Where more than just the skiing is Nordic
February 3, 2020
Visitors could mistake Lapland Lake for a slice of Finland, with cabins named “Pohjan” and “Latu,” and a trail called “Karfu” (Finnish for bear).
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February 3, 2020
Visitors could mistake Lapland Lake for a slice of Finland, with cabins named “Pohjan” and “Latu,” and a trail called “Karfu” (Finnish for bear).
By Mike Lynch
January 15, 2020
The trail system consists of nearly five miles of groomed trails and another mile-long spur trail that connects to the currently shuttered Big Tupper Ski Area. The system is a big upgrade from where it started in 2008 when the main focus was skiing the golf course, which is owned by the town and leased to the Tupper Lake Country Club from the spring to the fall.
December 26, 2019
Beyond its historic intrigue, though, Newcomb's Camp Santanoni serves a more utilitarian purpose around two winter holidays and one March weekend: hot chocolate and a woodstove.
December 2, 2019
One of my go-to ski tours, especially early in the season, is the Hays Brook Truck Trail north of Paul Smiths. Although another ski tour begins across the road, I never bothered to check it out until last winter. Now I know what I was missing.
February 26, 2019
Paul Smith's College plans a two-stage trail improvement project that would turn the center’s cross-country ski trails into a competition-class venue that college officials hope can attract would-be Olympians to enroll.
By Phil Brown
December 17, 2018
The Adirondack Park Agency has tentatively approved new criteria for ski trails intended to enhance the experience of backcountry skiers in the forest preserve.
By Mike Lynch
November 21, 2018
Some ponds and lakes are freezing up early, and people are already hitting groomed and backcountry ski trails.
By Tim Rowland
June 20, 2018
The Olympic Regional Development Authority hopes to begin construction this year on what winter-sports enthusiasts hope will be a “magical” transformation of the historic Van Hoevenberg cross-country-skiing center into an international venue on par with any in the world. The plans are conditional on permitting and would be carried out over the next several years…
By Phil Brown
February 28, 2018
If winter returns, I’ll be ready. Green Goat Maps has just published a Winter Trails Map for the Saranac Lake/Lake Placid region. The full-color topographical map shows trails suitable for cross-country skiing (shown in red), snowshoeing (green), and riding fat bikes (indicated by icons). The long-distance Jackrabbit Ski Trail, which extends from Paul Smiths to…
By Phil Brown
January 20, 2018
On Saturday I set out to ski the two miles to McKenzie Pond on the popular Jackrabbit Trail. However, the sign at the trail warned that a bridge over McKenzie Brook was “flooded and impassable.” I knew that the bridge had been a few feet underwater after a recent thaw, but that was a week…