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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.

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Two-wheelin’ & four-wheelin’

By Phil Brown

A sunny day in spring brings out the ATVs.

Cat Mountain is the cat’s meow

By Phil Brown

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

Hiking the Northville-Placid Trail inspired an artist to create a suite of paintings depicting scenes along the 133-mile route. He loved it.

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