Cold Cuts: The Raquette Lake Ice Harvest Elizabeth Folwell Feb 07, 2023 Frozen water is guaranteed on Adirondack lakes and ponds, starting from a thin skim when temperatures drop in Decembe... Read More
Ski to Die Alan Wechsler Feb 07, 2023 In 1974 a ragtag crew of underemployed, underequipped guys in their early 20s spent the winter living in the High Pea... Read More
Zero to Jackrabbit: Taking on a Legendary Adirondack Trail Paul Greenberg Feb 07, 2023 What challenge could you present that tricky knees and rising blood pressure could overcome? What would get the spiri... Read More
Wayne Failing: Master of Fun Michael Virtanen Feb 01, 2023 Solidly built and shrouded by bushy hair, beard and dark sunglasses, Wayne Failing looked like a modern mountain man.... Read More
Free Skate: How to Build a Backyard Ice Rink Adirondack Life Feb 01, 2023 For some Adirondackers, the ultimate in North Country living is being able to ski out the back door. But for Harold S... Read More
Henry Beach and the Art of Deception Sally Svenson Jan 17, 2023 The first version of Photoshop was issued in 1990, but the art and craft of manipulating photographs has existed sinc... Read More
Service Stations: American Legions in the Adirondacks Niki Kourofsky Jan 11, 2023 My earliest memories of the local American Legion—Post 1619 in West Plattsburgh, less than a mile from our house—were... Read More
A Waking Dream: Novelist Russell Banks on His Adirondack Home Russell Banks Jan 09, 2023 Nearly everyone can name a place or two or, if they’re lucky, three, that for them is like no other. Those are the pl... Read More
The Upside Down: Introducing Another Lake Placid Annie Stoltie Jan 05, 2023 Lake Placid is the most wonderful town in the world,” says Giggles. “The people here are so friendly and giving—talki... Read More
To the Rescue Adirondack Life Jan 03, 2023 North Country weather has always been a wild ride of ups and downs, and climate change hasn’t made it any easier to p... Read More
Avalanche Safety 101 Tim Rowland Dec 19, 2022 Social media images show you the good stuff. That arcing spray of white powder against a bluebird sky, fronting a gli... Read More
From Cold River to the North Pole Adirondack Life Dec 19, 2022 For 33 years Noah John Rondeau, the best-known Adirondack hermit of the 20th century, lived in a crude cluster of hut... Read More