Skiing the Seven Carries
We couldn’t have asked for a more gorgeous day. Sunny, mild, hardly a breeze. “We don’t deserve this,” Brian remarked as we glided through the unbroken snow.
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Lyon Mountain
Think of Lyon Mountain as the High Peak of the North. It stands alone in the northeastern corner of the Adirondack Park, offering superb views of Chazy Lake, the Champlain Valley, the Green Mountains ... By Phil Brown
Round Pond ski
It’s the end of February, but I’m skiing in a T-shirt. The sun blazes out of a bluebird Adirondack sky. The thermometer reads 58 degrees in the Sharp Bridge State Campground parking lot. Hard to believe that two weeks ago I needed four layers and a down vest to fend off the cold.
Duck Hole Delight
Ask a roomful of cross-country skiers to name the best backcountry tour in the Adirondacks and you’re sure to get a roomful of answers. But there’s little room for debate about the best new ski tour: Henderson Lake to Duck Hole.
Whiteface Landing
When I’m looking for a quick shot of backwoods fun, a ski tour I can fit into a morning or an afternoon, I often opt for the Whiteface Landing trail. The six-mile round trip takes only two or three hours, but it’s a great escape into serene surroundings.
4 great snowshoe ascents
When the snow gets deep, so does the longing to get out into the woods—at least if you’re a snowshoer. Below are four winter hikes up mountains that offer magnificent vistas in different parts of the Adirondacks.
3 wild lakes in winter
By Robin Ambrosino In a fit of cabin fever I called my friend Thad. I’d been pressing my nose against the window for weeks, as more snow than we’d had in years created a thick inviting carpet over the landscape. But below-zero temperatures and a nasty wind chill had been keeping me from enjoying it.…
Backcountry Ski Festival celebrates the wild
He had dreams of skiing in the Olympics. He went to high school at Burke Mountain Ski Academy, in Vermont, where he trained 150 days a year. By 15, he was the nation’s 10th-ranked giant slalom skier in his age group.
Winter adventure at the Vic
Happy day! An early, mid-November blizzard has graced our northern end of the Adirondacks with nine inches of snow. Last weekend we were hiking these trails at the state’s Visitor Interpretive Center at Paul Smiths. Today we’ll be skiing on them.
Ideas for early winter ski outings in the Adirondacks
For those who can't wait for full-blown winter to arrive, here are ten early season ski trips.