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Tips for hiking during mud season

Tips for hiking during mud season

Whether you’re in the Capital Region or the Adirondacks, mud can be slippery, so it’s important to wear shoes with good traction and watch your...

29.03.2025 10

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Gillian Scott

Group snowshoe excursion offers companionship in outdoors

Cooper the dog joins a hike at the Hennig Preserve. Hennig Preserve in Porters Corners features eskers, ridges left by long-ago glaciers. With fresh...

17.02.2025 7

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Outdoors: A look back at comments from readers in 2024

Cooper the dog tries out skijoring at Schenectady Municipal Golf Course in Schenectady on a snowy day in 2024. I like to start each year by sharing...

04.01.2025 2

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A chance to contribute to book about your favorite trails

New trails have been added to Vischer Ferry Nature and Historic Preserve, meaning an update to the guidebook for Saratoga County is needed. The...

14.12.2024 4

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Caring for wildlife helped shape lifelong love of the outdoors

Sam the catbird eats dinner from the “nest” of a guest’s head in the summer of 1983. Sam the catbird perches on the head of Peter Scott, while...

22.11.2024 5

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Big Bay Preserve offers views and easy walking

The Leon M. Steves Big Bay Preserve in Queensbury gets its name from a bay on the Hudson River. Cooper the dog enjoys the pine needle-strewn trail...

01.11.2024 3

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Here's some tips for tackling Erie Canalway Trail by bike

Historical markers are a common sight along the Erie Canalway Trail. This one, in Oneida County, marks the spot where construction of the first...

20.09.2024 3

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Schenectady chapter of Adirondack Mountain Club faces big decision

Gillian Scott, kneeling at right, on an Adirondack Mountain Club trip in 2007. The Schenectady chapter of the club is  considering a merger with...

30.08.2024 10

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Gillian Scott

Ooms Preserve a pretty spot, even in the rain

The 1.5-mile Pond Loop trail at Ooms Preserve in Chatham features a wide mowed path through fields of wildflowers. A bench looking out over...

09.08.2024 3

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