2019 (do not select)

In the weeks prior to my son’s birth, I would enter his nursery and gaze at the furnishings. It had taken me years to...

It is, of course, difficult to predict the future. But since I have a half-decent track record, let me offer an Adiro...

I drove for nearly an hour on quiet roads through the northernmost part of the Adirondack Park. T-shirt shops and twi...

The keg had been tapped, the morning’s firewood–stacking conga line completed, and the day’s festivities were well un...

"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...

The hermit thrush is a compact bird, a snowball with big eyes topped with feathers the color of sugar-maple bark dapp...

Cooper Holmes has a cold. Yet the virus hasn’t prevented the 17-year-old from showing up at 7:15 a.m. to sing for ...

I’m a sucker for noodles. And handmade noodles? Piled in a rich oyster-mushroom broth? Yes, please. That’s what’s for...

Most summer mornings on Piseco Lake, you’ll hear only natural sounds: lapping waves, twittering birds, the occasional...

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...