Adirondack Life

Lingering Pleasures

The Adirondack Mountain Club offers a patch to those who complete the entire Northville-Placid Trail, either as one end-to-end trip or by section. Visit adk-schenectady.org/northville-placid-trail for details.

about the state’s acquisition of a heavily logged piece of land, claiming that it’s “not wilderness and never will be.” Well,

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