Cold River
By Adirondack Explorer
July 1, 2010
It was the summer of 2009, and pundits and politicians alike were advocating No Child Left Inside. Who could argue? By Alexandra Siy
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By Adirondack Explorer
July 1, 2010
It was the summer of 2009, and pundits and politicians alike were advocating No Child Left Inside. Who could argue? By Alexandra Siy
By Adirondack Explorer
July 1, 2010
The Beaver River starts at Lake Lila and flows for eight miles through largely wild country to Stillwater Reservoir ... By Phil Brown
By Adirondack Explorer
July 1, 2010
In winter, this place would be crawling with skiers. But on a weekday morning in August, I’m nearly alone, or so it seems. By Alan Wechsler
By Adirondack Explorer
June 22, 2010
Cool lid for the summer sun By Susan Bibeau I have learned the hard way over the years to heed my mother’s advice and “stay out of the sun!” A beautiful sunny day spent paddling without the proper protection will often guarantee a miserable evening tending to singed flesh. Having said this, I will admit…
By Adirondack Explorer
June 18, 2010
By WINNIE YU It is day two of the Hamilton County Birding Festival, and my husband, Jeff Scherer, and I are riding with Joan Collins and Judith Harper in the Moose River Plains. The plains are notable for the large diversity of habitats, which include bogs, open plains, boreal forests, hardwoods, and mountaintops of spruce.…
By Adirondack Explorer
June 18, 2010
State legislators tried to clarify paddlers’ rights as far back as 1989—and they’re still trying.. By PHIL BROWN The Greek philosopher Heraclitus once said, “You cannot step into the same river twice.” His idea was that everything is always in flux, nothing stays the same. Heraclitus never set foot in Albany. More than twenty years…
By Adirondack Explorer
June 18, 2010
Deer River’s scenic stillwater By Phil Brown Every time I drive past the Deer River Flow on Red Tavern Road, I slow down to admire the stunning view southeast toward Debar Mountain. On a few occasions, I have stopped to take pictures. Finally, I decided to paddle the thing last summer. My friend Phil Blanchard…
By Adirondack Explorer
May 1, 2010
Whenever I drove past Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain and saw rock climbers clinging to the cliffs, often hundreds of feet above the ground, I used to say to myself, “Look at those nuts.” By Phil Brown
By Adirondack Explorer
April 23, 2010
How logging, fish stocking, acid rain, and other man-made calamities nearly wiped out an Adirondack icon: the wild brookie. By George Earl In early May, vernal patches of birch stood out among the darker evergreens lining the remote kettle-hole pond. As we put our canoe into the icy water, a welcome breeze dispersed the cloud…
By Adirondack Explorer
April 23, 2010
6 whitewater trips to whet your appetite By Mal Provost There is a time for all things, and the creak of winter will soon give way to the creeks of spring. Whitewater paddlers, rejoice! The Adirondack Park abounds in whitewater. Oddly, many folks think of running whitewater as a sport strictly for the young, hardy,…