Three Flatwater Adventures on the St. Regis River Johnathan Esper 16-Mile Level on the Middle Branch: This stretch has remote boreal habitat where endangered spruce grouse were recent... Read More
Bike the Barns Adirondack Life Adrenaline junkies should look elsewhere; Bike the Barns is “a tour, not a race,” says BikeADK’s Doug Haney, organize... Read More
One-Night Stands: Adirondack Mini-Excursions Adirondack Life Sometimes an extended getaway can seem like such a commitment. What if you’re only in the mood for a quickie? Whether... Read More
Hiking: Mount Adams Tim Rowland Mount Adams is a dazzling but somewhat difficult hike, with a distance and gain in elevation similar to the High Peak... Read More
Hiking: Panther Mountain Adirondack Life This cyanotype of two gentleman picnicking atop Panther Mountain was captured almost 130 years ago by Grotus Reising... Read More
Skills: How to Start a Fire Adirondack Life The science of combustion is enough to make an indifferent student of chemistry’s eyes glaze over, but starting a fir... Read More
A Cut Above: Trail-Builder Luke Peduzzi Jamie West McGiver "I ’m not good with a paintbrush or anything, but I’m pretty good with an excavator.” Luke Peduzzi cracked the beer h... Read More
Swede Mountain: A Southern Adirondack Fire-Tower Scramble Adirondack Life More than a century after it was erected on top of Swede Mountain, in Hague, the metal fire tower still stands. In it... Read More
Barefoot Hiking in the Adirondacks Kristen A. Schmitt Wynde Kate Reese sets off for a day hike that will take her to the top of Rooster Comb Mountain in Keene Valley. She’... Read More
Heart of Darkness: Hiking the Adirondacks at Night Brian Mann Standing on a shelf of rock looking toward the High Peaks, I realized my mistake. I had no headlamp, no source of lig... Read More
John Dillon Park: Opening the Woods to the Differently Abled Elizabeth Folwell Just north of Long Lake, at the end of a dirt road and beyond an ornate gate, is a campground like no other in the no... Read More
Zero to Jackrabbit: Taking on a Legendary Adirondack Trail Paul Greenberg What challenge could you present that tricky knees and rising blood pressure could overcome? What would get the spiri... Read More