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cars on a snowy road

What’s the snowiest place in the Adirondack Park?

By Zachary Matson

What eight years of data from University at Albany's Mesonet weather stations reveal about Adirondack snowfall

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Dan Spada, John Rosenthal, and Dave Phillips are pictured skating across a blue and icy Lake Champlain off Fort Ticonderoga in helmets, vests and other gear.

Tips for staying safe on frozen waters in the Adirondacks

By Rick Karlin

Forest rangers, firefighters offer ice safety advice

A glimpse of the Champlain Valley, looking south. Photo by Tim Rowland

Following the links between North, South Boquet mountains

By Tim Rowland

Low peaks overlooking Lake Champlain exist in extensive network of CATS trails

a cross-country skier off wawbeek road in tupper lake

Old Wawbeek Road: Original gateway to Upper Saranac Lake

By Tom French

Ski on underused road is solid option for when there is thin snow cover.

Cross-country skier on a snowy trail in the woods

Skiing through history on trails around Adirondack Fish Hatchery

By Tom French

Search for fresh snow leads to winter wonderland of untouched trails

Trail crew on a snowy bridge

Braving snow and cold, student workers help maintain trails

By Tom French

The Student Conservation Association's winter trail work session is underway

ice climbing

The end of ice climbing?

By Alan Wechsler

For those who love ice climbing, with its short season and fickle medium, warmer winters have hit hard

high peaks in mud season

The warmest winter

By Chloe Bennett

Although the calendar is still in winter, the snowless and mild climate aligns more with the muddy spring season

Neil Luckhurst stands on the summit of Saddleback Mountain. Photo provided

Canadian hiker plans to raise funds for rangers

By Mike Lynch

With thoughts of his son, father pursues all 46 peaks in one trip

Chalis Pond with a frosting of snow.

A hike in ‘dry January’

By Tim Rowland

Chalis Pond provides a short jaunt before significant snowfall

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