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The following is an unabridged version of Give Me Shelter: Winter Camping in Adirondack Lean-Tos which appears in the December NYS Conservationist Magazine. Give Me Shelter: Winter Camping in Adirondack Lean-Tos It was our biggest group ever – ten winter campers! We had chosen Puffer Pond, near Indian Lake, as our overnight destination as it [...] The Lean-to is an open faced camping shelter found throughout the Adirondack Park back-country areas and along the Appalachian Trail. They are also found in the Nordic European nation of Finland, although in Finland they are called “laavus” instead. These Finnish lean-tos serve as temporary housing for people on hiking, camping or fishing expeditions out [...] DSettahr over at Adirondack Forums posted a spreadsheet of all the lean-tos in the Adirondack and Catskill Mountains. He stated it was his “(long term) hiking goal… to spend a night in every single lean-to in the Adirondacks and the Catskills.” The spreadsheet has two pages: one that has all the lean-tos listed in [...] I culled through a long discussion at ADKforums.com on the guidelines and rules for sharing lean-tos. Basically there are guidelines stating that it is nice to share lean-tos, however, there are no regulations requiring they be shared. WildRiver stated “There is no regulation compelling lean-to users to share the shelters with latecomers. Latecomers have no [...] |
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