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Lofty Labels
illustration by Mark Wilson Mount Matumbla, a couple of miles outside of Tupper Lake, is the highest peak in St. Lawr...
Twenty Million and a Hyphen
Sometime after dark on January 17, 1937, pneumonia finally overwhelmed 84-year-old Phelps Smith. His two brothers had...
The Great Derangement
Illustration by Mark Wilson My relationship with the Great Range Traverse has from the beginning been characte...
Elk Lake Lodge
Want to know the most extraordinary place to stay in the Adirondacks? It’s got nothing to do with thread counts or ex...
Mountain Monikers
Guide Orson “Old Mountain” Phelps cut the original path up Mount Marcy and was the first to ascend and name a handful ...
Rights of Passage
Geography predestines the Adirondacks for small-boat travel. Twenty-eight hundred lakes and ponds, thousands of miles...