BARKEATER TRAILS ALLIANCE
  • Home
  • About
    • WHO WE ARE
    • History
    • Board of Directors
    • Staff
    • Community Partners
    • Blog
    • Gallery
    • Contact Us
  • Donate
  • Bike Trails
    • Bike Trail Conditions
    • Ride With Gratitude
    • Wilmington >
      • Flume Trails
      • Hardy Road (Beaver Brook)
      • Three Sisters (Quaker Mountain)
    • Lake Placid >
      • Lussi Trails
      • Loggers Loops
      • Craig Wood Trails
    • Saranac Lake >
      • Dewey Mountain
      • Mount Pisgah
      • Fowler's Crossing
    • Elizabethtown >
      • Otis Mountain
      • Blueberry Hill
    • Keene >
      • Fall Flow Down
    • electric MTBs
  • Ski Trails
    • Jackrabbit Ski Trail >
      • State of the Jackrabbit
      • Lake Clear JCT to Pauls Smith's VIC
      • Saranac Lake to McKenzie Pond Road
      • McKenzie Pond Road to Whiteface Inn
      • Whiteface Inn to Mirror Lake
      • Mirror Lake to ADK Cascade Trails
      • ADK Cascade Trails to Keene
    • Conditions
  • events
    • Wilmington MTB Festival
    • 2023 Ski Outings
  • Volunteer
  • MERCH

Ski Trail Conditions
POWERED BY:

Picture

Hope you skied this past weekend

12/6/2021

0 Comments

 
UPDATE 12/14/21:  Saturday's warm temperatures and high winds eliminated any cross-country skiing for now, but we're using this week of generally fair weather to clean up the debris created by the high winds over the weekend. Warm through this week, but cooling off with a chance of some snow on the weekend. On Friday, we hope to do a "windshield" survey of places that may have held onto some base so we can report what routes might be skiable with just a minimal amount of new snow.  Stay tuned.

UPDATE 12/9/21: High Peaks snow report from the DEC says 14" at Lake Colden, 2-3 feet at timberline, but only 4-5 " at Marcy Dam.  Ice on the surface of Avalanched Lake, but crossing is not recommended. Definitely not skiable conditions, but winter is here up high. All this will, of course, change with Saturday's warmth and rain, followed by above average temperatures into next week.  PATIENCE.

UPDATE 12/8/21:  While there is still some base left in parts of Lake Placid and in Newcomb, we haven't received enough new snow to make any area really skiable.  And unfortunately, not too much new snow in sight for the rest of the week.  And then the forecast still calls for temperatures near 50 with 90% chance of rain on Saturday. Again, the thaw won't last long, but still no significant snow as the temperatures cool down after Saturday.  Mt. Van Hoevenberg will be able to offer some skiing on their snowmaking loops, but those are mostly expert terrain.  The Tug Hill region is expected to receive some skiable snow on Wednesday, but they are still likely to see the warm temperatures and rain on Saturday. I guess we'll just have to be patient.

This past weekend offered some nice conditions on the usual early season routes, but as predicted Monday is warm with temperatures in the mid to upper 40s. This thaw will only last for another 12 hours or so before cooling back down, so we may not lose all of the base that had begun to build up.

Unfortunately, the forecast only calls for scattered snow showers the rest of the week, so surfaces may not be very good for skiing.  And then, next Saturday is predicted to again be warm with temperatures in the mid-40s.

Mt. Van Hoevenberg was reporting 35 km of trail open, but no updated report for today. Likewise, the Paul Smith's VIC has not updated their report from the weekend. 

We'll update this report later in the week when we know if any of the predicted snow showers have managed to improve conditions. 
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Trail Conditions 101

    ​Trail condition reports are posted frequently during the ski season.  The Adirondack backcountry can be a hard place to predict with weather and trail conditions that often change rapidly.  We can't offer the same detailed descriptions of trail conditions as groomed nordic centers. 

    Always plan ahead for your outing, be prepared with proper clothing, equipment, maps and emergency supplies, and check local weather conditions as well before departing on your trip.

    Maps - don't leave home with them!

    For trails in the High Peaks Wilderness area, we recommend purchasing the High Peaks Adirondack Trail Map from the Adirondack Mountain Club.  

    For trails outside of the High Peaks area, we recommend purchasing the Lake Placid & Saranac Lake Winter Trails Map from Green Goat Maps, which covers the Jackrabbit Ski Trail and other adjacent ski touring opportunities.

    Archives

    November 2023
    October 2023
    April 2023
    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

BARKEATER TRAILS ALLIANCE (BETA)
volunteer driven - member supported - human powered


Address
P.O. Box 843 - ​Lake Placid, NY 12946

Telephone

518.523.1365

Email

josh@betatrails.org
  • Home
  • About
    • WHO WE ARE
    • History
    • Board of Directors
    • Staff
    • Community Partners
    • Blog
    • Gallery
    • Contact Us
  • Donate
  • Bike Trails
    • Bike Trail Conditions
    • Ride With Gratitude
    • Wilmington >
      • Flume Trails
      • Hardy Road (Beaver Brook)
      • Three Sisters (Quaker Mountain)
    • Lake Placid >
      • Lussi Trails
      • Loggers Loops
      • Craig Wood Trails
    • Saranac Lake >
      • Dewey Mountain
      • Mount Pisgah
      • Fowler's Crossing
    • Elizabethtown >
      • Otis Mountain
      • Blueberry Hill
    • Keene >
      • Fall Flow Down
    • electric MTBs
  • Ski Trails
    • Jackrabbit Ski Trail >
      • State of the Jackrabbit
      • Lake Clear JCT to Pauls Smith's VIC
      • Saranac Lake to McKenzie Pond Road
      • McKenzie Pond Road to Whiteface Inn
      • Whiteface Inn to Mirror Lake
      • Mirror Lake to ADK Cascade Trails
      • ADK Cascade Trails to Keene
    • Conditions
  • events
    • Wilmington MTB Festival
    • 2023 Ski Outings
  • Volunteer
  • MERCH
Live Chat Support ×

Connecting

You: ::content::
::agent_name:: ::content::
::content::
::content::