New York Ski Season Finale 2026

This winter was anything but normal compared to previous years. New York and the rest of the Northeast received a heaping of snow towards the beginning of the season, with of course the Tug Hill and Buffalo regions getting pummeled with lake-enhanced storms.

Marcy Dam

From the New Year, the snow continued to stack up nicely – with Whiteface reporting well over their seasonal average of 155” — until it all came crashing down as soon as the calendars flipped to March.

Temperatures spiked into the low 70s and smaller resorts suffered from the drastic melt.

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Grace Camp Gauntlet

Mother Nature’s treated us well this season — cold temperatures and plentiful storms — but as of late she’s been in a foul mood. In a repeat of last year’s March, the beginning of the month came with a brutal warmfront, this time with a stretch of highs in the 60s as well as a week of rain that totaled multiple inches.

Garden Trailhead

Most of the state suffered tremendously, with most of the natural snow (besides parking lot piles) disappearing overnight. Even the snowpack in the High Peaks of the Adirondack Park, which stacked consistently for 3 months, became practically nonexistent at the trailhead.

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Panther Gorge Trek

Panther Gorge is a unique zone deep in the High Peak wilderness; it’s one of the most remote places in the park, and for good reason. Lying between the highest peak in the state (Marcy) and the third highest (Haystack), the Gorge is in a world of its own.

view of Panther Gorge

From The Garden, it’s about 7.8 miles; the Loj is 7.5 miles, Elk Lake is about 9 miles, and Upper Works is 10.7 miles, and these are just the distances to reach the area, without including exploration and a return to the trailhead. If you’ve ever hiked Haystack or Marcy and looked across towards the other’s peak, then you got a glance of Panther Gorge.

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