Porter Mountain

Porter Mountain
Porter Mountain from Rooster Comb Mountain
Highest point
Elevation	4,059 feet (1,237 m)^[1]
Prominence	330 ft (100 m)^[2]
Listing	Adirondack High Peaks
Coordinates	44°12′55″N 73°50′37″W / 44.21528°N 73.84361°W / 44.21528; -73.84361Coordinates: 44°12′55″N 73°50′37″W / 44.21528°N 73.84361°W / 44.21528; -73.84361
Geography
Location	Keene, New York, U.S.
Parent range	Adirondacks
Topo map	USGS Keene Valley
Climbing
First ascent	1875 by Ed Phelps and Noah Porter
Easiest route	Hike

Porter Mountain is in Essex County of New York. It is one of the 46 Adirondack High Peaks and is located in the Adirondack Park. Its name comes from Noah Porter, later president of Yale University and one of the first to climb it.

Somewhat overshadowed by its higher and more popular neighbor, Cascade Mountain, with which it is often climbed, Porter is nevertheless rewarding. While it lacks the pseudo-alpine open summit of Cascade, there are nevertheless wide views available from the summit, particularly of the Johns Brook Valley to the east (which Porter blocks from Cascade); it is often less crowded than Cascade.

A yellow-blazed trail leaves the trail to Cascade about 0.5 mile (approximately 1 km) short of that mountain's summit, and leads down into the col between the two peaks about 1 mile (1.6 km) to Porter’s summit.

It is also possible to follow this trail from its other terminus, over neighboring Blueberry Mountain from Keene Valley, although that involves a greater vertical ascent and a longer trip. The trailhead to Blueberry Mountain and subsequently Porter Mountain is accessible from a parking lot next to Marcy Airfield on route 73.

Notes

↑ Summit elevation between 1,240 and 1,250 m.
↑ Key col elevation between 1,140 and 1,150 m.

External links

The High Peaks of New York's Adirondack Mountains

Northern Adirondacks	Esther Whiteface

Eastern Adirondacks	Giant Rocky Peak

Colvin Range	Blake Colvin Dial Nippletop

Dix Range	Dix Grace Peak South Dix Hough Macomb

Northern High Peaks	Big Slide Cascade Phelps Porter Table Top

Marcy Group	Allen Cliff Colden Gray Haystack Marcy Redfield Skylight

Other Great Range	Armstrong Basin Gothics Saddleback Sawteeth Lower Wolfjaw Upper Wolfjaw

MacIntyre Mountains	Algonquin Iroquois Marshall Wright

Santanoni Mountains	Couchsachraga Panther Santanoni

Seward Mountains	Donaldson Emmons Seward Seymour

Street Range	(MacNaughton) Nye Street

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