SARANAC LAKE — The Adirondack hiking community is mourning the loss of one of its most prolific members. Brendan Jackson, a state Department of Environmental Conservation assistant forest ranger, died while camping at Duck Hole in the High Peaks last month. He was 42. Among his friends, he ...
NEWCOMB — Last month, Brendan Jackson, an assistant forest ranger with the state Department of Environmental Conservation, was on-duty camping in the backcountry interior of the High Peaks Wilderness. He clocked out of service when he set up camp near Duck Hole on the evening of June 7, but ...
KEENE VALLEY — Charity Marlatt loves to tell the story of her father, Alan Washbond, a Keene Valley native who competed in the 1936 Olympic Winter Games in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. At the time, Adolf Hitler was in power in Germany and many people questioned whether American athletes ...
AVALANCHE PASS — Multiple rock and mud slides that occurred on Monday, July 14 in and around Avalanche Pass have closed a popular High Peaks Wilderness hiking route until further notice. There were no reported injuries or deaths, although a video posted to the state Department of ...
LAKE PLACID — Stepping onto The Pristine Nine golf course at the Lake Placid Club during the sun-soaked afternoon of Wednesday, July 9, one could be forgiven for second-guessing whether it’s 2025. The Lake Placid-North Elba Historical Society hosted its inaugural one-club golf ...
ST. HUBERTS — Tucked in a narrow valley between the towering cliffs and lush mountain slope forests of Round Mountain and Giant’s Nubble, Chapel Pond’s backdrop is among the most iconic in the Adirondacks. On Tuesday, July 15, it seemed to sparkle endlessly under deep blue ...