LAKE PLACID – The state Department of Environmental Conservation announced yesterday that when the parking lot at Adirondak Loj fills up over the Columbus Day weekend, forest rangers will turn hikers away from the area.

Rangers will be posted on Adirondak Loj Road at South Meadow Road.

The DEC has come up with a list of 12 other nearby hikes that hikers can do instead of entering the High Peaks, including Rocky Peak, Whiteface and Poke-O-Moonshine mountains.

For more information, visit www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/9163.html.