Emily RussellParking bans or permits? ADK High Peaks plan pitches new management tools Crowds of hikers on the summit of Cascade Mountain in the Adirondack High Peaks. Photo: Nancie Battaglia for the ...

The state Department of Environmental Conservation hosted a virtual public comment hearing Wednesday evening for a recently released consultant’s report it commissioned on visitor use management in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cascade Mountain is one of the most visited summits in the Adirondacks Mountains. (Adirondack Explorer) A long-awaited consultant ...

Critics challenge a state Department of Environmental Conservation-backed study for prioritizing "crowd feelings" over ...

Sunday temperatures will drop into the 20s on summits, with windchills in the single digits and up to four inches of new snow ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued a hiker safety advisory for the Adirondack High Peaks region on July 17. Recent heavy rains have triggered landslides in the area, ...

Several trail markers on the summit of Wright Peak in the Adirondacks have been destroyed, according to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). The DEC shared the news in a ...

It was July 4 when the Ross family gathered together for a reunion.Dave Ross, an avid hiker and now recently retired, was nudged by his three daughters to finish what he started — to climb the rest of ...

A long-awaited consultant report on High Peaks visitor use proposes curtailing hiker access at key launching points into the High Peaks Wilderness during the region’s busiest trail days. The report ...