We had gotten caught up on all of our work one day last August and thought it would be a good chance to get a short paddle in on the Raquette River . We had family visiting who had had never been to the Adirondacks so this would be a chance to make a good [...]
According to Wikipedia: "A cairn is a human-made pile (or stack) of stones. A cairn is so much more then that. A cairn is a road sign along the trail. A marker indicating arrival at your destination. It can serve as a warning as to some hidden danger. It can be a memorial to [...]
Fire Towers...F-I-R-E Towers. I have to be honest you, I was more then a little bit let down when I saw my first Adirondack Fire Tower. With a name like that I expected to see a tower... on fire. You know flames shooting in the air, showers of sparks in the night, that sort of [...]
If you have followed us on Facebook you may have noticed that we have an affinity for "The" Ohio State University, and have on occasion had some Buckeyes visit us here at the Northwood Cabins. On one such visit we thought it would be nice to take them out and show them a little of [...]
There seems to be a sweet spot which lies somewhere between Labor Day and when the leaves start to turn. It is when things slow down a bit, and as William Chapman White describes in his book Adirondack Country: “On one day lakes are alive and noisy, camps are filled, and every tourist cabin taken. [...]
Continuing with our round of "A"'s we headed down to Newcomb to do a Veteran's Day hike up to the Mt. Adams Fire Tower, at least that was the plan. Temps were in the 20's with no snow so we thought we would have a shot to make it to the top without traction aid. [...]
Because a 20 mile day is not enough we thought we would add an extra mile or two for fun. It's not like we got lost, more like we were misplaced. We knew where we were it's just that was not where we were suppose to be, but more on that later. As this was [...]
The next "A" in our journey is Ampersand. This gem of a mountain is less then 10 minutes from the Northwood Cabins heading east on State Route 3. While not one of the "46" it does sit in the High Peaks Wilderness and at 3352' it offers views equal to many of its taller peers. [...]
"A" is for the Adirondacks, it also seems to be the theme for most of our outings this year. We started with the Tupper Lake Triad. As we had already done Mt Arab we had only Goodman and Coney to knock off. An early start on Coney Mt ( 2.2miles RT 548'ascent) gets you to [...]
