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By Adirondack Explorer
March 1, 2009
Warming up to Van HoHikers endure bone-chilling cold for breathtaking view By Anna Rehm It was minus 10 degrees when we left Saranac Lake one December morning to hike Mount Van Hoevenberg. As we pulled out of the driveway, it was still freezing inside the car. “What are we doing?” Rachael asked. Good question. Both…
By Adirondack Explorer
March 1, 2009
How does one account for the coincidence that on a relatively easy ski in good conditions, two members of our party have their boots come apart?
By Adirondack Explorer
March 1, 2009
It's a balmy day in mid-April, and we're following Ron Konowitz on the trail to Algonquin Peak, the Adirondacks' second-highest summit. The snow has been melting for days, exposing roots and rocks and reopening streams, but we're on skis. By Phil Brown
By Adirondack Explorer
March 1, 2009
You don’t expect a mountain that shares a name with a fairy tale to be too daunting, especially when that fairy tale is Sleeping Beauty, a name that conjures visions of peace and serenity, which is exactly what you find on Sleeping Beauty Mountain.
By Adirondack Explorer
January 16, 2009
The tap, tap, tapping that sounded every few minutes as we made a wintry ascent of Lyon Mountain wasn't coming from woodpeckers.
By Adirondack Explorer
January 1, 2009
There are times when you want the mountains to yourself, with no trace of your fellow human beings. And there are times, by God, that you hope there have been cross-country skiers in front of you.
By Adirondack Explorer
January 1, 2009
Here are four of my favorite winter hikes, chosen from locations around the Adirondack Park. All are moderate trips that can be adapted in a number of ways to suit a variety of tastes.
By Adirondack Explorer
January 1, 2009
As a photographer, Carl Heilman has captured hundreds of great views in the Adirondacks.
By Adirondack Explorer
January 1, 2009
The tap, tap, tapping that sounded every few minutes as we made a wintry ascent of Lyon Mountain wasn’t coming from woodpeckers.
By Adirondack Explorer
November 1, 2008
It’s mid-November in Saranac Lake, and I’m gazing wistfully out the office window at the first substantial snowfall of the season. The phone rings: It’s my friend Brian Mann, wondering if I want to go skiing on the Whiteface highway.