Skiing Old Mountain Road
By Mike Lynch
Phil Brown skis Old Mountain Road on a snowy day in March 2018. Video by Mike Lynch
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By Mike Lynch
Phil Brown skis Old Mountain Road on a snowy day in March 2018. Video by Mike Lynch
By Mike Lynch
Ron Konowitz, of Adirondack Powder Skier Association, talks about the Wright Peak Ski Trail proposal in the High Peaks Wilderness. The proposal has been approved since this video was made.
By Mike Lynch
Explorer Editor Phil Brown skis to the summit of Dewey Mountain during his lunch break.
By Phil Brown
We got three to four inches of snow Sunday night, just enough to lure me out of the office for a backcountry ski on my lunch hour on Monday afternoon. I went to the Bloomingdale Bog Trail, an old railroad bed that needs only a few inches to be skiable. The base was thin, but…