This has been the year of the reverse seasons. In May, the dry weather turned lawns to a crispy shade of brown that crunched underfoot like corn flakes. Then in August, the infamous Adirondack mud season kicked in, turning trails to chocolate soup. Weird. It’s almost as if the climate were changing.
This leaves hikers with two choices. You can search out drier trails, but even the dependably firm trails in lower elevation to the east have been pounded by storm after storm, making them no sure bet.
