Guide to the Great Outdoors 2022
Articles from this Issue

Pick Your Adventure: Five Choice Adirondack Outings
The clear pools dotting Gill Brook are popular places to cool off on the way to or from other hot spots in the Adiron...

Ask an Expert: A Retired Forest Ranger Debunks Some Wilderness Whoppers
Scott van Laer, a recently retired Department of Environmental Conservation forest ranger, knows a thing or two about...

The Over Easy Is the High Peaks’ Toughest Mountain Bike Route. No Yolk.
By the time I reached the first climb of the Over Easy Mountain Bike Route, the whole canopy bowed with the weight of...

Living the Good Life on a Lake George Island
I learned about the state-run campsites on the islands peppering Lake George, which—for $28 a night—allow us commoner...

What I Didn’t See on the Way to Pine Lake
When I told my 16-year-old daughter I was going on a seven-or-so-mile round-trip hike alone last September, she acted...

One Man’s Quest to Paddle the Routes of His Ancestors
Last spring, six paddlers representing three Haudenosaunee nations—two Mohawks from Akwesasne, two Oneidas and two On...

Big Views and Tricky Maneuvers on Pitchoff Mountain
Pitchoff Mountain, nine miles east of Lake Placid, has two distinct personalities.

Explore 5 Central Adirondack Communities on the TOBIE Trail
My TOBIE trail adventure last summer was perfectly planned—in my head, at least.
