Small Wonder: Speculator’s Oak Mountain Stevie Chedid I arrived at Oak Mountain Ski Center with the sun shining down on a bluebird day. As my eyes settled on the scene, th... Read More
Giant Crush: The Thrill of Meeting Moose Annie Stoltie “Every day Uma would slowly move around the property,” says Joanne. So she’d strap on snowshoes and follow the moose ... Read More
Mountain Revival: A New Chapter for Paleface Ski Center Annie Stoltie In July the Vidals opened the doors to what they call NewVida Preserve—an appropriate name for the 2,000-acre spread—... Read More
On the Clock: A Century-Old Tradition in Westport James Starbuck It needs winding twice a week, if you can get to it and know how. And frankly, it’s not that easy. You’ve got to be i... Read More
Lake Clear Lodge’s Winter Wonderland Adirondack Life Sleigh bells ring—literally—at Hohmeyer’s Lake Clear Lodge in the wintertime. The retreat is an iconic Adirondack des... Read More
Staying Grounded: The Ecological and Emotional Benefits of Green Burial Bill McKibben To the question often posed by evangelical preachers “do you know where you’ll spend eternity?” an increasing number ... Read More
Woodsy Chic: Adirondack-Inspired Gifts Adirondack Life Maybe it’s just a whisper of woodsy that your family and friends prefer—representations of the natural world, earthy ... Read More
The Wigwam John McMahon In the late 1970s my parents bought a summer cabin on Fourth Lake. Calling it a summer cabin is high praise because i... Read More
The Next Generation’s Take on the Adirondacks Adirondack Life Last spring we launched the My Adirondacks Project with our friends at the Adirondack Land Trust (ALT) because we wer... Read More
Regional Reads 2023 Niki Kourofsky Albert Alletag—a New York City butler who dabbled in photography—captured this early-20th-century Whiteface Mountain ... Read More
Masterpiece Theater: Rustic Furniture All-Stars Annie Stoltie Every fall for more than 30 years, the Adirondack Experience, in Blue Mountain Lake, has hosted the best in classic a... Read More
Finding Common Ground in the Adirondacks Brian Mann Last summer, when Gerry Delaney spoke at a public forum about the future of the Adirondack Park, the conservative cou... Read More