Takeaways from $57M World University Games
By James Odato
Report details funding, employment, housing challenges for the winter sports competition
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Hickory Ski Center faces deadline to fund ski lifts
By Times Union
Historic, challenging ski hill has been open to uphill skiers but wants to revive lifts
Covered for calamity at Siamese Ponds
A ski trip with spare parts
Feeling the (Higley) Flow
By Tom French
Wood's Trail offers easy backcountry access in St. Lawrence County
Pole, pedal, paddle: Multi-sport charity race coming to Saranac Lake
By Mike Lynch
The Saranac Lake 3P (pole/pedal/paddle) will consist of six legs over nearly 14 miles, including skiing trails at Mount Pisgah and Dewey Mountain.
Is the future of outdoor skating on thin ice?
Researchers, ice skaters reflect on changes to popular winter pastimes
The art of orienteering, on skis, in subzero temps
By Tim Rowland
The sport of locating two-dozen checkpoints with the aid of map and compass is known as orienteering, but “It’s a lot more complicated in winter."
Temperatures to plunge in the Adirondacks this weekend
By Mike Lynch
Dangerously cold weather is forecast to hit the Adirondacks Friday and Saturday
Curling, explained*
By Tim Rowland
This week's Explore More takes you indoors to find out what all the fuss over curling is about