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Looking for a place to paddle? We asked five experienced canoeists to recommend a favorite trip in the Adirondacks. All of these waters are easily accessible. All are flat-water paddles, but beware that the wind can kick up whitecaps on Lake George and Long Lake.
I don’t get to the woods much. I feel sheepish admitting this fact, especially in an Adirondack newspaper. By Akum Norder
For more than a century, the narrow canyon known as High Falls Gorge has attracted thousands of tourists every year. By Alan Wechsler
If you’re looking for a challenging backcountry ski, you might want to go to Owl Head Lookout in the Giant Mountain Wilderness. It’s an ideal trip for late winter, because the trail needs 1½ to 2 feet of snow to be skiable. By Phil Brown
The Peavine Swamp Ski Trail is a long ways from the High Peaks. When I visited the trail one Sunday in mid-January, in the midst of a snowy winter, I had it all to myself. Judging by the scarcity of names in the trailhead register, solitude is the norm here. By Phil Brown
Evan Nate liked this outing By Phil Brown I drag my 15-year-old son Nate on a lot of outings. Sometimes he enjoys them; sometimes he’s not the most enthusiastic companion. A typical prelude to an adventure goes like this: “Hey, Nate, you wanna climb a mountain today?” “Hmmm. How many miles is it?” I mention…
A small wilderness offers big rewards By Phil Brown It’s small, but wild. After a few miles of walking along a little-used path, pushing aside brush, stepping over fallen trees, you get the sense that you are a long way from civilization. Welcome to the Hoffman Notch Wilderness. The best way to see this neglected…
When I informed my father recently that I was going to hike Buck Mountain, his initial reaction was almost expected. He thought I’d gone crazy. By Ken Thurman
Avalanches pave paths to summits
The French called it Riviere au Sable, or “River of Sand.” If you happen to be fly fishing among the boulders in Wil-mington Notch, you might be puzzled by the name, but not if you’re paddling about the Ausable Delta on Lake Champlain.