Following along an old road north of Negro Lake in the southern Five Ponds Wilderness was my easy route to a peninsula along the lake’s shore where once stood an old cabin site. Unfortunately, I bailed on the old road where it crossed a wetland and instead bushwhacked around it, now forcing me to relocate
Jay Mountain Wilderness 2014: Over the Ridge, Through the Forest, In Search of a Stream We Go
My last full day in the Jay Mountain Wilderness Area welcomes me with some arduous and undulating ridge bushwhacking before finding the drainage that leads down to Merriam Swamp. Although the drainage provides some much needed water, it also contains thick vegetation and a good deal of blowdown, with the worst being yet to come.
Oven Lake Trip: Struggling Through the Blowdown Mess Around Oven Lake’s Outlet
The following is a description of an eight-day bushwhacking adventure into some of the most remote areas within the Five Ponds Wilderness in the northwestern Adirondacks. The trip includes traversing areas of intense blowdown along the oddly-shaped Oven Lake, exploring a cluster of wilderness ponds and following the wild Robinson River. The second part of
