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Free Skate: How to Build a Backyard Ice Rink

by Adirondack Life | Feb 1, 2023 | February 2022, Recreation

THE SLATERS For some Adirondackers, the ultimate in North Country living is being able to ski out the back door. But for Harold Slater, in Jay, it’s about “putting your skates on in the house and heading right out onto your own personal rink.” Harold first...

The Derry Queen

by Niki Kourofsky | Jun 27, 2019 | August 2019

illustration by Mark Wilson The making of a riverboat legend Google “floating picnic table” and it’s easy to fall into a rabbit hole, chasing one link after another to curiouser and curiouser contraptions. I stumbled onto one of those contraptions a couple of...

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Guide to the Great Outdoors 2023

Adirondack camping: where to go, what to do and everything in between—plus your source for birding, paddling, hiking, biking, can’t-miss events and more!