A View From Giant Mountain

Rob surveys the landscape from Giant Mountain.

Adirondack Almanack Celebrates Four Years

Our friends over at Adirondack Almanack are celebrating their 4th year. Begun in the spring of 2005, the Almanack has grown to be a popular online journal of news and opinion, addressing local politics and culture, history, regional development, outdoor recreation, the environment and other issues for the Adirondack region.    Adirondack Almanack is the longest [...]

Winter Camping Collage

Harv’s First Winter Solo Camping Trip

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 [...]

ADK Almanack’s Seven Natural Wonders of the Adirondacks

Adirondack Almanack has published their list of the seven natural wonders of the Adirondacks. Their list includes St Regis Canoe Area,unnamed Peak, Lake George, AuSable Chasm, OK-Slip Falls, the Finch Pruyn backcountry, and the Barton Garnet Deposit along with their justifications for the feature. They also have a companion list of the seven [...]

ADK High Peaks UMP Factoids

The Jan/Fed 2008 Adirondac Magazine published by the ADK Mtn Club had an interesting article on the impact of Unit Management Plan adopted for the High Peaks region in 1999. There were some intriguing facts in Fred LeBrun’s article written:

In 1998, the year before the UMP was finalized, there were roughly 150,000 users in [...]

Winter Camping at Pine Orchard January 26-27

From Adirondack Day Hikes: Pine Orchard by Barbara McMartin reprinted in