In 2018 Jennifer and I spent a week in an artist's studio near Lake Algonquin: we went on several hikes, including climbing up to the top of Whiteface Mountain (after drivng most of the way up). The best hike was the one we took before we left: we hiked in a the rain near Well, NY on a tr4ail that took us to an old growth forest with some of the oldest trees in the state. Surrounded by huge trees, toads and salamanders, it was a magical feeling, as though we'd stumbled nto a temporary portal to some Tolkeinian land. Now that I think of it, we should really go back there sometime soon.
Well, indirectly related, kinda. Earlier this spring I hiked the Island Line Rail Trail that runs across Lake Champlain from Colchester to S. Hero, VT. Best rail trail ever. Point is one can see the Adirondacks clearly in NY and especially Whiteface Mt. with its ski slopes, visible the whole time one is on that trail.
I grew up in a small hamlet in the southern Adirondacks called Warrensburg, which has its very own large hill/small mountain- Hackensack.
It's the sort of hike you would do as a 12 year old after school if you didn't have softball practice.
One of the most popular trails is called Papa Boom's path after a classmate's late father who hiked the mountain over 1700 times.
Warrensburg is also home to Oscar's Smokehouse, where you can can get bacon and cheese 24/7 from a refrigerated vending machine.
There is a really nice swimming spot at the Hudson River Recreation Area north of town on Golf Course Road.
Sounds like a really nice place to grow up (or live there now).
In 2018 Jennifer and I spent a week in an artist's studio near Lake Algonquin: we went on several hikes, including climbing up to the top of Whiteface Mountain (after drivng most of the way up). The best hike was the one we took before we left: we hiked in a the rain near Well, NY on a tr4ail that took us to an old growth forest with some of the oldest trees in the state. Surrounded by huge trees, toads and salamanders, it was a magical feeling, as though we'd stumbled nto a temporary portal to some Tolkeinian land. Now that I think of it, we should really go back there sometime soon.
Well, indirectly related, kinda. Earlier this spring I hiked the Island Line Rail Trail that runs across Lake Champlain from Colchester to S. Hero, VT. Best rail trail ever. Point is one can see the Adirondacks clearly in NY and especially Whiteface Mt. with its ski slopes, visible the whole time one is on that trail.