Jenkins Mountain ski
By Adirondack Explorer
I had skied Jenkins Mountain once before and though I enjoyed the view from the summit, I didn’t particularly like the long slog down an old woods road to get to the mountain’s base.
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Avalanche Pass paddle
By Adirondack Explorer
The last time Mike and I traveled across Avalanche Lake, we wore skis. It was below zero. Mike had frostbite but didn’t know it. He remarked how cool it would be to paddle on this remote finger of water, with cliffs rising out of the lake on both sides. By Phil Brown
Biking on the Tooley Pond tract
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Bicycling the Tooley Pond Road in the northwestern Adirondacks is like gliding through a wilderness. By Betsy Kepes
Sunrise Mountain Slab
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I met Jim Lawyer and Jeremy Hass at a pull-off on Route 86 in Wilmington Notch, not far from Whiteface Mountain. By Alan Wechsler
Powley-Piseco Road
By Adirondack Explorer
You don’t always need to hike for miles through the woods to find wilderness in the Adirondacks. Sometimes you don’t even need to get out of your car.
A ball on the Hudson
By Adirondack Explorer
Wayne Failing, outdoorsman, environmentalist, philosopher and licensed Adirondack guide, calls it a “dance with the river.” And this dance isn’t a fancy minuet.
Crane mountain
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Belle of the south By Phil Brown A hot day in May—too hot for heavy hiking boots. So I decided to climb Crane Mountain in my brand-new “approach shoes.” Rock climbers use these low-cut shoes with sticky soles to hike to cliffs. They’re also used for climbing slides in the High Peaks, something I like…
Gooley Club’s last stand
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Members say state’s acquisition of hunting grounds would ruin a traditional way of life By George Earl Rifle in hand, clad in heavy wool plaid, and fueled by an early breakfast, I hoofed it up a steep ridge and came to an impressive vista of forested mountaintops and wild ponds. This was a rare glimpse…
Lake George ride
By Adirondack Explorer
Boats, bicycling and beer rarely combine to make a cycling tour (well, at least the boat part is unusual). By Alan Wechlser ...
5 trips for the family
By Adirondack Explorer
When I was a kid, I climbed Bald Mountain near Old Forge several times with my mother and stepfather. In those days you could still hike the old trail up the steep south face of the mountain, which was an adventurous climb over a series of narrow ledges. By Bill Ingersoll