Massawepie: An Off-the-Beaten-Path Fall Outing Mark Kurtz Massawepie is an Iroquois term that means “lake by the marsh”—the source of the name being obvious, with the Massawep... Read More
Playing in the Dirt: New Mountain-Bike Trails around the Adirondack Park Lisa Bramen Careening down dirt trails on two wheels—usually after a quad-busting, lung-searing uphill slog—has become one of the... Read More
Explore 5 Central Adirondack Communities on the TOBIE Trail Nancy Davis Kho My TOBIE trail adventure last summer was perfectly planned—in my head, at least. Read More
Big Views and Tricky Maneuvers on Pitchoff Mountain Lisa Ballard Pitchoff Mountain, nine miles east of Lake Placid, has two distinct personalities. Read More
What I Didn’t See on the Way to Pine Lake Niki Kourofsky When I told my 16-year-old daughter I was going on a seven-or-so-mile round-trip hike alone last September, she acted... Read More
The Over Easy Is the High Peaks’ Toughest Mountain Bike Route. No Yolk. Jamie West McGiver By the time I reached the first climb of the Over Easy Mountain Bike Route, the whole canopy bowed with the weight of... Read More
Ask an Expert: A Retired Forest Ranger Debunks Some Wilderness Whoppers Adirondack Life Scott van Laer, a recently retired Department of Environmental Conservation forest ranger, knows a thing or two about... Read More
Pick Your Adventure: Five Choice Adirondack Outings Adirondack Life The clear pools dotting Gill Brook are popular places to cool off on the way to or from other hot spots in the Adiron... Read More
What I Found—and Didn’t—While Hiking the Saranac Six Bret Yager There are a half-dozen summits known as the Saranac Six scattered among the lakes of the northern Adirondacks. Each t... Read More
Short and Sweet Lisa Plumley Mintz I have never been a long-distance hiker. Planning and commitment are needed to tackle the big peaks, and if I’m hones... Read More
Triple Dipping Lisa Bramen The Adirondack Park is dotted with lakefront beaches that have it all: playgrounds, lifeguards and, often, big crowds... Read More
Listening Tour Luke Cyphers Early last spring, in places where it was normally loud, it was often nearly silent. There was little automobile traf... Read More