SARANAC LAKE — Those driving west from Lake Placid toward Tupper Lake on nice summer days will have probably noticed dozens of cars parked at a trailhead along state Route 3 about 16 miles from the village of Lake Placid. Having hiked the trail, I can attest that the trail’s popularity ...

KEENE — Gazing up at towering cliffs and steep mountainside slopes staggering directly up from the water’s edge as my kayak glided along, I could have been mistaken for being at Yosemite National Park. But these scenes weren’t from some far-flung land way out west. Rather, they ...

LAKE PLACID — While the 56th annual Lake Placid Horse Show kicked off on Tuesday at the North Elba Show Grounds, the show’s Communications Manager, Marty Bauman, said things look different this year. The grounds underwent massive renovations over the past year that Bauman said are ...

LAKE PLACID — I had set an alarm clock, but that’s not what woke me up on Friday, June 20. Sheets of rain pounded down on the roof and the wind swirled about outside, howling at times. It was just before 6 a.m. and far from the scene I had hoped to see out my window. When I went to bed ...

LAKE PLACID — After 10 months of exploring the Olympic Region, much of it spent on the trails, one notable peak remained off of my list that I had wanted to do since I took over the Visiting Lake Placid Column: Mount Marcy. Its mark on the landscape looking south from Lake Placid is ...