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Print Continue to article content Hikers on Indian Head over Lower Ausable Lake on the first day of a new parking reservation system required to access the trail on Adirondack Mountain Reserve lands. | Marie J. French/POLITICO Parking permit requirements begin for a few popular Adirondack hikes Updated KEENE, N.Y. — Hikers seeking to gain access to some of the popular Adirondack High Peaks by crossing the lands of a private, exclusive club will have to plan ahead. Parking permit requirements for the Adirondack Mountain Reserve on Route 73 started Saturday. While a late-season snowstorm mea...

Adirondack Mountain Reserve General Manager John Schuler, left, and state Department of Environmental Conservation Deputy Commissioner of Natural Resources Katie Petronis stand in the St. Huberts Parking Area Saturday. (Photo -- Aaron Cerbone, Adirondack Daily Enterprise) May 03, 2021 — Hikers looking to summit mountains from the St. Huberts parking lot, owned by the Adirondack Mountain Reserve, must now get a reservation. Saturday was the first day of the parking reservation pilot program. State Department of Environmental Conservation Deputy Commissioner of Natural Resources Katie Petron...

Media Advisory for Saturday, May 1 DEC and AMR to Hold Media Availability on Opening Day of Pilot Parking Reservation Program What: The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Ausable Club/Adirondack Mountain Reserve (AMR) will be available to answer questions about the first day of the Pilot Parking Reservation program at AMR. Announced on March 29, the pilot program will operate from May 1 through Oct. 31, and will help facilitate safer public access to trailheads through the AMR gate and for Noonmark and Round mountains, improving visitors' trip planning and prepa...

Joe Pete Wilson Jr., Keene town supervisor (Provided photo — Naj Wikoff) Joe Pete Wilson Jr., Keene town supervisor (Provided photo — Naj Wikoff) Initial reaction to the recently announced three-year test of a reservation system for the popular High Peaks trailhead at the Adirondack Mountain Reserve (aka Ausable Club) received widespread praise by many environmental leaders and initial shock, dismay and fears by many Keene residents, people living in the hamlet where the club is based. Developed by AMR and the state Department of Environmental Conservation, the rollout reservation s...

Wicked Local The success of the Salvation Army's Red Kettle Drive has been a given for years now. Organized annually by the Wellesley Kiwanis Club, the drive brought together community members of all ages to ring the bell outside Roche Bros. Customers would drop their coins, bills or checks into a red kettle, and volunteers would take the money to the bank to be counted and deposited. The contributions were used to help those in need, but part of the joy of this annual event was the chance to chat with friends and neighbors donating their time, often while standing out in bitter cold tem...