It will now be up to the state Department of Environmental Conservation to decide whether to adopt recommendations in the ...

SARANAC LAKE — The state Department of Environmental Conservation wants to hear what residents think should be included in a wilderness management plan currently in the works for the High Peaks. Over ...

SARANAC LAKE — The state Department of Environmental Conservation wants to hear what residents think should be included in a wilderness management plan currently in the works for the High Peaks. Over ...

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (NEWS10) – In the Adirondacks, Mt. Jo has long been host to two trails. The short one runs 1.1 miles, with the long one stretching out slightly to 1.3 miles. The longer route is so ...

ELIZABETHTOWN -- Lectures, music and presentations will mark three seminal events on Aug. 6 at the Adirondack History Museum, 7590 Court St. This year marks the centennial of three historic events ...

The state Department of Environmental Conservation has released a committee’s recommendations for how to address ever-increasing hiker traffic in the High Peaks. The 55-page report — which was more ...

(Editor’s note: The initial version of this story indicated that the woman spent two nights in the woods. Additional information received since then indicate it was probably three.) After a three-day, ...

Two inexperienced Central New York hikers got themselves into a pinch last week while attempting to bushwhack off marked trails in the Adirondack High Peaks Wilderness. The pair, a 32-year-old from ...

The warm temperatures over the weekend caused rapid snowmelt in the Adirondacks, destroying a footbridge in the High Peaks. According to NYSDEC, the high-water bridge on the Calamity Brook Trail has ...

NORTH ELBA, N.Y. (NEWS10) – A hiker who had been missing in the woods for over a week was found dead early Friday morning in the Adirondack High Peaks. The New York State Department of Environmental ...