On a mission, and scouting out outings, in the Bog River Flow By Tom French Whenever Doug and I try to find some historic artifact in the middle of the Adirondacks, Doug points out that our batting average is not good. Our trek along the … [Read more...] about A return to Pa’s Falls (and the mystery of the missing monuments)
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Burnt colors biking Burntbridge Pond Loop
A tale of two maps in this remote St. Lawrence Co. ride By Tom French As an Adirondack Explorer, I’m always keen to check out remote places with an interesting history. Add a biking icon in the legend along with discrepancies between maps, and … [Read more...] about Burnt colors biking Burntbridge Pond Loop
Keene celebrates new bike trails
Community celebrates newest addition on county-owned land By Tim Rowland As one of the people spearheading a new mountain biking trail project in Keene, DeAnna Brown prepared certificates for everyone who helped. It amounted to quite a stack of … [Read more...] about Keene celebrates new bike trails
A welcoming TGIF ride
Terrific views and terrain on Wilmington’s Hardy Road trail By Tim Rowland As Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett sang, it’s five o’clock somewhere, and on a Friday afternoon in mid-September, that somewhere was Hardy Road in Wilmington, where … [Read more...] about A welcoming TGIF ride
A bummer of a bike ride
Despite bike designation, Moose River Plains truck trail is a bust By Phil Brown I had hoped it would be one of the finest mountain-bike rides in the Adirondack Park, a 27-mile loop combining deep-woods trails and dirt roads in the Moose River … [Read more...] about A bummer of a bike ride
Keene to move ahead on new mountain bike trails
Once completed, network will be part of a mountain bike route from Wilmington to Elizabethtown By Tim Rowland The Essex County Board of Supervisors has green-lighted a multi-use trail network in the town of Keene to serve mountain-bike … [Read more...] about Keene to move ahead on new mountain bike trails