
Guide to the Great Outdoors 2019


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

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

Turn, Turn, Turn
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...

Mother of a Hike
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...

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

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