View Toward Gore from the Summit of Panther Mountain

Dan Forbush Dan Forbush

At Candy Mountain Maple, a Sweetly Sustainable Science 

At Candy Mountain Maple in Thurman, retired chemists Mike and Ingrid Richter blend scientific precision with environmental stewardship to craft "old-fashioned maple syrup the modern way."  They infuse cutting-edge sustainable sugaring with warmth, education, and Adirondack charm.

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Gathering at the Griddle: Maple Days at Valley Road

For more than fifty years, Ralph Senecal has followed the rhythm of the maples, building a family tradition that started in a friend’s garage and grew into one of Thurman’s most beloved maple sugaring operations. From hand-hauling sap in Warrensburg to serving thousands of pancake breakfasts at Valley Road Maple, Ralph’s story is one of hard work, deep roots, and community connection.

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Dan Forbush Dan Forbush

Thurman’s Sweet Legacy in Maple Sugaring

Each spring, as the maple trees of Thurman wake from their winter slumber, generations of families join together in a tradition that blends Indigenous wisdom with settler ingenuity. Join us for Thuman Maple Days.

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At Last, an Ascent of Peaked Mountain

For a view of the terrain of the Siamese Ponds Wilderness, it's tough to beat this gem of a mountain that's reached via a trail that runs along Thirteenth Lake.

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‘Where the West Begins’ in Lake Luzerne

Shawn and Shana Graham have been hosting rodeos and southern barbecues at the Painted Pony for more than 20 years. When the sun begins to set behind the surrounding mountains, that’s when things start heating up.

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Dan Forbush Dan Forbush

Ed Zahniser’s ‘Cabin Country’

Howard Zahniser, who fought the Black River Wars with Paul Schaefer and succeeded in persuading Congress to pass the Wilderness Act of 1964, had a “tenacity in lost causes,” his son Ed writes n a new memoir.

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Crossing the Glen Bridge

Thomas Durant built a station on his Adirondack Railroad here because this bridge, built first in 1816 and rebuilt after its destruction by an ice jam in 1843, connected Chester, Johnsburg, Thurman and Warrrensburg and made possible a stagecoach line to camps and resorts on Loon and Schroon lakes.

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The Great Stagecoach Robbery

It happened on August 14, 1901 a mile out of North River. The stage had just left Dunlap’s Hotel and rounded a turn when a masked man jumped out from the woods with a rifle.

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Dan Forbush Dan Forbush

Remembering Verplanck Colvin: Stan-Helio to GPS

This great Adirondack explorer devised a better way to map the Adirondack landscape. Some of the bolts he used to mark transit stations still can be found if you look as hard as Greg Schaefer does.

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