From Cold River to the North Pole

From Cold River to the North Pole

by | Dec 19, 2022 | December 2022, History

Photograph from Adirondack Experience For 33 years Noah John Rondeau, the best-known Adirondack hermit of the 20th century, lived in a crude cluster of huts and shanties along the Cold River northeast of Long Lake. High Peaks hikers sought him out for conversation and...
Following a Thread

Following a Thread

by | Dec 19, 2019 | 50th Anniversary 2019

Adirondack Life’s Elizabeth Folwell on the ghosts of Blue Mountain Lake This time at Cold River—the last time—his touch was light as pollen, no snapped twigs or bootprints on the familiar trail. It was the place Gordon returned to no matter where he was, Blue Mountain...