We went up the other day in Jake’s 1941 Piper J-3 Cub, which was used as a training plane at Syracuse.

Lapland Lake is the dream of Olavi Hirvonen, a Finnish-American nordic skier who competed in the 1960 Olympics.

Magazzino is a gorgeous museum and research center located in Cold Spring, NY, near institutions like Dia:Beacon and Storm King Art Center. The collection focuses on postwar and contemporary Italian art in the United States.

To reach the hike to the top of Baldface Mountain, you first cross the water.

The Adirondacks has a rich boatbuilding tradition. Learn about some of our local favorites.

It’s no secret that Gore Mountain is our Adirondacks go-to for alpine skiing, with reasonably priced classic lifts and beautiful areas the more you explore the mountain.

The Catskills has amazing skiing options. We’re big Hunter Mountain fans for its aprés options and Belleayre is right nearby, with large improvements all the time. Known for its nearby luxury with new spots, Windham is also a great pick.

In the summer, we get a pool pass or walk in the garden. In the winter, we warm up by library fire after skiing.

Founded 1957, the Adirondack Experience Museum houses 30,000 local objects, 70,000 photographs, 9,000 books, and 800 manuscript collections.

Learn why we love Inness!

The Adirondacks has incredible craft traditions—furniture, food, textiles, and metalwork. A number of regional centers, like the Adirondack Folk School, offer traditional instruction, as do our local practitioners.

The islands are magical for many reasons: their ecotonal feel—places where systems meet; their quiet—just the waves on their rocky beaches; their pines, plants, and mushrooms; their relatively lack of insects and wildlife.

Menla Mountain Retreat hosts workshops with renowned teachers, yoga, meditation, Tibetan healing therapies, massages, bodywork, and more.

Some early hours, the mist blankets the lake. If you set out rowing, you see small circle of unending ripples, water making the air a lightbox, a watercolor: one wash cerulean, one amber. In fog, you see each line in your palms. Eventually, it rises, wisping. In clear day, you see yourself.

Our team in the Catskills and Adirondacks!

Our local marina is the spot for perfect access to the lake by boat.

Storm King Art Center is a 500-acre outdoor sculpture museum on the way from New York City to Lorca in Newburgh, NY.

Ice fishing huts dot the lake when it freezes. You walk out. It’s bumpier toward the shoreline and smoothens.