QUEENSBURY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – April showers aside, the time is here for early-season hikers to get busy exploring trails in the Adirondacks. Like every year, hiking in the spring invites muddy feet. The ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — As spring gets underway in the Adirondacks, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is warning visitors of mud season. As snow starts to melt on the ...

It's mud season in Vermont, and that means hikers need to exercise extra caution to avoid damaging Vermont's trails from now through the end of May, especially in the high country. "The spots that are ...

A few years ago, a surgeon diagnosed me with a torn labrum in my left hip and basically told me my hiking career was over. The tear wouldn't heal, but surgery wasn't recommended, he said. Long hikes ...

WATERBURY — A warm winter has brought early and varied mud season conditions to Vermont hiking trails. A release this week from the Green Mountain Club advises hikers to seek dry and durable surfaces ...

Mud season. It’s not pretty. In fact, it’s just plain, well, muddy. But for those of us itching to get outside and enjoy some spring hiking, it can be hard to say no after the long winter months. The ...

My friend Elaine Rau raved about the Pollock Bench Trail the other day. "Gorgeous," she gushed. "Drop-dead gorgeous. Jaw-dropping gorgeous. Spectacular." "The rock formations in those canyons are ...

Despite a long stretch of very wet weather this spring, trails for hiking and mountain biking are opening back up after mud season — with some caveats. With mixed precipitation in the forecast, the ...

After I wrote my last column about walking in the Lisha Kill Natural Area in Niskayuna, a reader emailed to chastise me: the Lisha Kill is closed during mud season (from late February through early ...

Vermont's "Mud Season," which can last until Memorial Day, brings wet and muddy conditions to hiking and biking trails, making them susceptible to erosion. The Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and ...