OK Slip Falls ski
We’re taking a ski trip into the future, following old woods roads and trails to the brink of a gorge that overlooks OK Slip Falls, one of the biggest cataracts in the Adirondack Park. By Phil Brown
Snow Sports
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Warming up to Van Ho
It was minus 10 degrees when we left Saranac Lake one December morning to hike Mount Van Hoevenberg. As we pulled out of the driveway, it was still freezing inside the car. By Anna Rehm
New Land Trust
When I went cross-country skiing with my daughter, I had two criteria: The trails should be not too far from Plattsburgh, where she attends college, and not too difficult, as Martha has not skied much in recent years. By Phil Brown
Trails and tales at Camp Santanoni
How does one account for the coincidence that on a relatively easy ski in good conditions, two members of our party have their boots come apart?
Algonquin and Wright
It's a balmy day in mid-April, and we're following Ron Konowitz on the trail to Algonquin Peak, the Adirondacks' second-highest summit. The snow has been melting for days, exposing roots and rocks and reopening streams, but we're on skis. By Phil Brown
4 snowshoe delights
Here are four of my favorite winter hikes, chosen from locations around the Adirondack Park.
Cat and Thomas Mountains
As a photographer, Carl Heilman has captured hundreds of great views in the Adirondacks.
A Lyon in winter
The tap, tap, tapping that sounded every few minutes as we made a wintry ascent of Lyon Mountain wasn’t coming from woodpeckers.
Whiteface road attracts early skiers
It’s mid-November in Saranac Lake, and I’m gazing wistfully out the office window at the first substantial snowfall of the season. The phone rings: It’s my friend Brian Mann, wondering if I want to go skiing on the Whiteface highway.
Tirrell Pond ski
What goes up must come down, but as we discovered on a delightful ski tour around Blue Mountain this winter, what comes down doesn’t have to go up.