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Luxury Camping Enjoy the quiet and beauty of untrammeled Nature in considerable comfort with no equipment and no experience required. CLICK & GO!  (On this page.)    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   No experience required! (A message from Your Adirondack Guide.)   NATURE WITHIN REACH.  [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."   (On the next page.)   A guided tour of all 7 of our backcountry camps   A Secluded Cabin. (The Seclusion Index)  
A complete graphic guide to featured amenities at our backcountry camps.
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Fourpeaks Getaway	The Cabin	New Camp	Sugar Camp	Ridge Camp	Wolf's Nest	Gypsy Camp	Thoreau House	Fourpeaks Base Camp
Featured Amenity
Running Water
Hot Showers
Toilets
Fireplace
Fourpeaks Getaway	The Cabin	New Camp	Sugar Camp	Ridge Camp	Wolf's Nest	Gypsy Camp	Thoreau House	Fourpeaks Base Camp
Privacy: Seclusion Index 0-10
Hiking Skiing Trails
Screened Summer Dining
Pet-friendly
Fourpeaks Getaway	The Cabin	New Camp	Sugar Camp	Ridge Camp	Wolf's Nest	Gypsy Camp	Thoreau House	Fourpeaks Base Camp
Refrigerator
Cooking Range
All Dishes, Cookware and More
Private Outdoor Space.
Fourpeaks Getaway	The Cabin	New Camp	Sugar Camp	Ridge Camp	Wolf's Nest	Gypsy Camp	Thoreau House	Fourpeaks Base Camp
Coffee Makers
Lighting
Phones
TV, Cable and Home Theater
Featured Amenity
Fourpeaks Getaway	The Cabin	New Camp	Sugar Camp	Ridge Camp	Wolf's Nest	Gypsy Camp	Thoreau House	Fourpeaks Base Camp

Dear Visitor, Enjoy the quiet and beauty of untrammeled Nature in considerable comfort with no equipment and No Experience Required!  (No camping eqipment, either.) Just a sense of adventure. An interest in exploring nature at a wilderness place on your own--quite different from the usual vacation busy-ness. A getaway from TV, phones, work, socializing with neighbors, friends and relatives--the mental furniture, as it were, of everyday life. A retreat into the quiet and beauty of the great outdoors! Just you (alone maybe) or with your partner (the kids, too--there's room for all). Bring your dog along. We're pet-friendly. Please don't bring a lot of people and don't plan to do sightseeing or shopping. (If you do, you can stay here instead.).Plan some walks with views. Just sitting, reading, enjoying your meals. Then maybe swimming, fishing, canoeing. And staying out of your car as much as you can. Experienced outdoor enthusiasts find our authentic Adirondack cabins, with full kitchens and fireplaces, a pure luxury. But we're here, also, to help today's urban vacationer (with little or no camping experience). Looking for a private nature getaway, something different and fun? We're prepared to explain/facilitate so anyone can experience the beauty and quiet surroundings here in complete comfort. Phone us now and we'll talk about it. Or browse our webpages to get more information on your own. Here's a suggestion to help make your web visit functional, and fast. (1) For an extended, fully informative experience CLICK HERE to Explore Fourpeaks. Use our navigation sidebar to get around. (2) For a quick one-page tour CLICK HERE for Backcountry camping was never like this! (3) Just got a minute more to spare? Tell me about the Vacation/Getaway you dream about. CLICK HERE for our Easy Inquiry Form. I'll respond with a Fourpeaks offer well suited to the season, your experience, budget and vacation preferences--together with activity suggestions, photos, maps and more. Sincerely yours,  Martin (Your Adirondack Guide)

Fourpeaks Featured Amenities. (A glossary of terms.) Running water. A startup supply of 14 gallons of water in dispensing containers is in place at all camps for arriving guests. The containers may be refilled at the hand pump at camp, at the Well House or at Camp Barn any time. Old-fashion hand pump right at camp, located at the kitchen sink or at Well House nearby. Water supplied in dispensing containers (30-40 gals.) right at camp. Water under pressure from a tap, just like home. (Just cold water at Thoreau. Heat water stovetop.) Hot showers. Portable hand-held showers. Great fun and very effective! CLICK HERE for shower photos and more. Toilets. Old-fashion outdoor toilet (privy, outhouse) right at camp. Portable flush toilet available as option. CLICK HERE for portable flush toilet operation and terms of rental, rental fee. Old-fashion outdoor toilet (privy, outhouse) right at camp. CLICK HERE for privy/outhouse picture. Fireplace. Built-in fireplace. Parlor stove, Franklin stove, free-standing fireplace/woodstove. Automatic gas-fired parlor stove. Privacy: Your Secluded Cabin (The Seclusion Index). Mountain views at trail's end. Average distance from other buildings, 1 mile. (SI#10). In open fields by woods. Average distance from other buildings, 1/5-mile (SI#5-7). CLICK HERE for all about Fourpeaks privacy and quiet at Your Secluded Cabin. Hiking/skiing trails. 20 miles of private hiking trails with views and beauty spots. No people. Just you and the big outdoors. Screened Summer dining. Big Screen House at The Cabin. Screened summer dining porch at Sugar and Ridge. Open View Deck (not screened) at Wolf's Nest and New Camp. Optional portable screen house available at Thoreau and Gypsy. Additional fee. CLICK HERE for photo, room plan. Private open space with outdoor grill, picnic table, hammock and Adirondack chairs at each camp. Lighting Safe plumbed-in gas lights. CLICK HERE for more about them and to see how they work. Stovetop espresso, Mellita filter and percolator coffee makers in every kitchen (plus electric coffee maker at Thoreau). Phones. Free use of phone at Scotty phone-booth-in-a-trailer. Martin will take messages at 518-524-6726 and deliver them to guests in a timely way. A phone at your bedside! Keep up with work and personal involvements 24/7.

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.

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#1893 "So close to its natural state that you can imagine yourself as a pioneer just discovering the area."

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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
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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

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#0461 "I loved the quiet. Even hauling water was fun. I took a shower and loved every step of the process . . ."

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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

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#1532 "We had a WONDERFUL time this year, notwithstanding the pump situation."

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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****
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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

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