Avalanche Lake Hike | Adirondacks

Avalanche Lake is beautiful and remote. It's well worth the trip for those who are prepared for the miles. Avalanche Pass is usually approached from the Adirondack Loj.
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[@reptilianwild]

Love that swainsons thrush in the beginning! 👌

[@RobertSmith-km6gi]

Climbed Algonquin sometime in the late 70s and returned back through Avalanche Lake via the cliff walk. It was much more precarious back then and not well maintained. It was an adventure that I will never forget.

[@tomob8226]

Omg I did this so long ago. The whole area. Great times!

[@Polarcutter]

Awesome. You should have seen Marcy Dam in the early 90’s, entirely different now. Great video. Again. #5440.

[@jamesryanhalbert3697]

Loved the simplicity in this video! I would love more videos like this. I loved the message that you don’t need to always head out to bag a peak. Recently drove from Tupper Lake down 30/28 through Old Forge and into Utica. I passed so many trailheads and lakes, canoe routes, lean-tos, firetowers… I hope I can visit them all, the park is so incredible from end to end. You’re a great steward of this park so hope you’re not leaving too long. You provide a great message of respecting the beautiful ADK wilderness.

[@greenspiritarts]

Bullfrog is the sound you questioned.

[@sonofabear]

I remember backpacking in the flowed lands for 4 days! it was incredible

[@rickfromvirginia]

Awesome video! Thanks for sharing!

[@RDJim]

You're making a name for yourself with videos like these. Easy on the eyes and ears. Brilliant.

[@briandegnan7773]

What a great idea for backpacking that minimalist daypack! Boom.

[@joanlajara3939]

Thanks so much for a long awaited video! Been waiting for them! You have such a great way of showing us nature and when we can’t be there you are! This place we call the Adks is so special, you get me out there! Hope you won’t be gone long?! This is in your blood like many of us! Love your photos, want to purchase more! Please don’t be gone long! Hi to your Dad! Happy Father’s Day to him, he did a great job in raising a son like you! Thx!

[@Snitchols]

Great video. Sounded like a bullfrog to me.

[@martyhogan]

Perfectly paced and edited clips. Your short segments on the Flora made me experience exactly what I have in the past and hope to again. Every single scene could be framed. Thanks for the experience. I’ll take my 25% next time I’m in Lake Placid this summer. On your photos

[@seankillip6903]

Probably one of my top 5 favorite videos! Shows that it's not just the high peaks that make up the beauty of the ADK. Thanks for sharing this!

[@SiriusHikes]

Foreshadowing gulp... Wishing you all the best on your journeys!

[@barkeater123]

This is a very nice hike. Great way to put the focus on the surroundings and not just summiting and exiting. Lake is a great place to sit and have lunch.

[@jimhartlageart5665]

Thanks for putting this video together. I hiked Mt. Colden via Avalanche Lake with my daughter and her boyfriend (1st time for them, 2nd for me) on 5-31. One of my favorite loops in the ADKs. Hope all is well.

[@Tomangel61]

Been there many times, absolutely beautiful.

[@vinnyg.8170]

Hi Jonathan! Haven't seen you in a while. Nice video--looks real remote. I'll be ordering a couple of photos soon. Don't stay away too long!

[@skym.3362]

Hey! My friend and I were hiking the other day and I think we saw you and your dad! If so, I wish we called out to say hi. We watch all of your videos! :)

[@erikfleischer5928]

Nice video, Hiking that route was one of my best hikes. Walking through Avalanche pass was just Amazing. The we proceed to Climb the Dyke, I will def do that again. Buy yes it is very dangerous and one wrong slip and it can cost you your life.

[@adventureswiththechristmans]

Great video bro!!

[@raspyraspberry8526]

Wow I just missed you me and my buddy just did the Algonquin peak loop that passed through the lake yesterday

[@carlosbanks8764]

Crap i totally forgot i was a member when I bought that picture 😂 it was worth the full price though! Great vid man. Hope you had a good time out there with the pops. ⛰️🌲

[@carlosbanks8764]

Just watched this on algonquin btw waiting for sunset 😎

[@matthewburd3274]

Another great video! Love the ADKs. Want to try Trap Dike for first time this year. But not sure the way up. Do you know anybody or anything that could help? Love the vids. Keep it up

[@isaacpeugh7989]

Did this one on a rainy day and it was awesome. My profile pic was taken halfway up that scramble!

[@markcummings6856]

Very nice.

[@davidrenaldo2252]

Great video the the ask

[@mich8261]

When I lived in Montreal that was one of my favourite “nearby” hikes. Back then Marcy Dam was still a dam and people hung their bear bags off the side. I’d love to see what it looks like now, nearly 30 years later

[@user-zj1ft6zk6z]

Leading a backpacking group through Baxter Pass, the Colden Area, and Avalanche Pass is where my husband of 20 years and I fell in love. A year later, he proposed on the the top of Cascade at sunrise!

