Adirondack Skiing & Riding

High Peaks Wilderness

Backcountry Skiing - Mt. Marcy Trip

Following a decent snowfall winter in January and February, my friend Dave and I decided to do a backcountry ski trip out to Mt. Marcy. Starting from Adirondack Loj, the trip is about 7.4...

Three-Brook Loop Ski Trail

On a cold and breezy morning, we laced up our boots and clipped into our skis to test out the Three-Brook Loop Cross Country Ski Trail off of the Northville-Placid Trail in Long Lake.

Speculator Region

Foxy Brown Ski Loop | Piseco, NY

The Foxy Brown Trail, named after Adirondack hermit Foxy Brown, is a multi-use 5.6-mile loop located within the Jessup River Wild Forest. Foxy Brown worked in logging around Lake Pleasant and Speculator before building...

Tupper Lake Region

Deer Pond Loop

With our cross country skis in the back of the truck, we decided to scope out a trail that we had seen many times on our drives through the Tupper Lake area. We found...

Wilmington Region

Skiing the Whiteface Mountain Memorial Highway

It was early November in the Northeast, but by the looks of the picture above you would think it was the middle of January. On November 7th my dad and I took a hike...

Newcomb Region

XC-Skiing to Camp Santanoni

For years Evan and I have been wanting to get back to the Great Camp Santanoni and we were finally able to make that happen!  Camp Santanoni, now a 32-acre National Historic Landmark, was...