Adirondack Life

Guide to the Guides

n an era when we rely more and more on our smartphones for everything from entertainment to navigation, physical guidebooks may seem obsolete. But as anyone who has lost cell service or battery life in the Adirondack backcountry knows, there’s no replacement for GORP—good old real paper—when you’re outward bound.

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