Easy Street
Photo: andyarthur, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)- 1.0 mi
- one way
- 51 ft
- climb
- 1,685 ft
- high point
- Point to point
- route
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Weather is marginal · OpenWeather · checked 1 h ago
Easy Street is a short, easy hike in northern New York, about a mile from the village of Paul Smiths. The route is a point-to-point walk of roughly a mile, with a low point of about 1,628 feet and a high of about 1,685 feet. The climb is gentle, with a total gain of about 51 feet and a steepest stretch of about 7% at around 0.18 miles in. Summer is the most comfortable time to go. Typical averages from a nearby weather station show July highs around 77°F with lows near 51°F, while winter highs stay in the 20s and 30s. The trail sits among a cluster of cross-country ski routes, including Easy Street (Blue), Skidder Trail (Orange) and Heron Marsh Trail (Gray), all within about a tenth of a mile. Farther out, the K: Northern Region climbing area is about 3.5 miles away.
Local outfitters
- Cloudsplitter Outfitters34 mi away
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Best time to go
Best time to visit Easy Street
No month here meets our mild-weather rule. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
25° / 2°
15 wet
Feb
28° / 3°
13 wet
Mar
37° / 12°
14 wet
Apr
50° / 26°
15 wet
May
64° / 37°
16 wet
Jun
72° / 46°
16 wet
Jul
77° / 51°
16 wet
Aug
75° / 49°
16 wet
Sep
68° / 41°
14 wet
Oct
54° / 32°
16 wet
Nov
42° / 22°
16 wet
Dec
30° / 11°
17 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Saranac Rgnl Ap, NY, 5 mi away at 1,663 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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