As it reached the (southern) Adirondack Blue Line, just north of Lake Desolation, the Long Path took on a Forever-Wild character, becoming a bushwhack, a landmark-to-landmark trek through the southern and central park into the High Peaks, following log roads, existing trails, and low volume roads to eventually reach the top of Whiteface Mountain, with its climate observation tower — SUNY's Schaefer Observatory of 1980 Olympic fame — as the last cached location of the Long Path.