{"id":30359,"date":"2017-12-14T11:36:16","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T16:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/?p=30359"},"modified":"2017-12-15T09:58:58","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T14:58:58","slug":"adirondack-mountain-club-releases-second-edition-fire-tower-trails-hiking-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2017\/12\/adirondack-mountain-club-releases-second-edition-fire-tower-trails-hiking-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Adirondack Mountain Club Releases Second Edition Of Fire Tower Trails Hiking Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_30360\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30360\" style=\"width: 194px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2017\/12\/new-trail-guide-book-vc-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2017\/12\/new-trail-guide-book-vc-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2017\/12\/new-trail-guide-book-vc.jpg 527w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new \u201cViews From on High: Fire Tower Trails in the Adirondacks and Catskills.\u201d<br \/>Courtesy ADK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Adirondack Mountain Club, based in Lake George,\u00a0 has released the second edition of its popular hiking guide, \u201cViews From on High: Fire Tower Trails in the Adirondacks and Catskills.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Extensively revised and redesigned, it includes a new chapter describing fire towers outside of both parks. The intervening years have seen what co-author Jim Schneider refers to as \u201cfire tower fever,\u201d a sweeping enthusiasm that has helped prompt restoration of numerous towers and their trails.<\/p>\n<p>Written by John P. (Jack) Freeman and Schneider, \u201cViews from on High\u201d enables hikers, history buffs, and others fond of Adirondack and Catskill trails to visit and learn about 30 historic fire towers.<\/p>\n<p>Detailed trail descriptions are accompanied by numerous photographs and maps as well as an essay about these structures written by historic preservationist Wesley H. Haynes. The new chapter, Beyond the Blue Line, by tower aficionado Jacob C. (Jake) Wilde, describes 13 additional fire towers, three of them demonstration towers.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>When ADK first published \u201cViews from on High\u201d in 2001, all five Catskill Park fire towers had been restored, but Adirondack towers were another matter, the group said. Today, all five towers\u2014on Mt. Adams and Hurricane, Lyon, Spruce, and St. Regis\u2014have been restored and opened to the public. During the same interval, other park fire towers were rehabilitated, most recently Stillwater Mt. This tower\u2019s restoration in 2016 included construction of a new trail and better recognition of this remote peak\u2019s historic role as a primary triangulation station for Verplanck Colvin\u2019s Adirondack land survey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cViews from on High\u201d also provides insight on the role fire towers have served in environmental education.<\/p>\n<p>Lead author Freeman is an accomplished hiker, chemist, conservationist, and musician who in the 1990s became a leading voice in efforts to restore fire towers in the New York State Preserve. Schneider, a librarian, is also an experienced hiker. He is co-creator of the ADK Fire Tower Challenge, sponsored by ADK\u2019s Glens Falls\u2013Saratoga Chapter.<\/p>\n<p>The book is 224 pages, and includes numerous photos and maps. It is available in softcover at book and outdoor supply stores, at ADK stores in Lake George and Lake Placid, through mail order by calling (800) 395-8080, and online at ADK.org.<\/p>\n<p>ADK is the only nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting and advocating for New York State\u2019s wild lands.<\/p>\n<p>Since 1922, the organization has offered people opportunities to stay and play in as well as protect, discover, and explore the outdoors. Today, ADK has 30,000 members in 27 chapters statewide and is served by a professional, year-round staff.<\/p>\n<p>For more information visit www.adk.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Adirondack Mountain Club, based in Lake George,\u00a0 has released the second edition of its popular hiking guide, \u201cViews From on High: Fire Tower Trails in the Adirondacks and Catskills.\u201d Extensively revised and redesigned, it includes a new chapter describing fire towers outside of both parks. 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