Trails and tales at Camp Santanoni
By Adirondack Explorer
How does one account for the coincidence that on a relatively easy ski in good conditions, two members of our party have their boots come apart?
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Algonquin and Wright
By Adirondack Explorer
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
Sleeping Beauty Mt.
By Adirondack Explorer
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.
Lyon Mountain
By Adirondack Explorer
The tap, tap, tapping that sounded every few minutes as we made a wintry ascent of Lyon Mountain wasn't coming from woodpeckers.
Siamese Pond Wilderness
By Adirondack Explorer
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.
4 snowshoe delights
By Adirondack Explorer
Here are four of my favorite winter hikes, chosen from locations around the Adirondack Park.
Cat and Thomas Mountains
By Adirondack Explorer
As a photographer, Carl Heilman has captured hundreds of great views in the Adirondacks.
A Lyon in winter
By Adirondack Explorer
The tap, tap, tapping that sounded every few minutes as we made a wintry ascent of Lyon Mountain wasn’t coming from woodpeckers.
Whiteface road attracts early skiers
By Adirondack Explorer
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.
Pillsbury Mountain: Short climb to a big view
By Adirondack Explorer
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.