The Adirondack Explorer is a nonprofit magazine covering the Adirondack Park's environment, recreation and communities.
By Adirondack Explorer
March 1, 2009
It's a balmy day in mid-April, and we're following Ron Konowitz on the trail to Algonquin Peak, the Adirondacks' second-highest summit. The snow has been melting for days, exposing roots and rocks and reopening streams, but we're on skis. By Phil Brown
By Adirondack Explorer
March 1, 2009
You don’t expect a mountain that shares a name with a fairy tale to be too daunting, especially when that fairy tale is Sleeping Beauty, a name that conjures visions of peace and serenity, which is exactly what you find on Sleeping Beauty Mountain.
By Adirondack Explorer
January 16, 2009
The tap, tap, tapping that sounded every few minutes as we made a wintry ascent of Lyon Mountain wasn't coming from woodpeckers.
By Adirondack Explorer
January 1, 2009
There are times when you want the mountains to yourself, with no trace of your fellow human beings. And there are times, by God, that you hope there have been cross-country skiers in front of you.
By Adirondack Explorer
January 1, 2009
Here are four of my favorite winter hikes, chosen from locations around the Adirondack Park. All are moderate trips that can be adapted in a number of ways to suit a variety of tastes.
By Adirondack Explorer
January 1, 2009
As a photographer, Carl Heilman has captured hundreds of great views in the Adirondacks.
By Adirondack Explorer
January 1, 2009
The tap, tap, tapping that sounded every few minutes as we made a wintry ascent of Lyon Mountain wasn’t coming from woodpeckers.
By Adirondack Explorer
November 1, 2008
It’s mid-November in Saranac Lake, and I’m gazing wistfully out the office window at the first substantial snowfall of the season. The phone rings: It’s my friend Brian Mann, wondering if I want to go skiing on the Whiteface highway.
By Adirondack Explorer
November 1, 2008
At 3,597 feet, Pillsbury Mountain is the Adirondacks’ 82nd-highest peak, which puts it on the to-do list of hikers on a mission to climb the Hundred Highest.
By Adirondack Explorer
November 1, 2008
I’d often heard Weller Pond described as a quiet oasis off Middle Saranac Lake—a place where you can find ducks and loons and two lovely islands, Tick and Toc—but I never paddled there until this fall, just as the leaves were changing.