Adirondack hiking: What you need to know - Adirondack Explorer
WEBScenic 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.
Ausable Chasm - Adirondack Explorer
WEBSep 1, 2010 · For the first time ever this year, whitewater paddlers have enjoyed the right to plunge through the Ausable Chasm in the northeastern Adirondacks, testing their skills against waterfalls and rapids that had been off-limits. “Coming over that first drop, you’re entering this magical place,” said Andrew Ludke, a kayaker from Pennsylvania ...
Adirondack Explorer: Environment, Communities and Outdoor …
WEBAdirondack 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.
A scenic loop ride off the Adirondack Rail Trail
WEBAug 27, 2024 · One such circuit cuts through the most remote and scenic stretch of the 34-mile rail trail. As of this week, this stretch is open to the public. The Adirondack Explorer thanks its advertising partners. Become one of them. I first rode this 13.8-mile loop two summers ago, before construction began on this part of the trail.
Big Slide via the Brothers - Adirondack Explorer
WEBMar 1, 1999 · The Adirondack Explorer thanks its advertising partners. Become one of them. The Brothers are actually a series of cliffs on top of a ridge that get higher and higher as you make your way along the four-mile route to Big Slide Mountain. It only takes about 45 minutes of hiking before you reach the first Brother.
A tale of two Sagamores - Adirondack Explorer
WEBApr 15, 2023 · Separated by 75 miles of dense forest, Great Camp Sagamore and the Sagamore Resort tend to exist in separate orbits, with their own partisans — until a chill Friday evening when 200 people descended on the hotel conference room for “A Tale of Two Sagamores,” including presentations by historians of …
Pataki reflects on his administration's Adirondack conservation
WEBJun 25, 2021 · She has a master's degree in journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. Contact her at (518) 524-2902 or [email protected]. Former Gov. George Pataki's administration conserved more than a million acres statewide, with more than a quarter of it in the Adirondacks.
Historic Adirondack Great Camps that you can visit
WEBAug 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 …
Adirondack Mountain Reserve permits: Your questions answered
WEBSep 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.
In the field, on the water, at the lab - Adirondack Explorer
WEBDec 11, 2022 · By Zachary Matson. Field crews during a 1980s survey of 1,476 Adirondack lakes started work many Monday mornings at far-flung airstrips in Piseco Lake, Old Forge or Star Lake. They loaded up a pontoon-equipped helicopter, crammed in with camping and chemistry gear and headed off, a heavy Grumman canoe poking out each open door.