A Cut Above: Trail-Builder Luke Peduzzi Jamie West McGiver "I ’m not good with a paintbrush or anything, but I’m pretty good with an excavator.” Luke Peduzzi cracked the beer h... Read More
Campfire Cobbler Adirondack Life Based on the southern cuppa-cuppa- cuppa-style cobbler, this is my method for making a cake-like dessert when I don’t... Read More
Swede Mountain: A Southern Adirondack Fire-Tower Scramble Adirondack Life More than a century after it was erected on top of Swede Mountain, in Hague, the metal fire tower still stands. In it... Read More
How to Keep that New-Crush Passion for the Adirondack Park Niki Kourofsky You, too, can spice up your leisure time with small adjustments to your methods and mindset. Below are some high poin... Read More
Harold and Faith: A New Exhibit Spotlights Weston’s Muse Lisa Bramen His artwork was called “rough and rugged as hickory stumps,” like the man himself. Friends described her as “soft, ge... Read More
Billion-Dollar Bet: New York’s Risky Investment in Lake Placid’s Olympic Dream Brian Mann with Nicholas Mann When I go to see Mike Pratt at the Olympic Regional Development Authority’s glossy new state-funded headquarters in L... Read More
A Lavender Paradise Nestled in the Champlain Valley Niki Kourofsky “I love the look of the lavender against the mountains,” says Lindsey Pashow, owner of Adirondack View Lavender. Pash... Read More
Barefoot Hiking in the Adirondacks Kristen A. Schmitt Wynde Kate Reese sets off for a day hike that will take her to the top of Rooster Comb Mountain in Keene Valley. She’... Read More
Grand Adirondack Hotel Annie Stoltie Longtime Adirondackers get attached to places the way they knew them, mostly for sentimental reasons. In my case, mor... Read More
Heart of Darkness: Hiking the Adirondacks at Night Brian Mann Standing on a shelf of rock looking toward the High Peaks, I realized my mistake. I had no headlamp, no source of lig... Read More
Adirondack Cryptids: Champy vs. Bigfoot Adirondack Life A Captain Crum, who navigated the lake in 1819, told a tale of an almost 200-foot-long black monster with three teeth... Read More
How Fireflies Find Love with the Language of Light Curt Stager Yellow-green sparks shimmer among shadowy pines overlooking my backyard on the outskirts of Saranac Lake. It is a war... Read More