Recreation

Massawepie is an Iroquois term that means “lake by the marsh”—the source of the name being obvious, with the Massawep...

Careening down dirt trails on two wheels—usually after a quad-busting, lung-searing uphill slog—has become one of the...

My TOBIE trail adventure last summer was perfectly planned—in my head, at least.

Pitchoff Mountain, nine miles east of Lake Placid, has two distinct personalities.

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...

By the time I reached the first climb of the Over Easy Mountain Bike Route, the whole canopy bowed with the weight of...

Scott van Laer, a recently retired Department of Environmental Conservation forest ranger, knows a thing or two about...

The clear pools dotting Gill Brook are popular places to cool off on the way to or from other hot spots in the Adiron...

There are a half-dozen summits known as the Saranac Six scattered among the lakes of the northern Adirondacks. Each t...

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...