 4-Star Camping.Enjoy the quiet and beauty of untrammeled Nature in considerable comfort with no equipment and no experience required. CLICK & GO! (On this page.) No experience required! (A message from Your Adirondack Guide.) Running Water Hot Showers Toilets Fireplace Privacy: The Seclusion Index. Hiking/Skiing Trails Screened Summer Dining Pet-friendly Complete kitchen Private outdoor space Coffee Makers Lighting Phones Luxury Camping. [A magazine article.] Guest Notes: "So close to its natural state . . ." "I took a shower and loved every step of the process . . ." "We had a WONDERFUL time this year, notwithstanding the pump situation." "The only thing that was missing was the pot holders . . ." (On the next page.) A Secluded Cabin. What they're like? & What they're NOT LIKE. Adirondack Vacation Value. SCROLL DOWN. CLICK on Fourpeaks Accommodation for photos and full description.
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NATURE WITHIN REACH. "Luxury camping."
Leave home your tent, your sleeping bag, your camp stove and the rest of that hard-to-find camping gear. (Your getaway cabin has everything you'll need.) And don't bother with a trip plan, topos, field guides, and all the rest. (The hiking/skiing and canoeing routes are all laid out for you with considerable thought. The swimming spots, too.)
CLICK HERE for NATURE WITHIN REACH.--Luxury camping,' a magazine article about luxury camping on the next page. #1893 "So close to its natural state that you can imagine yourself as a pioneer just discovering the area." Subject: Guestbook Entry Date : 8/29/2004 Name : The Abrigo Family Email : queen****@aol.com Location : Staten Island, New York Comments : Dear Martin, You are a very lucky man. Fourpeaks is a unique place of great beauty that's been kept so close to its natural state that you can imagine yourself as a pioneer just discovering the area. One way you could determine if potential guests would appreciate the experience would be to have them stop at Lake George Village first and have a look around there. If they tell you they actually like the crowds and commercialism, then tell them to forget Fourpeaks. It takes a different mindset to go into the woods and spend the day picking up frogs instead of cruising the T-shirt shops in Lake George! As much as we loved Fourpeaks, though, we weren't enthusiastic about the outdoor privies! Chemical toilets are definitely the way to go (pun, ha-ha) and we would immensely appreciate this amenity on a future visit. We're contemplating a return visit with some friends to share a bigger place than Thoreau House. Ridge Camp was really attractive and I'll bet the fall foliage season there would take your breath away! Would you be willing to get a couple of chem toilets there for the fall season? Let me know and I'll see what's doable on everyone's schedule (possibly around Columbus Day.) Regards, The Abrigos  More about this. (Keep reading.)Subject: Thanks very much for your thoughtful Guest Book entry. Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 16:25:37 -0400 (EDT) From: "Martin (Your Adirondack Guide)" To: queen*****@aol.com Hello Frances, Joselito and Valerie! Thanks very much for your thoughtful Guest Book entry. The comparison with Lake George Village (or for that matter) downtown Lake Placid is a good one. There are after all many (the majority of vacationers really) who don't value privacy and are even scared to be where there aren't A LOT OF PEEEPLE around. Asking them if they like LG or LP village is a good way to figure them out. I'll try and remember that. Quiet (no audible sounds except natural sounds like birds and insects and wind in the leaves and such) is really scary for most people. They're used to cars and planes and radio and TV and peeeple and even sirens. A guest who just came down from Ridge today commented about that. He couldn't hear any highway sounds at all or even airplanes. He says he's visited lots of "wilderness" or "backcountry" places where city sounds and sounds of motors still get in and spoil the quiet. Yes. You can have the use of a chemical toilet while at camp. I mentioned that in the "Thank you" letter that I sent to you following your visit (see copy below). It's part of several new upgrade offers in my "Luxury Camping" program. I don't want to be left behind with all the progress that's being made to put "NATURE WITHIN REACH" to anyone who wants to take a look at it, even for just a weekend. It's not so scary after all. You can read something about what is "Luxury camping" and where to find it in a magazine article from the Southwest Airlines In-flight magazine (Fourpeaks is mentioned). Just click http://4peaks.com/fluxury.htm Along with that "Luxury camping" page is an (almost finished page) "Luxury Camping at our Adirondack Backcountry Camps," including a list of new amenities available to Fourpeaks visitors, free phone service, running water, flush toilets, hot showers, outdoor screened dining (some with small fee) along with the already available complete kitchens, outdoor grills, table and hammock, scenic private hiking trails, and pet-friendly accommodations. Read about the new stuff at http://4peaks.com/foamen.htm still somewhat "under construction" but due to be finished soon. Thanks for