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Adirondack Explorer reports on the intersections between the natural world and the built environment, through the lens of the unique 6-million acre Adirondack Park in Northern New York State. Topics include: environment, communities, recreation.
Adirondack hiking: What you need to know - Adirondack Explorer
Scenic beauty: The Adirondack Mountains are known for stunning vistas and dense forests. High Peaks region: The High Peaks Wilderness Area is a popular destination for hikers. The area contains the tallest mountains in New York. For those up for the challenge, you can attempt to hike top “46,” those peaks with more than 4,000 feet in elevation.
Skiing Mount Marcy: a skier’s rite of winter - Adirondack Explorer
Feb 27, 2018 — Each year, the Explorer ’s editor heads up Mount Marcy on skis. This is his guide to the region’s premier backcountry tour. Phil Brown enjoys a balmy day on Marcy’s summit last April. By PHIL BROWN. The spring equinox occurred on March 20. The baseball season opened on April 2 (the Yankees lost). The Masters Tournament will begin in a few ...
Adirondack Mountain Reserve permits: Your questions answered
Sep 22, 2021 — By Gwendolyn Craig. The state Department of Environmental Conservation and the Adirondack Mountain Reserve (AMR) have provided more information on a reservation system set to start on May 1. The permit website went live at hikeamr.org and hikers can now make an online profile to sign up for a time slot. The reservation is free.
New ADK map updates High Peaks Wilderness - Adirondack Explorer
Apr 28, 2019 — The ADK map focuses on the High Peaks. Since ADK’s last edition, the High Peaks Wilderness has grown to 274,000 acres, absorbing the Dix Mountain Wilderness, Boreas Ponds, and other adjacent lands. The new map reflects those additions. One criticism is that it does not show the boundaries of the wilderness area, so it’s hard to tell where ...
Historic Adirondack Great Camps that you can visit
Aug 16, 2023 — White Pine Camp, Paul Smiths. Built in 1908 by prominent banker Archibald S. White on 35 acres overlooking Lake Osgood, White Pine Camp is known for a few unique factors. It was President Calvin Coolidge’s home for 11 weeks in the summer of 1926, and it features a blend of unique architectural elements described as “pre-modern,” making it ...
Volunteers lean into work to save lean-tos
May 14, 2021 — Lean2Rescue, which works with the state to build, restore or relocate the shelters, this week launched a site that tells its story and provides an interactive map of 234 lean-tos. Find it at lean2rescue.org. Some 300 enthusiasts—roughly 40 of them active at any time—volunteer to replace rotting logs or roofs.
Elk Lake to Mount Marcy - Adirondack Explorer
May 10, 2015 — DIRECTIONS: Take the Northway (I-89) to Exit 29 for Newcomb/North Hudson. Go west on Blue Ridge Road (County 84) for 4 miles. Turn right on Elk Lake Road and go 5.2 miles to a parking area on the right. This is the trailhead for both Mount Marcy (the trail begins across the road) and the Dix Range.
The magic of ice climbing - Adirondack Explorer
Feb 18, 2021 — Raging waterfalls become still chandeliers of ice as sunny fall days turn frosty and pale. Adirondack ice climbers wait all summer for the fat sticky ice to form over waterfalls and cliffs. From December until early to mid-March, locals and climbers from all over the world flock to this ice climbing mecca. The Adirondack Explorer thanks its ...
Property owners ask state to control invasives in Deer River Flow ...
Aug 26, 2024 — By Zachary Matson. Town of Duane property owners who fought invasive milfoil in Horseshoe Pond with an herbicide this summer are now calling on state officials to do the same in the connected Deer River Flow. The flow is enlarged by a state-owned dam and surrounded largely by state land. The Adirondack Explorer thanks its advertising partners.