The Great Race Bryan Chambala It was a funny place to watch a mountain-bike race, perched on the stones lining the bank of the Sacandaga River just... Read More
The Gear to Get Shaun Kittle When the time comes for your next Adirondack adventure, you’ll need the right equipment to be safe and comfortable. Read More
A Healthy Obsession Cristine Betters Kayaking is a sport I picked up at midlife. And while I wouldn’t exactly say learning to kayak was part of a midlife ... Read More
Fastgirls Shane Mitchell On a freezing night last winter, Kristyn Abbale, 28, left Daikers, a shorefront bar popular with snowmobilers, an hou... Read More
Tramping the East David Thomas-Train Here are four of the 140 destinations in Eastern Trails, the Adirondack Mountain Club guidebook I author. Over five e... Read More
Pier Group Mary Thill At some point in prehistory, hominids came to water not to drink or to fish, but merely to enjoy the meeting of liqui... Read More
Turn, Turn, Turn Nicholas Spooner-Rodie I could feel the excitement grow as my dad and I stepped out of the car and we made our way down to the riverbank. Mu... Read More
Mother of a Hike Lisa Ballard I’m the kind of hiker who needs a reward for my efforts, typically a bald mountaintop or a fire tower with a grand vi... Read More
Routes Revival Phil Brown Back in the day when people listened to music on iPods, I stood at the base of Chapel Pond Slab and spun the click wh... Read More
Derby Days Julie Landry I don’t remember when I first learned how to hold a fishing rod. By the time I had learned to walk, my father already... Read More
Little Peak Leath Tonino Colden is cliffy. Algonquin is steep. Marcy is the biggest of big girls. Gothics is the gnarliest of gnarly boys. And... Read More
After the Fall Don Mellor "It's almost beer time, Mellor!" I stopped for a moment and looked back down the rope at Charley Berry. He was about... Read More