Any new slides?

[Mike Hartigan]

Just wondering if anyone has observed new or additional slide activity recently. The Ticonderoga area has been hammered with rain the past few days and the Northway was washed out. The southern ADK's have been getting the worst of all this rain and possible new slide candidates could be the Indian Lake region, Santanoni, and Lake George ( I believe that they are getting hit as we speak.).Also possibly as farth north as the Dix Range which seems to be real wet this spring. So keep your eyes peeled for new highways to the sky.

 

[WalksWithBlackflies]

I heard a mudslide covered half of the roadway through Wilimington Notch. That's all the details I have.

 

[Mike Hartigan]

Well I guess that all the ADK's are getting wet this spring. I don't know if just being wet is enough to trigger widespread slide activity. A fellow VFTT member once told me that the heavy rains had to come after a prolonged dry spell for slides to occur. Something about the roots shrinking away from the rock as the dryed. Any body have any further info on this.