The DEC’s Unit Management Plans are a huge source of information about the various places in the NYS Forest Preserve. Particularly the maps.
Relatively remote, few access points, currently one main-trail, and few “facilities”. Plus, they’re not really planning on doing much else in the future. Check it out (Large Image):
The latest report of Adirondack search and rescue incidents is a good sampling of the usual hijinks, with snow and cold temperatures thrown in for fun:
Slip n’ Fall at AMR
He sprinted up Whiteface, then couldn’t feel his hands.
Bivouac in the Dix Wilderness
Left at Noon and got Trapped on The Dyke.
Her group ditched her for the summit.
Bonked on Ampersand
Fell in a brook, spent the night with a Space Blanket!
