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Keene celebrates new bike trails

By Tim Rowland

Community celebrates newest addition on county-owned land

Mountain biker on Wilmington's Hardy Road trail

A welcoming TGIF ride

By Tim Rowland

Terrific views and terrain on Wilmington’s Hardy Road trail

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A bummer of a bike ride

By Phil Brown

Despite bike designation, Moose River Plains truck trail is a bust

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Keene to move ahead on new mountain bike trails

By Tim Rowland

Once completed, the network will be part of a mountain bike route from Wilmington to Elizabethtown

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Mountain bike boom for Old Forge

By Jamie Organski

Town of Webb receives $250,000 grant for mountain bike trail expansion; McCauley trail network has grown since 2018

All-In on the Hardy Road Trails

By Mike Lynch

Locals and visitors take part in Friday night social rides.

A new trail for mountain biking novices

By Phil Brown

BETA built this gem of a trail on land purchased by the Lake Placid Land Conservancy in 2017. The 100-acre parcel is now known as the Three Sisters Preserve.

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DEC responds to mountain-biking concerns

By Phil Brown

In its proposed amendment to the Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest management plan, the state DEC sets forth a goal of creating two networks of mountain biking trails just north of Blue Ridge Road.

Your Chance To Weigh In On Mountain Bike Trails

By Phil Brown

The Barkeater Trails Alliance has done a great job building mountain-bike trails in Wilmington, Lake Placid, and Saranac Lake. A proposed management plan for the Saranac Lakes Wild Forest calls for the construction of 35 more miles of bike trails in the region. You can read about the plan in the forthcoming issue of the…

‘Explorer’ Publishes Multisport Guide To Finch, Pruyn Lands

By Phil Brown

The Adirondack Explorer has published a multisport guidebook to the former Finch, Pruyn lands to let people know of the many recreational opportunities on tracts that had been off limits to the public for more than a century. 12 Adventures on New State Lands: Exploring the Finch, Pruyn Tracts has something for everyone: the hiker, the paddler, the…

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