[@dirtbagoutside]

Awesome. Is it possible to camp between Avalanche Lake and Colden?

[@brooklyngraham1151]

Bull Frog. Btw, climbed the Trap Dike, no joke. Scary as ****!

[@ToughCookiez]

Awesome video! When we hiked Colden a few years back I wish we could have stayed at Avalanche Lake longer, definitely need to get back out there. Would you consider the Allen Slide to be rock climbing? I climbed it recently a day after it rained a bunch up there, it was really slow going.

[@JonathanZaharek]

Allen Slide, for any high peaks trail for that matter would not be considered rock climbing at all. It certainly can be dangerous though!

[@ToughCookiez]

@@JonathanZaharek yep, I followed what everyone said to do. Stay to the left and avoid the red slime

[@jean-francoisgrenier4947]

The strange sound at 13:15.... A bull frog.

[@user-ww9fq5lp6x]

A question please-end of september-how much bugs will i encounter in this region?

[@cbo208]

How long does the hike take from Adirondack Loj to the lake?

[@jordanhenshaw]

Hey, what's going on, dude!

[@Toklat]

Crocker

[@streuselhead4058]

The ski pole is unneccesary, and in more robust alpine zones it is actually a hindrance. Not to mention, using one rather than two is particularly inadvisable if you do so on a regular basis. Who knows, though, you have knee problems or something?

[@JonathanZaharek]

You’re funny

[@streuselhead4058]

@@JonathanZaharek Just a pet peeve I've mine. I've a spent countless hours in the alpine zones of Washington's North Cascades and the High Sierra. I climb. I hike. I disappear for long periods into the wilderness. There have been many times that an ice axe is either helpful or absolutely necessary. But single walking sticks and ski poles don't make sense unless you have a unilateral issue relative to your locomotion, or your feel like you might have to whack someone on the trip. I liked your Avalanche Lake video. I am currently living in Northern PA and missing the mountain west pretty badly. Avalanche Lake, by Northeast standards, at least, looks pretty awesome. I would be inclined to go there for a winter overnight. Is it a safe bet that snowshoes are necessary at that elevation? Or does it vary year to year? If you are in the Washington Cascades at elevation in the winter, that question needn't be asked. Not trying to diss, by the way. Your videos are great.

[@JonathanZaharek]

@@streuselhead4058 I would say that out here, trekking poles are almost an obligation because of how beneficial they are. Most people think you’re crazy now using trekking poles in the winter here. The trails out east are some of the most rugged and most difficult trails anywhere in the country. And winter conditions can be just as extreme as out west. So to each their own. Trek pulls help greatly with pressure distribution and joint longevity. Especially with trying to navigate technical sections. I’ve spent time in the cascades, so I’ve had a good taste of them. Avalanche lake here is snowshoes from the car almost all winter. We do get plenty of snow out here. So pretty much snowshoes are required in these wilderness zones all winter long if the snow is deeper than 8 inches. It’s not a suggestion, but a legality out here

[@streuselhead4058]

@@JonathanZaharek Just a bit hyperbolic to say that trails in the east are some of the most difficult anywhere in the country. If you are familiar with the Cascades you would know there are hikes that gain more elevation than the summits of the highest peaks on the east coast. You can go from 2,000 to 8,000 feet on countless Cascade trips. And you encounter alpine terrain that is almost non-existent here back east. To be clear, I always use ski poles when I am snowshoeing, or, in more bad-ass settings, an ice axe, but what I was commenting on was the use of poles in non winter conditions, e.g., trails or scrambles. Maybe our understanding of "technical" differs. If I am scrambling steep rock, class 3 or 4, a long pole in one hand is a hindrance. On steep, rocky terrain you need both hands to be able to contact the rock that should periodcally be just a few inches in front of your chest. Not to blow up your comments section, I will gracefully exit.

[@JonathanZaharek]

Have you ever had the opportunity to hike the Adirondack high peak trails in summer? When I say rugged, I'm talking about absolutely terrible conditions. I'm referring to some of the oldest growth, rocks, mud, roots, zero switchbacks. When I say technical, I don't mean class three or four. I'm referring to the most god-awful hard and raw hiking trails you've ever hiked. And this opinion is widely accepted. Are hikes can easily have 6,000 to 8,000 feet of gain, because sometimes you have to go over multiple mountains to get to certain ones. It's not about elevation here, although a majority of our peaks have 3000 vertical feet of ascent. There are not many class three or four scrambling here. @@streuselhead4058