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To the editor: The temporary closure of the High Peaks Information Center, operated by the Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK) at Heart Lake, does indeed highlight the importance of providing good information to incoming hikers, as Zack Floss pointed out in his Feb. 17 column. Thousands of hikers show up at Adirondack trailheads every year with only the foggiest of notions of where they are going and how to get there. The Mountain Club is doing a great job catching many of those people and setting them straight. The club is also helping to build out a robust trail info network consisting of local governments, other nonprofits (eg. Adirondack 46ers and Friends of Hurricane Mountain), commercial stores and the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
Mt. Marcy in the Adirondack High Peaks. Photo: Brian Mann
Feb 22, 2021 One of the main tourism centers in the Adirondacks is back open after shutting down for about a week due to a COVID exposure.
The Adirondack Loj and High Peaks Information Center near Lake Placid reopened on Monday.
The Loj, which hosts overnight backpackers, is back to its normal hours and limited capacity. The information center has limited hours from 7 am until 3 pm.
The Adirondack Mountain Club, which operates the facilities, announced the reopening on its Facebook page on Monday. It did not provide any details about the coronavirus exposure that led to the temporary closure.
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(Photo provided by Zack Floss) As of late last week, the Adirondack Mountain Club temporarily closed the Loj and the High Peaks Information Center due to COVID-19. This sort of closure is by no means a surprise at this point in the pandemic. We’ve seen it happen to a number of restaurants and stores in the area, and each has had its own impact on the community. The closure of the Loj, though, and especially the HPIC had a different sort of effect this week. It limited a critical source of information and access to the High Peaks wilderness  one that I think many often take for granted.