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View from mountain summit

After 2-year closure, Lows Lake access is back for paddlers

By Mike Lynch

Next summer paddlers will once again have full access to miles of wilderness paddling.

Woman in a tie-dye shirt paddling on a lake

Easy paddle-pedal on Oswegatchie’s West Branch

By Tom French

A 6-mile flatwater run ends with a 3-mile bike ride

smiling woman in a kayak part of the ladies of the lake group

Ladies of the Lake paddling group puts the ‘yak in kayak’

By Contributing Writer

Social group made up of women from across southern Adirondacks has been meeting for 25 years after forming in Northville

canoers at the 90 miler race

Paddles Up: 41st 90-Miler boat race begins in Old Forge

By Jamie Organski

Racers, volunteers and spectators come together to create a joyous spirit for annual Adirondack Canoe Classic

Paddling the Champlain Valley’s Boquet River, a wild waterway originating in the High Peaks

By Mike Lynch

There are many options for paddling trips down the Boquet River through the Champlain Valley, for paddlers of all skill levels.

Chris Morris paddles Union Falls Pond on the Saranac River. Photo by Mike Lynch

Paddling primer

By Mike Lynch

Chris Morris talks about paddling opportunities on the Northern Forest Canoe Trail and precautions for boating in the spring.

icy bank of oswegatchie in wanakena on mid-March paddle

Trading in snowshoes for kayak in March

By William Hill

Early paddle on Oswegatchie River in Wanakena adds to tale of unusually warm winter

Nature Conservancy, state reach Follensby compromise

By Gwendolyn Craig

Pristine acreage in Adirondacks will be opening for limited research, public use

three men watching a sunset

Bonding with old friends, on the water

By Adirondack Explorer

Paddle trips provide much-needed catching up time

High Rock on the Oswegatchie

High Rock on the Oswegatchie River 

By William Hill

Fond memories of an annual fall outing

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