Big Slide via the Brothers
By Adirondack Explorer
When you’re hiking by yourself in late December and you know you’re pushing daylight, you tend to look at your watch a lot. By Alan Wechsler
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Valcour Island Adventure
By Adirondack Explorer
While the lakes and rivers of the Adirondacks have spawned a rich tradition of canoeing, rowing and river kayaking, it’s easy to forget that the Adirondack Park boundary runs down the middle of Lake Champlain—the nation’s largest lake after the five Great Ones, and a newly emerging mecca for sea-kayaking.
Grass River
By Adirondack Explorer
One river on Champion lands makes the serious paddler’s heart beat like no other: the South Branch of the Grass.