Upper Stag Brook Falls
Essex County, New York
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Essex County, New York
- Access status
- Partial guide: which upper cascade this listing marks is not established; closed during ski season
- The walk
- About 1.2 miles return for the whole trail
- Ground & access
- Steady climb on a narrow, rocky trail with a road crossing. Rocks by the water are slippery.
Stag Brook tumbles down the base of Whiteface Mountain in a series of falls and cascades. Park in the main lot at the Whiteface Mountain Ski Center and walk the road toward the Main Lodge. After the bridge, pass to the left of the secondary building and walk up the gravel road onto a ski trail; the Stag Brook Falls trail starts at the top of the gravel road. The largest falls is a short way up. The trail keeps climbing on the left side of the brook, crosses a road, and passes smaller falls and pools before ending on the ski slopes. This listing marks one of the upper cascades; which one is not established. Return the same way.
Plan your visit
Whiteface Mountain Ski Center main lot off NY 86, road past the Main Lodge, gravel road up a ski trail, then the Stag Brook Falls trail up along the brook past the main falls to the upper cascades
The Whiteface Region and Lake Placid tourism pages give 1.2 miles round trip and 450 feet of climb for the trail, which ends on the ski slopes. NNY Waterfalls says the main falls is no more than 200 feet up the trail. No separate distance to the upper cascades is given.
Steady climb on a narrow, rocky trail with a road crossing. Rocks by the water are slippery.
Where to start
Main lot at the Whiteface Mountain Ski Center, 5021 NY 86, Wilmington, on the right just before the bridge.
Timing & water
Hikers are not allowed on this trail when the mountain is open for skiing.
Before you go
No fee is mentioned.
Visitor informationVisit sources
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