Cat and Thomas Mountains
By Adirondack Explorer
As a photographer, Carl Heilman has captured hundreds of great views in the Adirondacks.
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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.
Weller Pond
By Adirondack Explorer
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.
Rock Lake
By Adirondack Explorer
A mother, daughter, father and son burst out of the woods, beaming. We take this as a good sign.
Nye Mountain
By Adirondack Explorer
I considered, for a time, not climbing Street and Nye. I’d heard rumors of others who had done the same—not climbed them. Famous Adirondack guides and writers. What was the point of climbing them anyway? Just to get a Forty-Sixer patch?
National Scenic Trail
By Adirondack Explorer
I’m a bit late hitting the trail, and that has me worried. I’m supposed to meet my friend Steve at the Colvin Brook lean-to, and I have more than 40 miles to go. Fortunately, our scheduled rendezvous—at noon on Monday—is three days away.
4 great fall paddles
By Adirondack Explorer
Mark Bowie shares his favorite flatwater trips By Mark Bowie Fall on flatwater in the Adirondacks: There’s no place I’d rather be than on a wild pond or stream reflecting the reds, yellows and oranges of the season. Of course, there are enough waterways in the Adirondacks to fill a lifetime of exploration, but here…
Cook Mountain
By Adirondack Explorer
It’s a beautiful summer day on top of Cook Mountain. The sky is a vivid blue, and the sun is blazing bright.