Pillsbury Mountain: Short climb to a big view
By Adirondack Explorer
November 1, 2008
At 3,597 feet, Pillsbury Mountain is the Adirondacks’ 82nd-highest peak, which puts it on the to-do list of hikers on a mission to climb the Hundred Highest.
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Weller Pond
By Adirondack Explorer
November 1, 2008
I’d often heard Weller Pond described as a quiet oasis off Middle Saranac Lake—a place where you can find ducks and loons and two lovely islands, Tick and Toc—but I never paddled there until this fall, just as the leaves were changing.
Nye Mountain
By Adirondack Explorer
September 1, 2008
I considered, for a time, not climbing Street and Nye. I’d heard rumors of others who had done the same—not climbed them. Famous Adirondack guides and writers. What was the point of climbing them anyway? Just to get a Forty-Sixer patch?
National Scenic Trail
By Adirondack Explorer
September 1, 2008
I’m a bit late hitting the trail, and that has me worried. I’m supposed to meet my friend Steve at the Colvin Brook lean-to, and I have more than 40 miles to go. Fortunately, our scheduled rendezvous—at noon on Monday—is three days away.
4 great fall paddles
By Adirondack Explorer
September 1, 2008
Mark Bowie shares his favorite flatwater trips By Mark Bowie Fall on flatwater in the Adirondacks: There’s no place I’d rather be than on a wild pond or stream reflecting the reds, yellows and oranges of the season. Of course, there are enough waterways in the Adirondacks to fill a lifetime of exploration, but here…
Cook Mountain
By Adirondack Explorer
September 1, 2008
It’s a beautiful summer day on top of Cook Mountain. The sky is a vivid blue, and the sun is blazing bright.
Moose Pond walk
By Adirondack Explorer
July 1, 2008
It’s a fine day for a ramble: blue sky, shirt-sleeve temperature, and no bugs to drive us batty or hasten our molluscan pace.
Family conquers Pharaoh Mt.
By Adirondack Explorer
July 1, 2008
To describe my family as hikers might be a bit of a stretch. True, we've hiked in the arid deserts of Arizona and trekked along the rim of the Grand Canyon. But most of our big hikes have been inside National Parks, along well-groomed trails where the elevation change is minimal.
Moose River
By Adirondack Explorer
July 1, 2008
Canoeists explore latest addition to Forest Preserve By Phil Brown Clark Lubbs is a nature photographer who moved to the Adirondacks so he could be near wilderness. The twist is that he came here from Colorado. “If you want to see real wilderness, you have to move east,” he says, contradicting conventional wisdom. Unlike federal…