thinking about coming back. You will have to remind me (my new inquiry form will provide for it) that you want the flush toilets for your visit. I'd love to have you back. Maybe I'LL MAKE YOU a meal to pay you back for your friendly hospitality while you were at Thoreau. The calendar http://4peaks.com/femail2u.htm shows Ridge is available for Sept 11 for 3 nights and Sept 17 for lots of time, but Labor Day weekend is already booked. Sorry. Please consider those alternate dates or maybe Sugar Camp for Sept 2. Hope to see you soon. (20% discount off posted rates apply for a second visit this year.) Sincerely, Martin #0461 "I loved the quiet. Even hauling water was fun. I took a shower and loved every step of the process . . ." Subject: RE: YOUR FOURPEAKS RESERVATION Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:25:22 -0400 From: "Al C***" To: VisitUs@4peaks.com Martin, Ted and I had a great time, Woody too. I loved Ridge and can't wait to return. I think you have a great place. I loved the quiet. Even hauling water was fun. I took a shower and loved every step of the process, heating the water, filling the little shower pump and was hing down. In the words of Arnold S. in The Terminator, 'I'll be back'. AC Albert C***** Metro****/****id 15** Broadway 36th floor NY, NY 10036 212 277 **** phone 212 719 **** fax #1532 "We had a WONDERFUL time this year, notwithstanding the pump situation." Subject: Re: Your Fourpeaks visit 08/09/04 to Sugar Camp Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 16:30:03 EDT From: Mam***@aol.com To: VisitUs@4peaks.com Martin: Thanks for your note. We had a WONDERFUL time this year, notwithstanding the pump situation. We also couldn't get the electric shower to work, although we replaced the batteries. You might want to check that out, too. We left a couple of leashes, as you probably figured out, but don't worry about it. Keep em or throw em out, whatever. Betty and Rudi have fancy new ones. We no doubt will return next summer. I want to use my new kayak a lot, so we might do some lake camping as well. Take care, Carey C**** More about this. (Keep reading.)Subject: We had a WONDERFUL time this year, notwithstanding the pump situation. Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 17:15:36 -0400 (EDT) From: "Martin (Your Adirondack Guide)" To: Mam****@aol.com Carey-- Thanks very much for you email about your stay at Sugar Camp. I'm glad you had a good time and I hope you'll make it again next year. As I mentioned in my note the hand pumps can be frustrating at times, even with regular maintenance. Next year the option of "running water" will be available at Sugar Camp and several of the other camps. It's part of my new "Luxury Camping" program to put "NATURE WITHIN REACH" to anyone who has an interest in it, for a week or just a weekend. There's was a magazine article recently about "Luxury Camping," what it is and where to get it (Fourpeaks is included) and you can see this at now "NATURE WITHIN REACH--'Luxury camping.'" CLICK http://4peaks.com/fluxury.htm Aside from "running water" there's the new option of flush toilets (portable chemical toilets) and outdoor screened dining and more. A graphic chart of these additions is on a new page "Luxury Camping at our Adirondack Backcountry Camps" http://4peaks.com/foamen.htm (still a bit "under construction" but to be finished soon). I'm sorry your portable hot shower didn't work for you. (I wish you had mentioned it as I have spares.) It turns out the fault is in the switch and the manufacturer (www.Zodi.com) has an upgrade version. I just ordered four of them. It's black instead of green. And these will be in place shortly instead of the original showers. I'm sorry you missed the fun of trying this! "Luxury camping" for certain and really very simple to use. Thanks again for writing. Hope to see you next year (or even sooner). Sincerely, Martin #0187 "The only thing that was missing was the pot holders . . ." Subject: Guestbook Entry Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 12:54:59 -0700 Name : Penny Va***** Email : p**@c***yro.com Location : Sanford, Maine York County Comments : My husband and I had wonderful time at the Wolf's Nest. We never knew that New York had so much to offer. We will have to come back in the winter to experience what that would be like. The only thing that was missing was the pot holders to take the hot biscuits out of the oven. More about this. (Keep reading.)Subject: Re:Wolf's Nest. Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 18:20:43 -0400 From: Your Adirondack Guide To: p**@c***yro.com Penny-- Thanks for your Guest Book entry. Please come visit us another season. I am definitely onto the potholder situation. Each camp is getting a proper hook, conveniently located, with 2 or 3 color coordinated (green mostly) potholders which will get scrubbed up as needed. Just fixed up The Cabin today and Wolf's Nest will be next. Best wishes, Martin  Are you in this picture? Fourpeaks hosts now welcome paying guests to a 700-acre rest and playground for vacations in the Adirondack Great Camp tradition. Couples appreciate Fourpeaks secluded settings. Outdoor loving families have fun exploring our accessible wilderness. 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