WILMINGTON — “You know you could have just driven up, right?” Right. That Q&A, or variations of it, is a time-honored tradition for hikers summiting Whiteface Mountain when its Memorial Highway is open, especially during a busy holiday weekend. Motorists’ reactions tend ...

TUPPER LAKE — It’s official. The 34-mile Adirondack Rail Trail from Lake Placid in the east to Tupper Lake in the west is fully open for year-round use. State and local officials, along with rail trail advocates and stakeholders, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Tupper Lake train ...

SARANAC LAKE — It’s not quite a record drought yet, but things are headed that way, with little change in the conditions expected through mid-October, according to the National Weather Service’s Burlington, Vermont office, which serves the Tri-Lakes area. Gov. Kathy Hochul issued a ...

LAKE PLACID — On Wednesday, Oct. 8, I Love NY released its fifth weekly foliage forecast of 2025. It runs through Oct. 14 and notes that the peak has largely passed. The High Peaks and other higher locations that are typically the first to turn colors are past peak, with a few stubborn ...

WILMINGTON — It was as if I was walking on lava. Yet, my feet were well within the range of their normal temperature. This was no eruption of molten magma, but rather the fresh fall from a grove of red maple trees above. As I made my way up to Flume Knob, there was a 10th of a mile or ...

LAKE PLACID — It’s easy enough to set sights on the Olympic Region’s tallest peaks, but some of the region’s most rewarding adventures lie in its quieter corners, especially when the area’s most popular trails are teeming with leaf peepers. The trail from Connery Pond to Whiteface ...