Recreation

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 ...

What is the absolute lowest-carbon way to cook a piece of food? I’d been trying to reach a definitive conclusion abou...

It was a funny place to watch a mountain-bike race, perched on the stones lining the bank of the Sacandaga River just...

When the time comes for your next Adirondack adventure, you’ll need the right equipment to be safe and comfortable.