My last day in the southern Five Ponds Wilderness of the Adirondack Park starts out cold, super cold. After six wet days, a couple of nice days, a couple of stretches on the Red Horse Trail, a multitude of water bodies, umpteenth stream crossings, a smattering of old campsites and many miles of bushwhacking through
Oven Lake Trip: Stealth Camping on Oven Lake
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 third part of
