Adirondack trails begin reopening after severe July floods, tornadoes
By Lauren Yates
July 22, 2024
Storm damage forces indefinite closure of Lake George Islands Campground
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By Lauren Yates
July 22, 2024
Storm damage forces indefinite closure of Lake George Islands Campground
By Mike Lynch
April 28, 2022
The White Mountain Trail Collective was formed in New Hampshire to deal with the backlog of trail work there.
By Tim Rowland
December 23, 2021
DEC forms 13-member trail working group in light of landmark tree cutting decision from earlier this year.
By Mike Lynch
December 22, 2021
Crews added or improved several short Adirondack trails in 2021, so hikers seeking easier outings have more options now.
By Tim Rowland
October 5, 2021
New trail in town of Chesterfield highlights progress toward creating wildway corridor
May 4, 2021
The decision by New York's highest court ends nearly eight years of litigation that divided environmental groups and overturns part of a lower court ruling.
January 4, 2021
It’s still in the works but in the near future, an approximately 9-mile recreational trail will connect Overlook Park in Newcomb to the top of Goodnow Mountain, with other possible connector trails leading to destinations like Camp Santinoni.
By Tim Rowland
December 6, 2020
Slides are notoriously hard to get to, and as the days shorten, climbing one becomes, for us mere mortals, a sport that’s off the table until spring. One shoulder-season exception is the slide on Wilmington Peak in the Stephenson Range in northern Essex County.
November 3, 2020
Second edition hiking volume reaches new generations, routes By Leigh Hornbeck Rose Rivezzi and David Trithart were the parents of two young boys when they wrote the first edition of their “Kids on the Trail!” guidebook for hiking with children in the Adirondacks. This summer, they celebrated the arrival of the second edition with their…