Landslide Shuts Down Busy Hiking Trails in the High Peaks

Avalanche Pass Trail closed in Keene

KEENE — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced Tuesday the closure of the Avalanche Pass Trail in Keene, Essex County, after recent rainstorm events resulted in mud and rockslides.

Landslides bury popular ADK trail leading to NY’s highest peak

Landslides on Monday cut off access to a portion of a popular hiking trail in the heart of the Adirondack High Peaks Wilderness.

Landslide shuts down busy hiking trails in the high peaks

The DEC says multiple rock and mud slides have made the trail to Avalanche Lake impassable

DEC Announces Trail Closure and Landslide Trail Repair Work in Adirondacks

Avalanche Pass Trail Closed to Protect Public Safety; Slide on Mount Colden Impacting Access The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced the closure of the Avalanche Pass Trail in Keene, Essex County, after recent rainstorm events resulted in mud and rockslides. The closure affects the portion of the Avalanche Pass Trail

Avalanche Pass Trail Closed

The Avalanche Pass hiking trail is closed to the public due to a landslide. This closure impacts several routes, including the passage south to Lake Colden from the Adirondak Loj and loops routes over Algonquin, Marcy, and Colden. Another slide was reported on the southeast side of Mount Colden into Feldspar Bog/Lake Arnold Trail, making

Landslides close Avalanche Pass trail

Mud and rock slides at Avalanche Pass in the High Peaks Wilderness have closed several trail routes around Mount Colden, Algonquin Peak and Mount Marcy, according to information provided by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation.  Two mud slides have been recorded in a map by the DEC, one about 0.3 miles and another around the half mile mark on the Avalanche Pass Trail.  The passage south to Lake Colden from the Adirondak Loj, and…