New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter II - LANDS AND FORESTS › Part 190 - Use of State Lands › State Lands Generally › Section 190.13 - Wilderness areas in the adirondack park

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Applicability. Unless otherwise
				  specified, sections
				  190.0 through
				  190.6 and sections
				  190.8 through
				  190.9 of this Part apply to all
				  units of State land in the Adirondack Park which are classified as wilderness
				  by the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan. In addition, specific
				  regulations for individual wilderness areas in the Adirondack Forest Preserve
				  are set forth in this section. In case of a conflict between a provision of
				  this section and a provision of sections
				  190.0 through
				  190.6 and sections
				  190.8 through
				  190.9 of this Part, or a provision
				  of Part 196 of this Title, the provision of this section shall apply.
(b) Definitions. As used in this section, the
				  following terms shall have the indicated meanings:
(1) Adirondack Canoe Route Zone means the
				  strip of land within the High Peaks Wilderness Area which is situated within
				  500 feet of the mean high water mark of the eastern shore of Long Lake and the
				  Raquette River.
(2) Bear-resistant
				  canister means a commercially made container constructed of solid, non-pliable
				  material manufactured for the specific purpose of resisting entry by
				  bears.
(3) Campfire means an
				  outdoor fire for warmth, cooking, repelling insects, or aesthetics, but shall
				  exclude stoves using fuels other than wood.
(4) Eastern High Peaks Zone means that
				  portion of the High Peaks Wilderness Area located to the east of the ridge line
				  immediately west of the Indian Pass Trail.
(5) High Peaks Wilderness Area means those
				  lands in the Towns of Keene, North Hudson, Newcomb and North Elba, Essex
				  County; Harrietstown, Franklin County; and Long Lake, Hamilton County described
				  in the most current copy of the "Adirondack Park Land Use and Development Plan
				  Map and State Land Map" on file in the offices of the Adirondack Park Agency.
				  The High Peaks Wilderness Area shall include the Adirondack Canoe Route Zone,
				  the Western High Peaks Zone, and the Eastern High Peaks Zone.
(6) Overnight camper means a person who stays
				  or intends to stay in the Eastern High Peaks Zone during the night.
(7) Primitive tent site means a tent site of
				  an undeveloped character providing space for not more than three tents, which
				  may have an associated pit privy and fire ring, designed to accommodate a
				  maximum of eight people on a temporary or transient basis, and located so as to
				  accommodate the need for shelter in a manner least intrusive on the surrounding
				  environment. A primitive tent site shall be designated by an official
				  department sign or disk.
(8) South
				  Meadows-Flowed Lands Corridor shall mean that portion of the High Peaks
				  Wilderness Area which is generally located between the McIntyre Range on the
				  west and Mt. Marcy on the east and between South Meadows on the north and the
				  State land boundary on the south, and which is more specifically described as
				  follows: beginning at a point on Heart Lake Road (County Road 34) which is one
				  half mile north of the intersection of Heart Lake Road and South Meadows Road;
				  then running easterly in a line that is one half mile north of and parallel to
				  South Meadows Road until it reaches the end of such road; then running
				  southeasterly in a line that is one half mile northeast of and parallel to the
				  Klondike Trail until it reaches a point which is one half mile northeast of
				  U.S.G.S. benchmark 2567 on the Klondike Trail; then running southwesterly in a
				  straight line to such benchmark; then continuing in a southwesterly direction
				  to the ridge line which leads to the summit of Phelps Mountain; then running
				  southerly up such ridge line to a peak northeast of the summit of Phelps
				  Mountain; then running the ridge line from such peak to the summit of Phelps
				  Mountain; then running generally southerly along the ridge line leading from
				  the summit of Phelps Mountain over the summits of Table Top Mountain, Little
				  Marcy, Mt. Marcy, Mt. Skylight, Mt. Redfield, and Cliff Mountain; then running
				  southerly following a straight line from the summit of Cliff Mountain to the
				  point where Upper Twin Brook intersects with the boundary of State land; then
				  running generally northwesterly along the State land boundary to the height of
				  land of the McIntyre Mountain Range; then running northeasterly along the ridge
				  line to the summit of Mount Marshall; then running northeasterly along the
				  ridge line from the summit of Mount Marshall over the summits of Iroquois Peak,
				  Boundary Peak, Algonquin Peak, and Wright Peak; then running northerly in a
				  straight line from the summit of Wright Peak to the southwestern corner of the
				  Adirondack Loj property; then running easterly along the boundary between the
				  Adirondack Loj property and the State land to the southeastern corner of the
				  Adirondack Loj property; then running northerly along such boundary to a point
				  which is due west of the intersection of Heart Lake Road and South Meadows
				  Road; then continuing northerly along such boundary for one half-mile; then
				  running easterly to the point of beginning.
(9) Tent means a temporary, collapsible
				  shelter which is used for camping outdoors and is made primarily of fabric but
				  which may have walls constructed from other materials.
(10) Tent platform means a platform, with or
				  without walls and other attachments, erected as a base for tenting or similar
				  camping activity.
(11) Trail means
				  a marked and maintained path or way for foot, horses, or cross country ski
				  travel.
(12) Western High Peaks
				  Zone means that portion of the High Peaks Wilderness Area located to the west
				  of the ridge of land immediately west of the Indian Pass Trail, excluding the
				  Adirondack Canoe Route Zone.