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man on owls head mountain

The birth of the Owls Head ‘Four-Pack’ adventure

By Tom French

Author creates his own hiking challenge, complete with sticker for finishers

The head of Long Valley trail

Exploring the Long Valley Trail

By Tim Rowland

Wadhams trail is long on views of New York's Champlain Valley landmarks

A streak of Yellowstone on a rock face

Baldface Mountain offers scavenger hunt of marvels

By Tom French

Bushwhack near Debar Mountain gives opportunity to work on compass skills

whiteface mountain in the clouds

Unraveling a 100-year-old murder mystery at Whiteface

By Tim Rowland

Classic Adirondack hike masks a grim legacy

view from sawyer mountain in fall

Hiking in William West Durant’s ‘stomping grounds’

By Tim Rowland

Hiking through history on Sawyer Mountain, located halfway between Indian Lake and Blue Mountain Lake

The Garden trailhead, filed to capacity on a fall weekday afternoon.

Keene faces growing issues with hikers: Rising conflicts, parking problems

By Tim Rowland

Illegal parking and hiker hostilities add to the strain on High Peaks stewards

Sunset from a firewtower.

The Buck (Mountain) stops here

By Tim Rowland

A lesson on names and places

Hikers on Buck Mountain in Fort Ann overlooking Lake George on an October day in 2020.

The importance of trail stewardship: A Q&A about Buck Mountain in Lake George

By Mike Lynch

Jim Schneider, a long-time member of ADK's Glens Falls-Saratoga Chapter, talks about the Buck Mountain trailhead steward program.

This map shows LGLC's recent 30-acre purchase along with its Twin Pines Preserve and nearby Adirondack Forest Preserve lands. Courtesy of LGLC

Land trust adds key parcels near Lake George

By Mike Lynch

Lake George Land Conservancy has purchased properties in the towns of Bolton and Lake George in recent months.

An old stone foundation in the woods.

Sawmills, springs, and sap part of Horseshoe Lake bike, hike

By Tom French

Trek takes users through littered remains of Abbot Augustus Low’s former empire

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