In 2020, a surge of new hikers arrived in the Adirondacks looking for safe outdoor recreation during the pandemic. In response, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation formed a program to teach them how to hike responsibly. And nowhere is this more apparent than in Lake Placid, where a hiker education bus—and a trained educator—sits at the entrance to the popular Cobble Hill trail. The Hiker Information Station program began …
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