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High Peaks

Man Rescued After 30-Foot Fall At Giant Mountain, Adirondack High Peaks

January 7, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

forest ranger logoNew York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents in the Adirondacks. Working with other state agencies, local emergency response organizations and volunteer search and rescue groups, Forest Rangers locate and extract lost, injured or distressed people.

What follows is a report, prepared by DEC, of recent missions carried out by Forest Rangers. [Read more…] about Man Rescued After 30-Foot Fall At Giant Mountain, Adirondack High Peaks

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Recreation Tagged With: DEC, Forest Ranger Reports, Forest Rangers, High Peaks, hiking, paddling, SAR, Search and Rescue

2,200 Acres Protected In Split Rock Wildway, Eastern Adirondacks

December 22, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Bar MH Timber property courtesy Open Space InstituteThe Open Space Institute (OSI) has announced the permanent protection of forested land in the Towns of Chesterfield and Lewis in Essex County. [Read more…] about 2,200 Acres Protected In Split Rock Wildway, Eastern Adirondacks

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Champlain Valley, conservation, Eagle Mountain Wilderness Preserve, High Peaks, hiking, nature, Open Space Institute, Split Rock Wildway, Taylor Pond Wild Forest, Wildlife

Remembering The Big Blowdown of 1950

November 30, 2020 by John Warren 3 Comments

1995 Blowdown in the Adirondacks Courtesy Wildlife Conservation SocietyThe Adirondacks are prone to powerful windstorms, isolated tornadoes, and occasional hurricanes, derechos, and microbursts. Perhaps the second most destructive of these in modern Adirondack history (next to the 1998 Ice Storm) occurred in November, 1950. [Read more…] about Remembering The Big Blowdown of 1950

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Cold River, Fires, Forest Preserve, High Peaks, I-87, Logging, Political History, weather, wildfires

Adirondack Wild Presents 2020 Wilderness Award

November 19, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Kevin Chlad receives the 2020 Paul Schaefer Wilderness AwardAdirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve has presented its 2020 Paul Schaefer Wilderness Award, the organization’s highest honor, to Kevin Chlad, Director of Government Relations for the Adirondack Council with offices in Elizabethtown and in Albany. [Read more…] about Adirondack Wild Presents 2020 Wilderness Award

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondack Council, Adirondack Wild, Forest Preserve, High Peaks, Kelly Adirondack Center, wilderness

Dave Gibson: Establish A Wilderness Training Center in NYS

November 1, 2020 by David Gibson Leave a Comment

Alpine climber John Case speaks of the landscape below Whiteface Mountain to children from the area, c. 1978. The stress of our sheer numbers on wild lands, other hikers, summit stewards, forest and assistant rangers and local communities and volunteers bordering Routes 73 and 86 this hiking season – and many before this – easily disconnects and untethers us from the historical and philosophical roots of wilderness preservation and management. [Read more…] about Dave Gibson: Establish A Wilderness Training Center in NYS

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Environmental History, High Peaks, hiking, Overuse, Tourism, wilderness

Survey: High Peaks Hikers Seek Wildness, Solitude, Support Limits

October 30, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

poll showing support of limited access permitsTwo conservation organizations and a state college today released the preliminary results of a two-month hiker survey in and around the High Peaks Wilderness Area showing that the 673 hikers surveyed came there seeking solitude and wildness, and would favor limits on visitation to prevent damage to the “forever wild” Forest Preserve. [Read more…] about Survey: High Peaks Hikers Seek Wildness, Solitude, Support Limits

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondack Council, Forest Preserve, High Peaks, hiking, Overuse, Tourism

Featured Adirondack Hike: Hurricane Mountain Firetower

October 30, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

hurricane mountain courtesy adirondack atlasThe trail up Hurricane Mountain, in Keene, Essex County, ascends approximately 2,000 feet over 3.4 miles to the Fire Tower located in a designated historic area on the summit, within the Hurricane Mountain Wilderness. [Read more…] about Featured Adirondack Hike: Hurricane Mountain Firetower

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Recreation Tagged With: Essex County, High Peaks, hiking, Hurricane Mountain, Keene, Trails Less Traveled

A Mountaintop Plaque Recalls Teenage Adventurer Esther McComb

October 23, 2020 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

Esther Mountain plaque provided by LPLC“For The Sheer Joy Of Climbing”

These words will likely sound familiar to anyone who has undertaken the journey to become a 46er, as they are inscribed on a plaque at the summit of Esther Mountain, High Peak #28. The plaque was placed on the summit in 1939 by The Adirondack 46ers to honor “the indomitable spirit” of the peak’s namesake, Esther McComb. [Read more…] about A Mountaintop Plaque Recalls Teenage Adventurer Esther McComb

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Recreation Tagged With: 46ers, High Peaks, hiking, Lake Placid, Lake Placid Land Conservancy

Featured Adirondack Hike: Whiteface Mountain

October 23, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

whiteface mountain mapThe Whiteface Landing Trail in the McKenzie Mountain Wilderness, in Wilmington, Essex County, ascends 6.0 miles and 3,320 feet from the trailhead on State Route 86 to the 4,867-foot summit and its 360 degree views. [Read more…] about Featured Adirondack Hike: Whiteface Mountain

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Recreation Tagged With: High Peaks, hiking, Trails Less Traveled, Whiteface

Adk Wild: DEC Should Test High Peaks Online Permit System

October 13, 2020 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

Crowded conditions along Rte. 73, High Peaks Wilderness region. Photo by Ken RimanyThis 2020 Columbus Day Weekend, peak use of parts of the High Peaks and Giant Mountain Wilderness areas in the Adirondack Park have again be exceeded.

Now is the time to consider a permit reservation or limited entry system for key points of entry into these wilderness areas as necessary, helpful, practical, and practicable, says Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve. [Read more…] about Adk Wild: DEC Should Test High Peaks Online Permit System

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondack Wild, camping, DEC, High Peaks, hiking, Overuse, Tourism

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