The Best Snowshoe Trails in New York (United States)

Iroquois 2/11/2011

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jmmdds

Distance

10.65mi

Elevation +

4117f

TrailRank

39

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Started out rather cold cloudy and windy but ended up a beautiful day. We did end up in some rather nasty spruce traps in the Iroquois-Algonquin col. Do NOT go alone this late in the season!

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Big Slide ADK46 & NE111 Finish

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Distance

7.59mi

Elevation +

3261f

TrailRank

38

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Big slide finished up the ADK46-R and New England 111 4000'-er lists for me. Culminating 5 lists in two consecutive weekends. Laurie, Mike, Nichole, and Tom accompanied me to the summit. We met up, a bit by chance at ...

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20140118 Santanoni

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Distance

11.92mi

Elevation +

3396f

TrailRank

35

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A Bluebird day for Barb, Ishmael and me. As we left the car about 6:50 am temp about 6 degrees we thought we would play it by ear asto whether we woult take the Santa Express or the Panther/Santanoni Brook herd path. We ...

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Lyon Mountain

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Ishmael

Distance

7.01mi

Elevation +

2260f

TrailRank

34

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Quick snowshoe up Lyon Mountain on a brilliant sunny morning. I took the new trail up and the older, steeper trail down. Some difficulty staying on the new trail, but I edited out my errant wanderings. Enjoy!

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Cliff & Redfield Across Flowed Lands (3/1/14)

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Distance

19.30mi

Elevation +

4380f

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33

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Beautiful hike on a perfect day. Temp about -15 Fahrenheit in the parking lot when we started at 4:30 am. Daybreak by the time we got to "Flowed Lands". The trek across Flowed Lands is awesome during the winter with view...

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to Castle Point

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mirekpl

Distance

8.67mi

Elevation +

1030f

TrailRank

29

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Minnewaska State Park Preserve From trail head Mossy Glen Footpath (yellow) to Blueberry Run Footpath (blue) to Castle Point and back

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Marshall 2/12/2011

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Distance

16.60mi

Elevation +

3156f

TrailRank

28

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Winter Gathering 2011. Its a long slog in and out and the spruce is pretty thick for the last .75 miles. Could not have done it without help.

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Phelps

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Ishmael

Distance

9.19mi

Elevation +

2362f

TrailRank

27

Pasty snow conditions and threatening rain, but it held off until the trip back. High winds and gusts(~50mph) made the short exposed traverse at the summit an adventure and convinced us to come back for Tabletop on a bet...

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Hopkins in the snow

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claudefort

Distance

5.17mi

Elevation +

2746f

TrailRank

27

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Breaking the trail from the Roostercomb parking to the summit of Hopkins in 24 inches of fresh snow. Going up, a lot of the trail markers were missing. So in places, the trail was hard to follow even with a GPS.

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Seymour 2/23/2013

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Distance

14.27mi

Elevation +

2733f

TrailRank

26

It's a long slog out to the herd path, which is 0.1 miles SE of the Ward Brook Leanto. The herd path grade gradually increases from level ground to almost a 60% grade about 0.3 miles from the summit. There it eases off a...

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Couchsachraga, Panther 1/8/2011

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Distance

16.23mi

Elevation +

4606f

TrailRank

26

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Conditions today, were good for hiking but not for views. Met up with some tough hikers from the NYC area, Brian, Steve and Chuck, that helped us break out the trail from Panther Brook to Panther Peak.

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Lke Skannatati Snowshoeing

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LIHiker

Distance

7.61mi

Elevation +

1194f

TrailRank

22

This hike starts in the mid-section of Harriman State Park. The hikes starts on the A-SB trail head to the Red Cross trail. The hikes on the Red Cross until it hits Beach trail (Light Blue). Take the Beach trail to the R...

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Kinderhook Preserve 2

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Paul Schroeder

Distance

1.05mi

Elevation +

148f

TrailRank

20

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Rensselaer Land Trust Preserve. There are many possible loop trails here. The land is transected by impressive rocky ridges and has long frontage on Kinderhook Creek which has bass and trout. Lots of wildlife including t...

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Fahnestock Snowshoeing

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Distance

8.17mi

Elevation +

1316f

TrailRank

19

The hike takes place in Clarence Fahnestock Memorial State Park. This hike starts at the 3 Lakes trail (B) which is close the Parking lot on Rte 301 by Canpous Lake. Taking the 3 Lakes trail to where it intersects with t...

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Tuxedo Park Snowshoeing

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LIHiker

Distance

7.21mi

Elevation +

1309f

TrailRank

19

This hike starts in the Tuxedo Park's train parking lot. From the parking lot there is some road walking to the R-D's trail head. Once at the trail head, the hike starts on R-D and continues until trail intersects with t...

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Santanoni Attempt 12/29/12

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Distance

10.94mi

Elevation +

2152f

TrailRank

19

Ishmael, Kendric and I left the Santanoni Road Parking at 7:15 am. The road portion was broken out recently by an XC skier. The trail to Bradley Pond was not broken out, but we were rather fast for the first mile or s...

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Marshall Snowshoe

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Ishmael

Distance

16.53mi

Elevation +

3018f

TrailRank

19

Great conditions until the herd path ascent. It wasn't broken out and would have been too difficult without an accurate GPS download. Also made possible by the trail breaking prowess of our companions we met along the wa...

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Lake Sebago Snowshoeing

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LIHiker

Distance

7.16mi

Elevation +

1325f

TrailRank

16

This snowshoeing hike starts at Lake Sebago. The hike was on and off trails for some excellent snowshoeing.

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Beaver Meadows

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Distance

12.33mi

Elevation +

3110f

TrailRank

26

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Attempted to get to Armstrong Mtn but turned around for a variety of reasons

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St-Regis Mountain ADK

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claudefort

Distance

6.52mi

Elevation +

1631f

TrailRank

21

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Nice hike. We had 10 cm of fresh snow over ice. It was very cold on the summit.

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Boutwell Hill State Forest

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hikeorbike

Distance

4.33mi

Elevation +

581f

TrailRank

15

Snowshoeing with Jeff & Jim 15deg and sunny. Fresh snow 15in

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Wittenberg Cornell

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pgevans58

Distance

8.85mi

Elevation +

2963f

TrailRank

15

Nov 23, 2018 8:28 am from Woodland Valley

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