Adirondack Rock

Weather

General Adirondack Weather
Keene Valley
(Chapel Pond region)
Glens Falls
(Lake George area)
Old Forge
(Western Adirondacks)
Plattsburg
(Northern Adirondacks)

Guide Services

Adirondack Mountain Guides
Adirondack Rock and River Guide Service, Inc.
Adventure Spirit
Alpine Adventures
Alpine Endeavors
Cloudsplitter Mountain Guides
Eastern Mountain Sports
High Peaks Mountain Adventures
Mountainside Adventures
Mountain Skills
Petra Cliffs
Rocksport

Climbing Gyms

Albany's Indoor RockGym
(A.I.R.)
The Crux
The Edge Halfmoon
Petra Cliffs
Rocksport

Important Services for Climbers

Ferry schedule for Lake Champlain
Keene Valley Library
Hiking Shuttle Service to the Garden Trailhead
Peregrine Falcons and the Adirondack Rock Climber
Peregrine Falcon closures
Leave No Trace
(center for outdoor ethics)
Raquette-River Outfitters
(canoe rental for Cranberry Lake areas)
St. Regis Canoe Outfitters
(canoe rental in Saranac Lake)
Access Fund
Other guidebooks by local authors
(for the Northeast U.S.)

Rainy Day Activities

Adirondack Museum
(in Blue Mountain Lake)
The Wild Center
(in Tupper Lake)
Fort Ticonderoga
(in Ticonderoga)
Fort William Henry
(in Lake George)
Garnet Mine Tours
(near North Creek)
Olympic Museum

Places to Stay

Adirondack Regional Tourism Council
(lodging and campground search)
Keene Farm
(Alpine Club of Canada's hut in Upper Jay)
Keene and Keene Valley
(lists of lodging in the Keene/Keene Valley area)
Lake George Chamber of Commerce
(lodging options in the Lake George region)
Speculator Region Champer of Commerce
(lodging options in the Speculator region)
Indian Lake Chamber of Commerce
(lodging options in the Indian Lake region)
Gore Mountain Region Chamber of Commerce
(lodging options around North Creek)
Town of Webb Visitor Information
(lodging options in the Old Forge area)
Tupper Lake Chamber of Commerce
(lodging options around Cranberry Lake region)
Long Lake Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Department
(lodging options around Long Lake)
Adirondack.com
(lots of information about the Adirondacks)

Campgrounds

General information on state campgrounds
List of state campgrounds
Campground schedule
Map of Public Campgrounds

Climbing web sites that have Adirondack discussion or content

Mountain Project
(Adirondack section)
Jimbo's World
(many photos of the Adirondacks)
NEClimbs.com
(mainly New Hampshire, but some Adirondack discussion)
Gunks.com
(mainly Shawangunks, but considerable Adirondack discussion in "Other Areas")
NEIce.com
(mainly ice climbing, but some rock discussion)
Supertopo
(Forum discussion often iincludes the Adirondacks)
Rockclimbing.com
(Adirondack section)
Summitpost.org
(Adirondack section)
ADKForum
(Rock and ice climbing section)
Southern Adirondack Climber
Adirondack Rock
(guidebook Facebook page)
Adirondack Rock Climbing
(Facebook page for local rock climbers)
Adirondack Mountaineering
(Mudrat's backcountry climbing resources)
Adirondack Slide Climbing
(Facebook page for local slide climbing)
Arietta Climbing
(some mini-guides for the southern Adirondack region)

Mapping Resources

Wild River Maps -- free browsing of USGS topo maps
MapQuest
(driving maps and satellite imagery for the park)
Google Maps
(driving maps and satellite imagery for the park)
Bing Maps
(driving maps and satellite imagery for the park)
Cliff coordinates
(downloadable KML file for earth browsers)

Photographers

Kennan Harvey Photography
David Le Pagne Photography
RLPhoto
(Rick Levinson photographer)
Dave Vuono Photography
Tomás Donoso
Riverrocks Photography
(Neal Knitel photographer)

Gear Shops

Eastern Mountain Sports
Eastern Mountain Sports
(Lake Placid Store)
High Peaks Cyclery
(Lake Placid)
The Mountaineer
(Keene Valley)

Gear Shops Near the Park

Eastern Mountain Sports
(Saratoga, New York)
Eastern Mountain Sports
(Burlington, Vermont)
Fountain Square Outfitters
(Glens Falls, New York)
Outdoor Gear Exchange
(Burlington, Vermont)
Patagonia
(Burlington, Vermont)
Rock and Snow
(New Paltz, New York)

General Adirondack Information

Adirondack Almanack
Adirondack Protection Agency
An Adirondack Chronology
(amazing collection of Adirondack history one-liners)
Adirondack Mountain Club
(preservation, many books on the region, including hiking guides)
Adirondack Forty-Sixer Page
High Peaks Forum

Regulations

General Land Use Regulations
(camping, fires, group size…see Part 190, Pages 1-3)
UMP: Giant Mountain Wildernss Area
(unit management plan)
UMP: Dix Mountain Wilderness Area
(unit management plan)
UMP: High Peaks Wilderness Area
(unit management plan)

Hiking Guidebooks and Maps

Adirondack Mountain Club Maps
(look for the maps with the ADK watermark)
High Peaks Region
(Adirondack Mountain Club)
Central Region
(Adirondack Mountain Club)
Eastern Region
(Adirondack Mountain Club)
Western Region
(Adirondack Mountain Club)

Smartphone Mapping

Topo Maps by Philip Endecott
Gaia GPS