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Cold, Wet, and Unprepared: What Really Happens When Winter Hikers Underestimate the Adirondacks
1 hour 1 minutes Posted Jan 5, 2026 at 11:00 am.
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Winter in the Adirondacks can feel otherworldly. Snow-draped trees, hushed trails, bluebird summit days, and the kind of stillness that only comes when the temperature drops. It can also turn dangerous fast. In this episode of ADK Talks, we welcome back Jeff Berry and Elena Lumby from Search and Rescue of the Northern Adirondacks (SARNAK) for an honest, practical, and sometimes chilling conversation about the realities of winter hiking. From hypothermia and headlamp failures to summit fever...