Court of Appeals: Clearing trees for snowmobile trails unconstitutional
The decision by New York's highest court ends nearly eight years of litigation that divided environmental groups and overturns part of a lower court ruling.
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Newcomb connector trail closer to reality
It’s still in the works but in the near future, an approximately 9-mile recreational trail will connect Overlook Park in Newcomb to the top of Goodnow Mountain, with other possible connector trails leading to destinations like Camp Santinoni.
Hiking Wilmington Slide: A perfect shoulder-season outing
By Tim Rowland
Slides are notoriously hard to get to, and as the days shorten, climbing one becomes, for us mere mortals, a sport that’s off the table until spring. One shoulder-season exception is the slide on Wilmington Peak in the Stephenson Range in northern Essex County.
Grandkids on the Trail
Second edition hiking volume reaches new generations, routes By Leigh Hornbeck Rose Rivezzi and David Trithart were the parents of two young boys when they wrote the first edition of their “Kids on the Trail!” guidebook for hiking with children in the Adirondacks. This summer, they celebrated the arrival of the second edition with their…
Local trails
A rundown of community trails, that orginally ran with this article in the Nov/Dec 2020 issue of Adirondack Explorer. BOLTON LANDING:Conservation Park. Two short interpretive trails along the sides of a pond, with picnic tables and a dock. 50 Edgecomb Pond Road. Up Yonda Farm Environmental Education Center. Exhibits, and classes, nonmotorized use of 10…
Community trails in the Adirondacks: A tie that binds locals, visitors
Local trail systems provide recreation benefits throughout the seasons By David Thomas-Train My hike began on a mellow gravel pathway crossing a meadow. I paused to watch blackbirds and geese at a wetland before meandering through a blueberry barren, hopscotching a hemlock forest stream, goat-footing a rocky spine, sashaying a grassy oak glen, and gradually…
Adirondack Rail Trail moves ahead with scenic rail by end of 2021, bike trail by 2024
Work on a scenic railroad and recreational trail are underway, state agencies announced. But it will be some time before they're finished.
Pandemic disrupts 46ers trail work, hiker education
By Mike Lynch
The 46ers, like many organizations and businesses, have seen the COVID-19 pandemic disrupt their operations.
Hiking the Cranberry 50 during the COVID-19 crisis
By Betsy Kepes
Backpacking is a time to get away from the stress and worries of the working world, but in the time of COVID-19 it carries a new set of difficulties. Is it possible to share a lean-to or a campsite with other hikers? And what is the new etiquette when meeting others along the trail?
Dogs on the trails
DEC forest rangers issue an average of 10 tickets annually for people hiking with their dogs off-leash in the Eastern High Peaks Wilderness.