The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is urging hikers to postpone hikes on trails above 2,500 feet until high elevation trails have dried and hardened. As snow and ice continue to melt at high elevations, steep trails can pose a danger to hikers due to thick ice and deep, rotten snow. Thin soils are susceptible to erosion and sensitive alpine vegetation can be easily damaged. [Read more…] about DEC Issues Adirondack Mud Season Trails Advisory
Giant Mountain Wilderness
Featured Adirondack Hike: Mount Gilligan
Mount Gilligan, in New Russia, Essex County, is a somewhat popular 2.2 mile climb with views of the Giant Mountain Wilderness. The trail starts to climb almost immediately from the trailhead through an attractive but dark forest under tall evergreens. [Read more…] about Featured Adirondack Hike: Mount Gilligan
Featured Adirondack Hike: Owl Head Lookout
The North Trail in the Giant Mountain Wilderness, in Elizabethtown, Essex County, ascends 2.5 miles and about 1,2oo feet from the trailhead on State Route 9N to a 0.1-mile spur trail that ascends 150 feet to the 2,530-foot lookout point.
The lookout provides scenic views of Hurricane Mountain, the Boquet River Valley, Lake Champlain and the surrounding valley, the Green Mountains of Vermont and nearby Giant Mountain. [Read more…] about Featured Adirondack Hike: Owl Head Lookout
Late Season Muddy Trails Advisory for Adirondacks
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is urging hikers to be cautious and postpone hikes on trails above 2,500 feet until high elevation trails have dried and hardened.
North-facing trails have retained snow and ice late into the season this year. As snow and ice continue to melt at high elevations, steep trails pose a danger to hikers, thin soils are susceptible to erosion, and sensitive alpine vegetation is easily damaged. [Read more…] about Late Season Muddy Trails Advisory for Adirondacks