A tent is set up in front of a state “no camping” sign at the trailhead for Mount Van Hoevenberg on South Meadows Road in the town of North Elba Saturday, Sept. 12. Cars lined the sides of Adirondack Loj Road and South Meadows Road for miles, indicating that the High Peaks Wilderness was bustling with hikers on this sunny day. (Enterprise photo — Peter Crowley)