Outdoor adventures

The writers at the Adirondack Explorer live for the great outdoors. Every issue features their first-person accounts of hiking, biking, paddling, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, fishing and other adventures throughout the Adirondack Park. Our hand-drawn maps make it easy to follow in their footsteps.

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Sunny slide up
North Country Public Radio reporter Brian Mann takes the rocky road up Lower Wolf Jaw—the spectacular slide above Bennies Brook. more...

2 paths to bliss
A backcountry skier and a snowshoer ascend Hadley Mountain together. Guess which one had more fun? more...

Biking through history
Cyclists savor past and present in Champlain Valley.  more...

Tour de Champ
Cyclists can enjoy both sides of Lake Champlain on a circuit that takes them along country roads and on two ferry rides. more...

A top-notch hike
The 7-mile trek through the Hoffman Notch Wilderness. more...

Up Fish Creek
A novice canoeist learns about loons and the sublimity of serenity in a day of pond hopping near Fish Creek. more...

Nun-da-ga-o Ridge
Discover the splendors of the Soda Range in Keene, along the Hill of the Wind Spirits. more...

Sunfish sailor
Jay Gallagher discovers that a Sunfish is all the boat you need if you’re sailing to heaven in the Adirondacks. more...

3 days in the 5 Ponds
Two paddlers strike deep into the heart of wilderness on a trip that takes them up the Bog River and down the Oswegatchie. more...

A breathtaking proposal
Tony Goodwin wants the state to create an 80-mile hiking trail that would go over nearly two dozen summits in the eastern Adirondacks. more...

Winter adventure at the VIC
Dick Beamish and wife Rachel rejoice in an early blizzard and go skiing in Paul Smiths.  more...

Canoe fishing floats my boat
 Fred LeBrun expounds on the joys and hazards of angling from a canoe on the Park's rivers, lakes and ponds.more...

A view in danger
Mount Adam's fire tower offers a unique vista of both the Eastern and Western High Peaks. If the tower is torn down, hikers will have no view to speak of.more...

 

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