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High Peaks

Petition Circulating Calling To Make Whitney Park Forest Preserve

September 8, 2020 by Peter Bauer 2 Comments

Salmon Lake stands in the foreground, part of the Whitney tract, with Rock Lake and Little Tupper Lake in the backgroundThe 36,000-acre Whitney Park is up for sale. This tract, which includes 22 lakes and ponds, and over 100 miles of undeveloped shoreline, has been at the top of New York State’s land protection priority list for 50 years.

Over the decades, the property has been lightly developed by the Whitney family, which maintains a large complex of buildings in a mountain estate called Deerlands on Little Forked Lake, and  two inholdings totaling around 400 acres on Forked Lake and Plumley Pond at the south end of the tract. [Read more…] about Petition Circulating Calling To Make Whitney Park Forest Preserve

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondacks, Andrew Cuomo, conservation, Environmental History, Forest Preserve, High Peaks, Political History, Protect the Adirondacks, Whitney Park, wilderness

Featured Adirondack Hike: Mount Gilligan

September 4, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

mount gilligan map courtesy adirondack atlasMount 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

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondack Park, Giant Mountain Wilderness, High Peaks, hiking, Trails Less Traveled

50 Adirondack Places To Visit Outside The High Peaks This Holiday Weekend

September 3, 2020 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

DEC Trail Markers provided by PROTECTFor Labor Day Weekend, Protect the Adirondacks has published online hiking trail guides for 50 hikes that lead to great destinations outside of the heavily-used High Peaks Wilderness. [Read more…] about 50 Adirondack Places To Visit Outside The High Peaks This Holiday Weekend

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondack Park, High Peaks, hiking, Overuse, Protect the Adirondacks, Tourism

Calls For Adirondack Park Permits In Historical Perspective

September 1, 2020 by David Gibson 4 Comments

Crowding on Cascade Mountain, eastern High Peaks Wilderness by Dan PlumleyI appreciate the Adirondack Council’s recent press release TAC Press Release, Aug. 26 which highlights the many benefits of permit reservation or limited entry systems and how such a system is needed and necessary now in parts of the High Peaks Wilderness Area. Support from the Adirondack Council for such a system comes at an important moment, as overuse of the peaks continues to spike during this pandemic summer. [Read more…] about Calls For Adirondack Park Permits In Historical Perspective

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondack Council, Adirondack Park, camping, High Peaks, hiking, Leave No Trace, Tourism

Featured Adirondack Hike: Blueberry Cobbles

August 28, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Blueberry Cobbles map courtesy adirondack atlasThis hike in New Russia, Essex County, is good for the entire family, but may be a bit long for really young children.

This is a 2.2 mile hike, one way, over easy to moderate terrain. After a short level section near the trailhead, the trail ascends in to high country. [Read more…] about Featured Adirondack Hike: Blueberry Cobbles

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

Adirondack Survey Markers: A Conservation Minute

August 28, 2020 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

On many hikes, I never truly feel like I have reached the summit of a peak until I’ve found a tiny metal disc set into the rock.

These small plates of metal are called survey markers, or benchmarks, and they are put in place by surveyors to mark important points on the Earth’s surface. [Read more…] about Adirondack Survey Markers: A Conservation Minute

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondack Park, Catamount Mountain, Environmental History, High Peaks, hiking, Lake Placid Land Conservancy, Maps, nature, surveying, Verplanck Colvin, Wildlife

Adks Report Highlights Overuse Concerns, Confusion Over Permits

August 27, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

leave no trace assessment reportWhen the Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics conducted a park-wide survey of overuse problems in the Adirondack Park last fall, it produced a set of more than 50 recommendations for state officials, based on its experience with similar problems in wild places and preserves around the world.

In sum, Leave No Trace is an educational organization that teaches wildlands ethics to hikers and campers, and teaches wilderness stewardship and natural resource protection to government officials and other land managers. [Read more…] about Adks Report Highlights Overuse Concerns, Confusion Over Permits

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Mohawk Valley, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondack Council, camping, High Peaks, hiking, Leave No Trace, Tourism

Storymap Explains Adirondack Park Overuse Issues

August 20, 2020 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

Cascade trail erosion provided by Adirondack CouncilA recent Williams College graduate has designed a multi-media “StoryMap” that explains the overuse issues facing the Adirondack Park in simple terms, using interactive maps, info-graphics, video, audio clips, and viewer-manipulated photographs. [Read more…] about Storymap Explains Adirondack Park Overuse Issues

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

Featured Adirondack Hike: Bald Peak

August 14, 2020 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

Bald Peak mapBald Peak in New Russia, Essex County, is an 8 mile round-trip with significant elevation gain (and some loss), but the views are worth the effort. [Read more…] about Featured Adirondack Hike: Bald Peak

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondack Park, Bald Peak, High Peaks, hiking, Trails Less Traveled

Featured Adirondack Hike: Blueberry Mountain

August 7, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Blueberry Mountain map courtesy adirondack atlasBlueberry Mountain in Keene, Essex County, is a moderate hike that offers excellent views and a unique summit, on which sits an 8-foot glacial erratic. [Read more…] about Featured Adirondack Hike: Blueberry Mountain

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

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