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.
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Moose Pond walk
By Adirondack Explorer
It’s a fine day for a ramble: blue sky, shirt-sleeve temperature, and no bugs to drive us batty or hasten our molluscan pace.
Family conquers Pharaoh Mt.
By Adirondack Explorer
To describe my family as hikers might be a bit of a stretch. True, we've hiked in the arid deserts of Arizona and trekked along the rim of the Grand Canyon. But most of our big hikes have been inside National Parks, along well-groomed trails where the elevation change is minimal.
Moose River
By Adirondack Explorer
Canoeists explore latest addition to Forest Preserve By Phil Brown Clark Lubbs is a nature photographer who moved to the Adirondacks so he could be near wilderness. The twist is that he came here from Colorado. “If you want to see real wilderness, you have to move east,” he says, contradicting conventional wisdom. Unlike federal…
Poke-O’s gentle side
By Adirondack Explorer
Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain offers a unique view of the Champlain Valley and the High Peaks, but traditional the trail to the top is rather steep. The good news for your aching knees is that there’s a new and gentler route to the open summit and its fire tower.
Northwestern Adirondacks
By Adirondack Explorer
Northwest passages By Bill Ingersoll The northwestern Adirondacks has long been one of my favorite places to explore. It’s a region of secluded ponds, winding eskers, tannin-stained streams and ancient forests. The blowdown from a 1995 windstorm is an impressive demonstration of how natural forces prevail in truly wild areas. When I first teamed up…
Longtime hikers pen Northville-Placid Trail guidebook
By Adirondack Explorer
No one knows the Northville-Placid Trail better than Jeffrey and Donna Case. They have hiked it each spring for more than 20 years, so it’s only natural that they would be called on to rewrite the Adirondack Mountain Club’s guidebook for the 132-mile trail.
Tirrell Pond ski
By Adirondack Explorer
What goes up must come down, but as we discovered on a delightful ski tour around Blue Mountain this winter, what comes down doesn’t have to go up.
Stony Creek Ponds
By Adirondack Explorer
Herewith some impressions, recalled fondly and with anticipation on a mid-winter day, of a three-season canoe and kayak trip that starts at Coreys and ends at the state landing a few miles east of Tupper Lake. By Dick Beamish
The Deer Pond Loop
By Adirondack Explorer
Located just northeast of Tupper Lake, the Deer Pond area is often overlooked by cross-country skiers in favor of the St. Regis Canoe Area a little to the north.