Nun-da-ga-o Ridge
By Phil Brown
May 7, 2009
One of the best half-day hikes in the Park.
Phil Brown
Phil Brown edited the Adirondack Explorer from 1999 until his retirement in 2018. He continues to explore the park and to write for the publication and website.
Fish or flower?
By Phil Brown
May 6, 2009
Early blooms on an Adirondack peak.
Spring fling
By Phil Brown
April 30, 2009
DEC closes a popular watering hole.
One last ski
By Phil Brown
April 28, 2009
A diehard's search for snow on Marcy.
Pilots win reprieve
By Phil Brown
April 22, 2009
Floatplanes to continue landing on Lows Lake.
Two-wheelin’ & four-wheelin’
By Phil Brown
April 21, 2009
A sunny day in spring brings out the ATVs.
Cat Mountain is the cat’s meow
By Phil Brown
July 1, 2006
It’s an especially warm, sunny day in mid-April, a perfect day for hiking if not for the mud, snow and ice in the higher elevations around Lake Placid. And so I head for the lower elevations: the Five Ponds Wilderness south of Cranberry Lake.
Panting and painting along the Northville-Placid Trail
By Phil Brown
March 1, 2003
Hiking the Northville-Placid Trail inspired an artist to create a suite of paintings depicting scenes along the 133-mile route. He loved it.