This weekend in the Adirondacks

The best advice is to stay home. Recreate locally. Traveling into the backcountry at this time puts others at risk. Accidents can happen, and they happen regularly even among the most experienced people.

Although snow is patchy at the periphery of the Adirondack Park, there remain deep snow in places, and more winter-like weather will return tomorrow.

Although snow is patchy at the periphery of the Adirondack Park, there remains areas of deep snow in the central Adirondacks, especially off trail. Temperatures are expected to remain in the single digits and teens on summits this weekend, with wind chills there in the single digits below zero.

There remains deep snow and winter conditions around the region and temperatures will remain mostly below freezing on summits this weekend, with wind chills there mostly in the single digits Saturday and teens on Sunday. Sunday afternoon, although warmer, will see stronger winds on summits, 35-45 miles per hour.

There is deep snow around the Adirondack Park with temperatures expected to be mostly in the teens and 20s this weekend but remaining below zero on summits with windchills there in the 20s below zero Saturday and single digits below zero Sunday.

It’s looking like it could be one of the nicest weekends we’ve seen in a while, with plenty of snow and moderate temperatures.

It will be very cold today and tonight, and remain below freezing through the weekend. There is deep snow, at least one to two feet, around the Adirondack Park and more at higher elevations, as much as 5-6 feet in some places, and the risk of avalanches on steep open terrain remains.

It’s looking like January may be ranked as one of our warmest on record. This weekend will be cold, but the weather looks good for outdoor adventures. As always, check the latest weather before heading out, just to be sure you’re prepared.

Another storm will blow through this weekend and bring with a variety of precipitation types from rain to snow. Trails are covered in snow and ice and are very icy in places, that could get worse this weekend.

We survived last week’s rain and warm weather surprisingly well and have picked up 3 to 6 inches of new snow yesterday across the region. Now the cold air is here, and that will put a damper on conditions for this weekend.