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Getting there is half the fun! By Dick Beamish As the traffic sounds of Route 3 fade away and the majestic stands of hemlock cast a spell, it seems to Rachel and me that this is the forest primeval, one that Hiawatha would be at home in. It is also the trail to Ampersand Mountain…
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Paddlers explore a river worth protecting By Mark Bowie After each paddling excursion on an Adirondack river or lake, I return with special remembrances, mind’s-eye imagery of the unique personality of the waterway. My indelible impressions from a recent trip on Fall Stream are of canoes and kayaks cruising a ribbony channel through marshland panoramas,…
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One thing you can be sure of when you go bouldering: The names of the climbing routes (or "problems," in the sport's lingo) are going to be entertaining. By Alan Wechsler
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For days, I had been telling my daughter Becky and her boyfriend, Nyle, about my first visit to Wilcox Lake, hoping to whet their appetite for our weekend camping trip. By Phil Brown
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If you’re looking for a longer hike, to a summit that sees less traffic in the busy Old Forge region, Black Bear Mountain is a solid choice.
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Jaime Ethier saw a timber rattlesnake here once. It lay coiled in the grass, just off the trail. “I almost stepped on it,” he recalls as we walk through the oak-hickory forest on Split Rock Mountain. By Phil Brown
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By Bill Ingersoll One early spring, I embarked on my first backpacking trip, to Mud Lake in the Silver Lake Wilderness. The place attracted me because it had a lean-to and the walking distance seemed reasonable. Thus, I set off into the wilds with a brand-new pack and sleeping bag. By the time I reached…
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You get a sense of wildness on the Chubb River almost as soon as you push off from the put-in spot outside Lake Placid. By Phil Brown
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Hikers find solitude just outside town By Phil Brown Talk about a great day. We visited two mountain ponds, climbed two peaks with gorgeous views, hiked for miles through a virgin forest and saw not a soul in our 81/2-hour journey. Thank you, Richard Hayes Phillips … I think. A geologist and acoustic musician from…
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‘Study river’ for 30 years By Phil Brown A few years ago, my friend Brian Mann and I canoed from Jones Pond to Osgood Pond and followed the upper Osgood River as far as we could—to a small dam, beyond which the river is un-navigable for miles. This spring we returned to paddle the lower…