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GREAT HIKES: New York’s Echo Cliffs

The hike to Echo Cliffs on New York’s Panther Mountain is a quick climb with a big payoff. The trail up to the cliffs is a mere 0.7 miles from the trailhead,...

Remember these 5 tips when snowshoeing

A snowshoer in New York's Adirondacks. (Martin Morissette/Flickr Photo) If you’re a hiker who views winter as the “offseason,” you’re missing out on the arg...

An epic hiking first in New Hampshire

This winter, a group of hikers braved snowy trails, subzero temperatures and remote wilderness to complete the first ever winter thru hike of New Hampshire's ch...

Great places to kayak on Cape Cod

Paddlers enjoying Washburn Island in East Falmouth. (Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Reserve Photo) With one of the most dynamic coastlines in the Northeast,...

A Summer To-Do List

Monument Rock on Pennsylvania's Standing Stone Trail. (StandingStoneTrail.org Photo) Fact is, summer goes by fast. To make the most of it, plan out your adven...

Hiking the Shawangunk Ridge Trail

The Trapps Cliff along the Shawangunk Ridge. (Wikimedia Photo) The roughly 74-mile long Shawangunk Ridge Trail is a spectacularly scenic trail running along...

Paddling Massachusetts’ North River

“Sometimes I just make bad decisions.” That thought kept running through my head as I sat in my kayak, propped sideways on rocks, being pushed over by rushing...

Great mud season hikes in Vermont

There's really five seasons in the Northeast: spring, summer, autumn, winter . . . and mud. Mud season is the cruelest of all the seasons. After a long, cold...