View Toward Gore from the Summit of Panther Mountain
Logging Drives
Working mostly in winter, lumberjacks hauled the logs by sled and stacked them by the Hudson River, waiting for the spring melt that would raise the river and increase its force.
North Creek Maps, Old and New
A ‘Pictorial Map of North Creek’ created by a 32-year-old school teacher from New Rochelle has been rediscovered and restored by the North Creek Depot Museum. A new Walking Tour of North Creek will be introduced on Sunday, March 3, at the Tannery Pond Center.
Firsthand Stories of How Skiing Came to North Creek
The next few weeks will offer an abundance of opportunities to expand our understanding of how in the midst of the Great Depression the community of North Creek woke to the potential of becoming "America's St. Moritz" and went on to become it.
A Dam We’re Glad Never Happened
A dam proposed on the Schroon River early in the 20th century would have raised the level of Schroon Lake 30 feet and combine it with Brant and Paradox Lake. We wondered: Had this dam been built, how would this region look today?
Snow Train Anniversary Events Head into Full Swing
Two months of activities in connection with the 90th anniversary of the first Snow Train on March 4, 1934 began unfolding late Wednesday afternoon as the North Creek community gathered at the Joe Minder Lodge to induct five more “Gore Mountain Pioneers.”
The Bridges of Riparius
Before it was called “Riparius,” this hamlet on the Hudson was known as “Riverside.” Before that, it was “Folsom Landing,” named for John Folsom’s ferry. Then came the bridge.
The Cunningham Legacy in Skiing at Gore
As we approach the 90th Anniversary of the first Snow Train on March 4, we’re celebrating the great stories of North Creek and Gore Mountain. We of course start with the Cunninghams.
A New Home for Johnsburg History
The Johnsburg Historical Society celebrated 50 years of achievements on Saturday. The opening of its new museum is a big one, made possible by Glenn Pearsall.
The Muse and the Builder
For nearly three years, Christine and Larry Powers have driven the development of the Adirondack Labyrinth at their “sanctuary for the soul” on the edge of the Siamese Ponds Wilderness. They opened it July 27 with a ribbon-cutting in Bakers Mills.
Elizabeth Point: An Easy One on Garnet Hill
This view of Thirteen Lake in northwest Warren County is your reward for this round-trip hike of just 1.8 miles.
Hackensack Mountain, Where Two Rivers Meet
You may wonder why this peak on Warrensburg’s west side has the same name as the county seat of Bergen County, New Jersey. John Sasso will tell you.
Spring Cycling in North Creek
On an unseasonably warm mid-April Saturday, the North Creek-Irishtown loop was an ideal way to usher in the spring bicycle season on the country and mountain roads of North Creek, Olmstedville, Minerva, and the Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest.
Green Hill: The High Peak of Chester
At 2000 feet, Green Hill has nowhere near the elevation of the Adirondacks' tallest peaks, but it offers views that are comparable. That's thanks to Dan Smith, the man who gave us the Chester Challenge.
The Peaks of Loon Lake
When you calculate the psychic impact of outstanding views versus the amount of effort you must expend to get it, you won’t find a better deal than these family-friendly hikes in the Chester Challenge.
Hikes Along the Hudson
Many hikes in Warren County provide great views of the Hudson, but only a few bring you right down to the water's edge. Here are two that will.
Exploring Warren County’s Underground Railroad
As Black History Month comes to a close, we share the start we’ve made toward telling the story of Warren County’s Underground Railroad by spotlighting points of interest on an ArcGIS StoryMap.
The Underground Railroad at Mill Creek
The Rev. Enos O. Putnam joined other ministers in leaving the parent Methodist Church over slavery. A fiery abolitionist who served as the Mill Creek Wesleyan Methodist Church’s first pastor, he is believed to have sheltered fugitive slaves in his home.
The Underground Railroad at Darrowsville
The Darrowsville Wesleyan Methodist Church was among the first congregations to be established in the "Great Schism" that divided Methodists over the issue of slavery in the 1840s. Its second pastor was the abolitionist Reverend Joseph Baker.
Exploring the ‘Sled Shed’
Three miles up the Raymond Brook Trail, you'll find the "Sled Shed," one of many innovations that were incorporated in the development of the National Ski Patrol. We call it a “Point of Interest.”
'Ski Movie Night' at Tannery Pond Center
Greg Schaefer has a trove of films shot by North Creek’s ski pioneers in the 1930s. For the benefit of those who are visiting the area to attend the FISU Winter Games, he’s showing them again this Friday, January 20, at Ski Movie Night at 7 p.m. at North Creek’s Tannery Pond Center.