Chasing adventure: The thrill and risk of the mountains
By Lisa Ballard
Lisa Ballard dives into why some people push outdoor skills to the limits
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Technology in the backcountry
Using a global positioning system receiver - GPSR - makes it easier to get back safely
Adirondack Park Agency’s proposed amendments strike balance between accessibility, wilderness
Updates to Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan can protect wilderness lands AND allow access to people with disabilities
Comment on the Adirondack Park state lands plan: Time to revisit backcountry skiing trails
By Phil Brown
Plan updates should include new definition to allow for wider ski trails
The Buck (Mountain) stops here
By Tim Rowland
A lesson on names and places
When it comes to ProcellaCOR and Lake George, the state isn’t listening
Why take a risk in the Queen of American lakes?
Revamped 46er app helps hikers identify peaks
By breviews
In 2011, Keith Kubarek developed version 1.0 of “ADK46erNow," an app designed to help hikers with all aspects of their climbs of the forty-six High Peaks.
A new era for the Adirondacks
Three areas that should be priorities as we look at ways to strengthen Park protection
Life Under the Fast Lane
By breviews
The Adirondack Park has its share of guidebooks—for hiking, paddling, birding, fishing, cross-country skiing, you name it. Just when you think the field has been exhausted along comes another. The latest addition to the genre is one I never would have foreseen: a guidebook to the culverts under the Northway. The author, Tom DuBois, is…