Since the pandemic, it seems more and more people are hiking the Adirondacks. There are cars parked on the sides of roads and a ton of foot traffic. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has teamed up with Essex County, and the Town of Keene to run a new shuttle system that will take hikers to the base of the Adirondack High Peaks.
State and local agencies came up with a parking registration program that will prevent parked cars from clogging the trailheads for popular hikes like Indian Head and and Rainbow Falls.