Field notes · 2026 estimate
When to see peak color at Mount Snow
Peak fall color is predicted around October 8. Plan for the strongest viewing window from October 3 to October 13.
Predicted peakOctober 8
Best windowOctober 3 – October 13
Confidence range±5 days
The prediction is a 24-year climatology built from NASA MODIS MOD13Q1 vegetation-index data, with the definition of peak calibrated against PhenoCam ground cameras. Where state foliage spotters report peak (New York, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Missouri), it has landed inside our ±5-day window about two years in three. An unusual summer or autumn can still move it further.
Nearby locales
Other places to see color near Mount Snow
Driving distance and time by road, not straight-line.
1 to 2 hours
2 to 3 hours
- Mount Greylock State ReservationMassachusetts40 mi · 2 hr 3 minPeak around Oct 14
- The Berkshires (Western Massachusetts)Massachusetts51 mi · 2 hr 6 minPeak around Oct 15
- StockbridgeMassachusetts64 mi · 2 hr 31 minPeak around Oct 17
- Monument MountainMassachusetts66 mi · 2 hr 36 minPeak around Oct 19
- Wachusett MountainMassachusetts92 mi · 2 hr 54 minPeak around Oct 19
- Woodstock97 mi · 2 hr 59 minPeak around Oct 11