When my wife, Andrea, and I moved to Plattsburgh, I was overjoyed at the thought of having so many mountains to climb, but I didn’t realize that most of them were at least an hour’s drive away. By Nick Chowske To access this post, you must … [Read more...] about Rattlesnake Mountain
Botheration Pond ski
The trail reaching into the Siamese Ponds Wilderness from near Thirteenth Lake can be a bustling, merry place on a good weekend in ski season. By Tom Woodman To access this post, you must purchase New Print Subscriber, or log in if you are … [Read more...] about Botheration Pond ski
Eagle Slide
Perhaps you’ve heard of Richard Louv’s best-selling book Last Child in the Woods, in which he laments that modern kids grow up cut off from the natural world. By Phil Brown To access this post, you must purchase New Print Subscriber, or … [Read more...] about Eagle Slide
Ausable Chasm
For the first time ever this year, whitewater paddlers have enjoyed the right to plunge through the Ausable Chasm in the northeastern Adirondacks, testing their skills against waterfalls and rapids that had been off-limits. By Brian Mann … [Read more...] about Ausable Chasm
Blue Ledge
It’s a glorious Saturday morning when we head out to see Blue Ledge, a three-hundred-foot marble cliff in the Hudson Gorge that is expected to be added to the public Forest Preserve in the not-too-distant future. By Winnie Yu To access … [Read more...] about Blue Ledge
Bouldering at Nine Corners
What goes up must come down. But not always easily. Take Tower of Power, a spicy, twenty-five-foot route at the Nine Corners bouldering ground in the southern Adirondacks. By Alan Wechsler To access this post, you must purchase New Print … [Read more...] about Bouldering at Nine Corners