Guide to the Great Outdoors 2019

I n some circles the term “peak-bagger” is disparaged, the belief being that checking summits off a list in record ti...

"The burgeoning interest in backpacking, camping, and climbing has greatly increased pressure on mountain-tops, trail...

Here are four of the 140 destinations in Eastern Trails, the Adirondack Mountain Club guidebook I author. Over five e...

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...

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...

honor fire towers and observers by lighting the towers’ cabs at 9 p.m. on September 1. (St. Regis and Stillwater fire...

Colden is cliffy. Algonquin is steep. Marcy is the biggest of big girls. Gothics is the gnarliest of gnarly boys. And...