numbers … [Read more...] about Stewards see bump in hikers during 2022, but not as many as years past