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Avalanche Pass Trail to Mount Colden Trail Loop route map
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New York

Avalanche Pass Trail to Mount Colden Trail Loop

Lake Placid, New York

11.4 mi

Distance

3,376 ft

Elev. Gain

5h 15m

Est. Time

Loop

Route Type

Difficult

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Avalanche Pass Trail to Mount Colden Trail Loop unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

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Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:644 ft
Max:1,422 ft
Gain:1,029 ft
Loss:1,029 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 644 ft and 1,422 ft across 11.4 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.644 ft903 ft1,163 ft1,422 ft0.0 mi2.8 mi5.7 mi8.5 mi11.4 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi673 ft
High point5.5 mi1,422 ft
End11.4 mi673 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Loop

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Lake Placid, NY · about 6 mi away
County:
Essex County, NY

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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