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People in Speculator refer to the outer loop of their new mountain bike system as “the family trail.” Everyone I talked to assured me the roads were wide, the dirt hard-packed and the downhills not too steep. By Kathy Ceceri
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We had just pedaled through 30 feet of flooded trail beside a beaver pond when Bert Yost stopped on a wooden bridge over the pond’s outlet. By Phil Brown
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It is a balmy weekend, and my husband and I have a free Saturday. Not ones for letting a vivid autumn day go to waste, we’ve decided to spend it paddling a pair of 16-foot plastic sea kayaks along one of the more spectacular waterborne day trips in the Adirondack region: the stretch of Lake Champlain between Westport and Essex.
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Going with the flow By Phil Brown When Gov. George Pataki reached a deal with Champion International in 1998 to save 139,000 acres in the northern Adirondacks, canoeists and kayakers rejoiced at the paddling prospects: Stretches of five major rivers, long off limits, would be open to the public. But the deal also made possible…
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Along with the Champlain Valley, the gentle terrain north of Saranac Lake offers the best road biking in the Adirondacks. By Dick Beamish ...
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Friday afternoon. The sun was out, but I was not. That just didn’t seem right, so I made a hasty decision to climb Loon Lake Mountain.
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As the South Branch of the Grass River tumbles off the northwest shoulder of the Adirondack dome, a 16-mile stretch seethes with tumultuous waterfalls and rambling rapids, separated by navigable flatwater.
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What do you do after sending 14-year-old daughter off on a plane to visit BFF (best friend forever) in Minneapolis? Take the boys to Lake Lila for three angst-free days!
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Lake George delights canoeing camper By Mark Bowie Although I’d been to Lake George in powerboats before, this was my first visit by canoe. The short cruise from my campsite on Big Burnt Island to Glen Island rekindled a previous impression: This is an absolutely beautiful sheet of water. It’s the clarity that gets me.…
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Late spring and summer are times of marvelous activity in the woods. Life has burst open after slumbering through the long winter. Flowers bloom. Red efts crawl across the forest floor. Loons dive for food while herons stalk the shorelines.