Recreation

I have never been a long-distance hiker. Planning and commitment are needed to tackle the big peaks, and if I’m hones...

The Adirondack Park is dotted with lakefront beaches that have it all: playgrounds, lifeguards and, often, big crowds...

Early last spring, in places where it was normally loud, it was often nearly silent. There was little automobile traf...

This scene plays out every December. I’m standing out on a newly frozen lake. The ice is glass, so thin that I can’t ...

Ice-fishing on Adirondack lakes My dad’s been the captain of every ice-fishing outing I’ve ever been on. And there ha...

Big things are worth doing. They create defining moments of your life. That’s why, when I heard about the 240-mile Tr...

For many years, cross-country skiing has been one of my favorite winter activities. When snow’s not abundant where I ...

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Forest ranger Megan McCone monitors 50,000 acres of state land, including parts of Saranac Lake Wild Forest and all o...

We launched the long war canoes on the St. Regis River, at the put-in just above the low dam in Keese Mill. The river...

Helena Williams steps off the school bus and climbs the long driveway to the house at the top. Basketball season has ...

Photographers refer to the “magic hour,” when light flowing through a landscape is distinctly golden, something that ...