07/19/2025
☀️ In the Adirondack High Peaks on Saturday, sunrise will be at about 5:30 am and sunset at about 8:34 pm.
🌧️ We’ll get a break from the heat the tomorrow with some cooler and drier weather, before showers return on Sunday.
⛰️ In the High Peaks, temperatures at about 2,000 feet will be mostly in the mid to upper 60s with summits mostly in the upper 50s.
👀 Keep an eye on the weather forecasts this weekend, and plan extra time due to recent storm damage.
🪓 Expect to encounter blowdown from strong winds yesterday. Heavy rains this week created several landslides including a large slide that has closed Avalanche Pass from the Lake Arnold Trail to Avalanche Lake.
⚠️ Access has been cut from Adirondak Loj to the Lake Colden area, and the loop routes over Algonquin, Colden, and Mount Marcy, that go through the Pass. Taking an alternative route through Lake Arnold is possible, but as usual, that trail is very wet and muddy.
🥾 Another slide on the southeast side of Mount Colden has flowed into the Feldspar / Lake Arnold Trail - a short bushwack around the slide is possible there.
💧 Rivers and stream are flowing at normal levels this morning for the most part, but isolated storms this weekend could make some stream crossings impassable.
🗺️ Be prepared with alternate routes in the event of high waters, or as yet unreported trail damage.
🌊 The Hudson River is a bit above 3 feet on the gage at North Creek. At Piercefield, the Raquette River is a bit above 4 feet. And at the gage a little north of Whitehall, Lake Champlain is at about 95.5 feet.
🌡️ Water temperatures are very warm, even for this time of year - about 77 degrees at Upper Saranac Lake, near 80 at Mirror Lake, and at Warner Bay on Lake George.
🦠 Be on the lookout and avoid algae blooms, which have closed several Lake Champlain beaches.
Outdoor Conditions by John Warren from the New York Almanack
Photo and Production by Caitlin Kelly
