The Adirondack Explorer is a nonprofit magazine covering the Adirondack Park's environment, recreation and communities.
By Adirondack Explorer
January 1, 2010
The best ski trip from Gore Mountain does not involve a chairlift. Rather, it’s an all-day cross-country tour offered by the folks at Garnet Hill Lodge, which takes skiers from the shoulder of Gore along land owned by the Barton Mine Co. before returning to Garnet Hill.
By Adirondack Explorer
January 1, 2010
Winter came late. We didn't get our first decent snowstorm until the second week of December, maybe six inches over two days--enough to ski the new trail at Henry's Woods outside of Lake Placid. By Phil Brown
By Adirondack Explorer
December 21, 2009
Asian longhorned beetle and emerald ash borer poised to decimate Adirondack forests. By Judith Harper and Phil Brown Exotic insects have invaded the Adirondacks before. Since the 1960s, the beech-scale insect has devastated the region’s beech trees—so much so that scientists believe the species may not survive here. More recently, the Sirex woodwasp has infested…
By Adirondack Explorer
December 21, 2009
By Phil Brown The Brandreth Park Association is digging in its heels against those who contend that the public has the right to paddle through private land to avoid a mile-long portage between Lilypad Pond and Shingle Shanty Brook in the William C. Whitney Wilderness. Judson Potter, the association’s president, says in a letter to…
By Adirondack Explorer
December 21, 2009
By Tom Woodman As we head to Indian Lake for our exploration of the Jessup River, weather is on our minds. The forecast calls for storms by midafternoon, but as we arrive before 8 a.m. the sun is breaking through the overcast and the thermometer reads 54 degrees. Moisture from overnight rain adds a rich…
By Adirondack Explorer
December 21, 2009
Park’s Banana Belt is appealing! By Phil Brown I had made a date earlier in the week to go cross-country skiing with my daughter, so when I awoke to find several inches of fresh sugary powder in Saranac Lake, I looked forward to a great day. The plan was to ski to Moose Mountain Pond…
By Adirondack Explorer
November 1, 2009
As we head to Indian Lake for our exploration of the Jessup River, weather is on our minds. By Tom Woodman
By Adirondack Explorer
November 1, 2009
We started up the trail a little after 9 a.m., but the real adventure began about noon, after we had hiked to Avalanche Lake and stood gazing up at the Trap Dike, the famous gash in the cliffs of Mount Colden. By Phil Brown
By Adirondack Explorer
November 1, 2009
Did the Adirondacks used to have a lot more owls? I wonder because this summer I climbed an Owl Head Lookout near Elizabethtown, an Owls Head near Keene, and an Owls Head Mountain near Long Lake. By Phil Brown
By Adirondack Explorer
November 1, 2009
I had made a date earlier in the week to go cross-country skiing with my daughter, so when I awoke to find several inches of fresh sugary powder in Saranac Lake, I looked forward to a great day. By Phil Brown