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Mount Colden Trail Via Lake Colden
On Mount Colden, Adirondack High Peaks
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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Sep · highs 12–18 °C (54–64 °F)
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- M-1°-11°112
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- D-4°-12°123
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
About this trail
About 2.7 km (1.7 mi) long, Mount Colden Trail Via Lake Colden is a trail in New York, United States of America. It is on Mount Colden in the Adirondack High Peaks. It lies about 13 km south of North Elba.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Length
- 2.7 km · 1.7 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- State agency
- Data from
- New York Department of Environmental Conservation
- Mountain
- Mount Colden (mountain, 1,436 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Adirondack High Peaks (Adirondack Mountains › Canadian Shield; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 13 km S of North Elba (Essex County, New York) · GeoNames
- Best months
- May–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- New York
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 44.1250, -73.9650
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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