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I like to camp and trap in remote areas of the Adirondack Park. I need permits for extended stays at a campsite, but I’m allowed only one permit during hunting season. Then I must remove my tent and gear. But trapping season extends for months past the end of hunting season. Then I’m allowed to…
Governor Andrew Cuomo has demonstrated an appreciation for both the natural wonders of the Adirondack Park and for the economic potential of increased tourism in the region. From whitewater-rafting races, to funding for a refurbished Whiteface Memorial Highway, to his (unfortunate) support for a snowmobile connector trail through the newly acquired Essex Chain Lakes…
DANIEL WAY comes by his predilection for photography naturally, or perhaps one should say genetically—he is the great-great-nephew of Seneca Ray Stoddard, pioneering photographer of the post-Civil War Adirondacks. The Glens Falls native’s love of the Adirondacks and all that there is about them may also come down from Stoddard, one of the few to…
GLENN PEARSALL has combed through long shelves of published works about early development efforts north of the Mohawk. The result is a thought-provoking book about selected (on what basis is never clearly explained) episodes in North Country history, covering the years roughly between the end of the American Revolution and 1820. The stories he tells…
By Phil Brown
Although schools were closed, today was not a snow day at the Adirondack Explorer. We are busy working on our March-April issue. However, I did manage to get out on my lunch hour for a short ski. I climbed most of the way up a small peak on the edge of town and skied back…
In the small eastern Adirondack community of Wadhams, a wood-sided building with rusted metal roof extends along the top of the rocky bank of the Boquet River. Its various sections join to each other with a sense of purpose that grows from adding space as a need arises, laterally along the bank and over the…
By Phil Brown
Another cold but brilliant day in Saranac Lake. I skied to Moose Pond on my lunch hour, a pristine water body with knockout views of Moose Mountain and Whiteface Mountain. As usual this winter, I was worried about the amount of snow cover and so was glad to discover that the trail has been skied…
By Phil Brown
The temperature in Saranac Lake was 25 below when I woke up this morning. By my lunch hour, it had warmed to 2 below, so I decided to hike up Baker Mountain on the outskirts of town. Despite the temperature, the hike was pleasant. The sun was out, and there was virtually no wind. I…