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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.
Friends of Camp Santanoni cancels winter tours
December 17, 2020
There’ll be no fireside cocoa at Camp Santanoni this winter, the latest Adirondack tradition to go dormant during the coronavirus pandemic.
Crazy Freedom
December 13, 2020
There is no easy way to access “Passion and Warfare.” The location combined with winter weather anomalies can present a logistical nightmare, but nothing worthwhile is easy.
DEC, APA ask public what to do at Debar Mountain Complex
December 11, 2020
The public will have more time to comment on the state’s proposal to tear down an historic Adirondack camp and put up a day-use area.
Hiking Wilmington Slide: A perfect shoulder-season outing
By Tim Rowland
December 6, 2020
Slides are notoriously hard to get to, and as the days shorten, climbing one becomes, for us mere mortals, a sport that’s off the table until spring. One shoulder-season exception is the slide on Wilmington Peak in the Stephenson Range in northern Essex County.
Puppy Power
November 28, 2020
Park offers good skijor terrain for a few enthusiasts and their friends By Gillian Scott In skijoring, a person on skis is towed by another creature—a dog, a horse or, in the case of former Lapland Lake Nordic Vacation Center owner Olavi Hirvonen, a reindeer. You can even skijor behind snowmobiles (if you dare). Many…
Winter hiking food tips for beginners
November 23, 2020
Packing the proper—and right amount—of food for your backcountry winter excursions can be overwhelming when you're first starting out.
Adirondack ski areas prepare for a COVID-altered season
By Stephen Leon
November 23, 2020
State guidelines, and the pandemic itself, have affected Adirondack resorts in mostly similar ways, with some variations.
Forgotten waters
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.