The NYSDEC rangers were quite busy this Spring with a bunch of search and rescues. We are very lucky to have this safety-net.
Quite the collection of incidents in this latest report, many related to sketchy conditions due to late-season snow, rain, and high-water.
- “Cotton almost Kills” unprepared hiker on Mt Marcy
- Snowmobiler hits log bridge – endo
- No Flashlight, washed-out bridge, makes for a long night.
- High water thwarts left-behind hiker on Mt Marcy
- Carrying exhausted-dog on Dix Mt causes same for owner.
- Slip ‘n Fall on Poke-o-Moonshine
- City-hikers bonk on Whiteface
- Trapped on the Dyke (this is a common story)
- Hurt leg at near Wallface – cool place, but tough for rescue
- Slipped-knot results in fall at Chapel Pond
- Another City-hiker, bonked on Algonquin Mt
- Blowdown adventure off the Sewards
- 4 year old lost for a couple hours at Sacandaga Lake
- Various kayakers encounter whitewater
- Father and son lost on Black Mt
- Black-fly Bike-crash
- Another leg-injury on Hadley Mt
- Unknown medical on Tongue Mt
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TUPPER LAKE, NY – The Wild Center is proud to present “Music in the Mountains” on Thursday, July 28th at 7:30pm as the Lake Placid Sinfonietta performs in the Center’s Big Wolf Great Hall. This is the tenth year the Lake Placid Sinfonietta will travel to Tupper Lake to share their wonderful music.
Blue Mountain Lake, N.Y. There’s no place on earth quite like the Adirondacks, and there’s no place in the Adirondacks quite like the Adirondack Museum. The Adirondack Museum at Blue Mountain Lake, New York is now open for it’s 54th season. This season, the museum has two new exhibits sure to wow visitors, and also introduces a host of fantastic family activities and special events. In addition there are two new initiatives to
Secondly, the Adirondack Museum is also collaborating with Stewarts Shops in their “Lucky Tape” promotion. Stop by your local store during the week of June 27 to enter to win tickets to the Adirondack Museum. Participating shops include: Indian Lake, Long Lake, Tupper Lake, Saranac Lake, Warrensburg, Bolton Landing, and North Creek.
