ALBANY — Now that it is spring, animals who have been in hibernation are starting to emerge. The state Department of Environmental Conservation reminded residents to take precautions to avoid human encounters with black bears, which are dangerous to both people and bears. Though skiddish ...

WILMINGTON — Whiteface Mountain General Manager Aaron Kellett was all smiles last weekend. Between the International Pond Skimming Competition and the Apple Butter Open, which he and members of his family took part in, it was a busy weekend of festivities for the ski center — and it ...

LAKE PLACID — While April may not be the most popular hiking time of the year in the region, it remains one of the most precarious. That’s because trail conditions are highly variable and can change on a dime — from relatively dry stretches of dirt or gravel to ankle-deep mud to ...

LAKE PLACID — Following last week’s icy escapade up to the 2,939-foot Mount Van Hoevenberg, I decided to play it low and scout out a trail that stuck below the elevation where the ice began cropping up then. Despite my best efforts, I was not completely spared from the ice — a ...

LAKE PLACID — Tuesday, April 15 marked one of the most visible local harbingers that spring is in swing: the ice went out on Mirror Lake. This season’s ice-in date was Dec. 13, 2024, making for a total of 123 days of ice cover — inclusive of the ice-in date and exclusive of the ice-out ...