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New Rules for the Adirondack Park, High Peaks region
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Author: Staff Writer

New trail rules and regulations have just been adopted for the High Peaks Region. Temporary rules put in place last year have now been adopted.

The new rules

• Dogs must be kept on leashes -- on marked trail, and at campsites and at elevations above 4000ft.
• No camping is allowed above 4000 ft.
• Camping is allowed only at designated campsites only between elevations of 3500 and 4000 feet.
• No overnight camping is allowed above 4000 ft.
  
• Glass containers are prohibited throughout the High Peaks area.
• Campfires are prohibited in the Eastern High Peaks Zone (from the eastern front of the High Peaks to west of the Indian Pass Trail.) Cook stoves are required for cooking.
• New limits on large groups, including a limit of 8 persons for 3 consecutive nights at lean tos.

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