Sweet success in Lyon Mountain
April 8, 2023
A Lyon Mountain operation is now producing birch syrup, and walnut and beech and butternut and, perhaps someday soon, linden (aka basswood) syrups.
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Lyon Mountain: Wilderness or Wild Forest?
By Phil Brown
November 16, 2009
The Adirondack Park Agency is poised to classify Lyon Mountain as Wild Forest—a decision that would run into opposition from the Adirondack Council, one of the Park’s leading environmental organizations. Brian Houseal, the council’s executive director, said he would like to see the Lyon Mountain tract classified as Primitive, with an eye toward eventually classifying…
Revisiting Lyon Mountain
By Phil Brown
September 28, 2009
Last weekend I climbed Lyon Mountain, the 3,830-foot peak west of Dannemora. What a great view! I had been up it a few times before but not since the Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK) rerouted the trail. The old trail was an old jeep road that shot straight up the mountain. It was a rubbly mess.…
A Lyon in winter
January 1, 2009
The tap, tap, tapping that sounded every few minutes as we made a wintry ascent of Lyon Mountain wasn’t coming from woodpeckers.