Five articles to get you in the skiing spirit
By Mike Lynch
December 20, 2020
One of the good things about backcountry skiing in the Adirondacks is that it’s usually easier to get away from crowds than during the busy hiking season.
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Mike Lynch has been a multimedia reporter for the Explorer since 2014 and can often be found hiking mountains, paddling rivers, or skiing down slopes. His photos complement many of the stories throughout the magazine and website, and he regularly writes wildlife, land acquisition and recreation stories. Mike has also worked as a licensed outdoor guide and thru-paddled the 740-mile Northern Forest Canoe Trail. He is the author of 12 Short Hikes on Preserves near Lake George. He can be reached at mike@adirondackexplorer.org. Sign up for Mike’s newsletter
By Mike Lynch
December 20, 2020
One of the good things about backcountry skiing in the Adirondacks is that it’s usually easier to get away from crowds than during the busy hiking season.
By Mike Lynch
December 18, 2020
The U.S. Fish and Wildife Service announced December 15 that monarch butterflies deserve protection under the Endangered Species Act, but didn't propose to list them.
By Mike Lynch
December 4, 2020
Proponents of a Road Salt bill signed into law earlier this week showed up Saranac Lake Friday to tout the bill and honor the man they named it for: the late Randy Preston, a longtime Wilmington town supervisor.
By Mike Lynch
November 25, 2020
Multimedia Reporter Mike Lynch writes about his experience of photographing salmon on the Boquet and Saranac rivers.
By Mike Lynch
November 24, 2020
By Mike Lynch
November 23, 2020
This fall multimedia reporter Mike Lynch visited the Boquet River numerous times to photo salmon, anglers trying to catch them, and the scientists who were studying them. The photos were used in the November issue of the Explorer and the Rivers and Salmon web series.
By Mike Lynch
November 22, 2020
From Lake Flower Dam in the northern Adirondacks, the Saranac River drops roughly 1,500 feet before it empties into Lake Champlain. Along the way, it meanders through the mountains, rushes through canyons and spreads out into ponds and lakes behind dams.
By Mike Lynch
November 12, 2020
September and October are active and scenic months in the Adirondacks. There are lots of opportunities to take photos of fall foliage, salmon are running in some of the rivers, and many people are out recreating to take advantage of the conditions.
By Mike Lynch
November 11, 2020
This past fall I spent several early mornings and evenings photographing anglers fishing for salmon on the Saranac River near Lake Champlain. The images were for an article on the subject by Tim Rowland. The above photos were from those visits.
By Mike Lynch
November 5, 2020
In July, Explorer intern photographer Benjamin Chambers visited the Saranac River to document life there and capture images of its dams and natural habitat. The images above are from those assignments.