Climbing Wallface
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I’m lying in bed at 4:45 a.m. The alarm hasn’t gone off yet, but I won’t be going back to sleep. I’m climbing Wallface today. By Phil Brown
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Bye, bye birdies
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Palm warbler. Photo by Jeff Nadler Climate change, other threats put boreal species at risk By PHIL BROWN A few years back, Brian McAllister received a phone call from a man who wanted to see a boreal chickadee. That’s not so unusual, except he was calling from California. “He flew into Montreal and then Saranac…
OK Slip Falls ski
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We’re taking a ski trip into the future, following old woods roads and trails to the brink of a gorge that overlooks OK Slip Falls, one of the biggest cataracts in the Adirondack Park. By Phil Brown
Warming up to Van Ho
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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. By Anna Rehm
Lake Lila
By Adirondack Explorer
Most Adirondack paddlers have heard at least part of this story. On June 15, 1991, four canoeists and one kayaker took a bumpy trip down the South Branch of the Moose River. By Mary Thill
New Land Trust
By Adirondack Explorer
When I went cross-country skiing with my daughter, I had two criteria: The trails should be not too far from Plattsburgh, where she attends college, and not too difficult, as Martha has not skied much in recent years. By Phil Brown
Mount Van Hoevenberg
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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…
Trails and tales at Camp Santanoni
By Adirondack Explorer
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?
Algonquin and Wright
By Adirondack Explorer
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
Sleeping Beauty Mt.
By Adirondack Explorer
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.