A state Department of Environmental Conservation forest ranger based in the Adirondack Park has tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The forest ranger was deployed downstate to help with the state’s coronavirus response when he was exposed to the ...
First a little background on Twin Mountain: Twin Mountain doesn’t really have an official name. However, it was given this name by the locals (I can only assume). I found this unofficially and suitably named peak in the Unit Management Plan for the Horseshoe Lake Wild Forest and it showed a ...
LAKE PLACID -- The state Olympic Regional Development Authority is closing some of its venues and reducing the capacity of visitation at others amidst the coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile, more major events at ORDA venues have been canceled, including the International Skating Union's World ...
We started out this day on the north side of the Pharaoh Mountain Wilderness, a seemingly favorite place of ours to wander about. We met up just off Exit 29 off I-87 and caravanned over to the trailhead for the Short Swing Trail located off Route 74 between Schroon Lake and Ticonderoga. I ...
WILMINGTON — Work has begun on a new Mid-Station Lodge at Whiteface Mountain Ski Center. The state Olympic Regional Development Authority posted a photo of construction equipment atop the snow-covered mountain on social media March 3 with the caption: “Great news, ground work has started ...
I have been exploring the Adirondack backwoods for decades and much of that time has been spent off-trail, through the forest, thick and thin, bushwhacking. I originally took on the formidable task of bushwhacking the 46 High Peaks, and now I have advanced that horizon into a list of 2,500 ...
TUPPER LAKE — A change.org petition requesting that the state purchase the closed Big Tupper Ski Area and turn it into an Olympic Regional Development Authority facility received more than 5,800 signatures by Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 25. Rick Donah, the man who started the petition, is a ...
This list is what I use for most snowshoe excursions. It may seem like a lot of stuff, but as you can see, most of it is wearable and small items.Please feel free to use this list as a starting point, but not an end-all-to-be-all. You may find that you don't need everything, or maybe you need ...
Heavy snow can be exciting for skiers, snowboarders and winter mountaineers, but for those thinking of heading into the steep Adirondack backcountry, the state Department of Environmental Conservation issued a warning Friday: Be careful of avalanches.DEC said snow was 3 to 5 feet by midday ...
RAY BROOK -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed giving $1 million to the state Adirondack Park Agency to renovate its Ray Brook headquarters.The new capital funding, proposed Tuesday as part of the governor's 2020-21 Executive Budget proposal, would increase the agency's total spending from $5 ...
WILMINGTON - Mike Jaworski and Nick Glasser sat on a tailgate Monday, Jan. 13, drinking champagne and eating prosciutto. They had 46 reasons to celebrate.Thirty minutes earlier, they had wearily hoofed it off the Esther Mountain trailhead. A few hours before that, they had become 46ers on the ...
There's nothing like fresh snow for bushwhacking. I had been eyeballing this route for quite some time, and the blue skies accompanied by the fresh white snow was all the convincing I needed to lure some poor soul into joining me. Of course, I may have sugar coated the day a little just to push ...
KEENE VALLEY - Essex County is gearing up to launch a bus system to shuttle hikers to and from popular trailheads along state Route 73 this summer.Gov. Andrew Cuomo is expected to announce approximately $1.2 million in state funding for the new system as part of his Executive Budget proposal, ...
The state will rebuild the Mid-Station Lodge.The popular midway stop at Whiteface Mountain Ski Center, which was destroyed by fire Nov. 30, is slated to be rebuilt for an estimated cost of $14 million, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office told the Enterprise Saturday.It's one of the projects the governor ...
WILMINGTON - A 21-year-old from Pennsylvania has died from injuries he suffered at Whiteface Mountain Ski Center last week.Nicholas Koch of Danville, Pennsylvania, was injured after skiing down the Lower Northway trail and striking a cluster of trees, according to New York State Police. He ...
A large part of what I like to do is explore some "untapped" territory, and the trail-less peaks of the Hoffman Notch Wilderness is one area I like to stomp around. Two Creeks Peak, as the title indicates, is not an officially named peak, but one that I gave it because of the "two creeks" that ...
PAUL SMITHS - Research by Paul Smith's College professor Lee Ann Sporn and her students shows disease-carrying ticks are continuing to become more common throughout the North Country. At the same time, her research is threatened by a lack of funding from the state and federal governments.She ...
KEENE VALLEY - For the first time in months, the popular Garden parking lot was empty on Wednesday, Nov. 20.Hikers continued to trickle into the hamlet of Keene Valley this past Columbus Day, but as the temperatures dipped last week, so did the steady stream of tourists to this High Peaks ...
The Fernow Plantation Loop hike is a gentle 1.1-mile Loop in the Saranac Lakes Wild Forest. From Tupper Lake, start from the intersection of state Route 30 and Route 3 and follow Route 3/30 east toward Saranac Lake. Then where Route 3 and Route 30 split, follow Route 30 north toward Fish ...
LAKE PLACID - The ski season in the Olympic region officially began on Friday, Nov. 15 with the opening of the Whiteface Mountain Ski Center in Wilmington. A day later, the Mount Van Hoevenberg Cross-Country Ski Center outside Lake Placid opened for the season.Over the weekend, Whiteface ran ...