I am a sucker for winter camping pictures – even if the winter camping involves staying in a cabin with a wood stove. Tammy at Plans to Give You Hope posted a great photo of her two girls in a winter scene. You can read her blog [...]
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With participants coming from many distances and directions it was decided to meet at a diner. In this case, we chose the diner in Indian Lake at the intersections of Routes 30 and 28 for a 10am rendezvous. We ate a big breakfast and drove to the trail head. Tirrell Pond is reached [...] New York State’s Adirondack Mountains and the boggy lands surrounding them are a spare, beautiful and occasionally foreboding landscape. Today, they are a 2.5 million hectare protected forest, the largest park in the continental United States. In the mid-19th century, the region extended north from Albany to the Canadian border, more than [...] Harvey Road writes a blog focused on skiing in the Adirondacks and activities surrounding North River, NY. I just found a post at Harvey Road that was written from a past journal entry. It describes a 3 day- 2 night winter solo camping trip taken in the 13th Lake, Garnet Hill, Puffer Pond, Twin Ponds [...] When I was younger I did a lot of spelunking. I grew up in an area blessed with a karst topography. Winter is an ideal time to go spelunking; temperatures in caves remain consistent year-round, water levels are usually lower, and often you get to see bats hibernating. Bats are an essential, beneficial part of the ecosystem. [...] A few springs ago we asked Mark to plan a spring trip. Mark tentatively selected a hike to Rainbow Falls. After several fits and false starts I was prompted to send Mark this poem – a collaboration between myself and my wife. The Much Anticipated Never Accomplished [...] This is more survival oriented than winter camping. It is certainly more spartan than I want to camp, but if you aren’t ready for winter camping season to be over you might want to watch this video on basic winter bushcraft including Fire – getting snow covered wood, cutting shavings from a fire stick and using a [...] A group of five made a winter camping trip to Nistowiak Falls in Northern Saskatchewan. The trip was organized by Mark Lafontaine who wrote an account on his blog at http://wildpaddler.blogspot.com. Bryan of Bryan’s Boat Building & Paddling Blog wrote two accounts: a description of the trip They pulled their gear in on pulks [...] The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation warned Adirondack back country visitors to be aware of the danger of avalanches. Recent snowstorms have brought a significant amount of new snow to the Adirondack Park. The new snow resting on top of previous accumulations create conditions conducive to avalanches, particularly on steep, [...] Ruffed grouse require a specific combination of habitats to survive. They live in mature deciduous forests that include nearby stands of poplars or birches. During most of the year, they eat the buds and twigs of these trees. They roost in coniferous trees when they’re available, but they also roost in large deciduous trees. In the fall [...] |
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