Man apologizes for painting blazes on Cascade trail
A Saratoga County man has admitted to painting blazes on the Cascade Mountain trail, so he could find his way back down the mountain.
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A “Cascade” of lessons learned
A return to Cascade Mountain, where reporter Gwendolyn Craig shares what she learned since her first try at summiting.
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Busy High Peaks hiking days
By Mike Lynch
With what could be a busy Columbus Day weekend for High Peaks hiking fast approaching, we pulled out this timelapse video from a September weekend in 2017 on Cascade Mountain. About 550 hikers visited the summit on this particular day.
When is it OK to stack rocks on the trail?
By Phil Brown
Once used to mark the way, cairns nowadays often are seen as monuments to the ego and a blight on the wild landscape.
Parked cars on Route 73 create safety hazard
By Phil Brown
For the past few years, state and local officials have recognized that parking at busy trailheads on Route 73 has become a safety hazard. When the trailhead lots fill up, people park their cars along both sides of the two-lane highway and walk along the shoulders to get to the trail. It’s not uncommon to…
APA fast-tracks proposals for High Peaks
By Phil Brown
The Adirondack Park Agency board voted Thursday to fast-track a number of proposals for the High Peaks Wilderness and Vanderhacker Wild Forest, including tens of thousands of acres of newly acquired state lands. Some environmental groups contend the agency is moving too fast. Among other things, the proposals call for parking lots that would allow…
DEC issues Boreas Ponds management proposals
By Phil Brown
Hikers will be able to drive to within a tenth of a mile of Boreas Ponds, but most probably will have to park farther away, under a draft management plan written by the state Department of Environmental Conservation. The Boreas Ponds parking area is just one of numerous proposals for other parking areas, trails, canoe…
High Peaks Overuse Issues
By Mike Lynch
The state Department of Environmental Conservation has been grappling with how to deal with the increasing number of hikers in the High Peaks in recent years. I wrote a series of articles about the subject last year, and we will continue to report on the issue again this summer. Above are some photos that illustrate…