Legend

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A "s" after the Height means the height was taken from 1955 USGS all others were taken from 1978 USGS Metric and converted from Meters to Feet. (See Notes Below)

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Rating

Ratings are based mostly on the view from the summit or an overlook near the summit. A great feature or trail on the mountain could also boost the rating. Of course of ratings are subjective and the weather (i.e haze) at the time of the climb could effect the rating.    

***** Best Views in the Adirondacks or Anywhere 

****   Spectacular. Wide Open Summit

*** Great Views

** Good Views

* Mostly closed in summit with limited Views

no *'s  Closed in Summit no view

(FT) Open Fire Tower on summit

(FTc) Closed Fire Tower on summit

(FT?) Fire Tower status unknown. There was one. It may or may not still be there, and it could be open or closed

In general Firetower Mountains that do not have a view from the summit but have great view from the Tower (Blue Mt. for example) do not get great ratings.

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Feild Of View

360  -- 360 Degree open View

<360 --A very small portion of the summit may be blocked

360t -- All the Overlooks combined will give you a 360 Degree Veiw

>200 --More then 180 degrees in view but a larger portion blocked out then a <360

d180 -- Double 180 degree view. 180 degree view from one side and Another one from the other

~180 --About 180 degrees. One side of Summit blocked out

 +Oks --a few overlooks

One-- One good Overlook

none-- No View from summit   

(BigMT)-- There are Views (can even be a 360) but a larger Mountain Near it blocks out Views far away on one or more sides - I'm phasing this out

Mountains with a Open Fire Tower of course have a 360 Degree View. The field of view listed is for the base of the mountain.

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Crowd Factor

JP - Jammed Packed. Expect a Crowded summit

PC- Potentially Crowded.

PUC- Potentially uncrowded

DS- Deserted. You will most likely be alone

Of course this is just a guess. You might get lucky on the day you climb and nobody be on a Usually Jammed Packed Summit or unlucky and a boy scout troop be on a usually deserted summit.

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How To Get There

T - Trail. Well Groomed by The DEC, AMC. 

Ts- Trails. More then one from different directions

P- A Clear Path but not taken care of

S- Slide Climb

B- Bushwhack. No Path just head into the woods and try to hit your mark

D-Driveable, you can drive to the top

Bt - You must paddle a Boat to the trailhead

RC -  Rock Climbing. The only way up is a vertical rock face

Pv- Private Land or Mountain is for some reason closed and/or inaccessible

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Difficulty Rating.

To describe the difficulty I will base my rating system on the one they use for Movies. Rating are for a typical late summer/eariler fall day without using GPS,  In winter all mountains should be considered rated R, X or XX

Examples:

G Rating is of course easy and for a mountain that anyone can climb even children and someone out of shape.

Examples of G ratings Mt. Baxter, Mt. Joe, Mt. Severance, Koon Mt.

PG is a Mountain that is little more difficult for small children and someone out of shape. It doesn't have to many really steep sections.Generally less then 4 miles one way. But for the person who is in good shape it is easy. The Mountain has a trail.

Examples of some PG ratings: Cascade Mt., Giant Mt., Crane Mt., Lyon Mt, Ampersand Mt.

PG-13 is basically the same as a PG but it is more then a 4 mile hike or has many steep sections. It usually has a trail, but a well defined, easy to follow path can be a criteria.

Examples are Mt. Marcy, Dix Mt., Mckenzie Mt., Snowy Mt.,Rocky Peak Ridge.

R is a hard Mountain that someone only in really good shape and someone who has experience should do. Has a trail, path, or a relatively easy Bushwhack or Slide Climb. The path could be confusing.

Examples Street & Nye, Allen Mt, Santanoni Peak, Macomb Mt.

X Extremely Hard Mountain. Very Confusing Path, Tough Bushwhack, or steep slide climb.

Examples are Knob Lock, The Mountains of the Jay Range, many of the mountains in the Central Range, Kilbourne Mt.

XX Extreme Mountain. These are the Hardest Mountains in the Adirondacks or Anywhere. No trails, only hard bushwhacks or technical Rock Climbing. Getting Lost and never being seen again or falling to your death is a good possibility.

Examples are the Trap Dyke on Mt. Colden, the Sawtooth Range, the North River Mountains.

***Notes****

All mountain heights are subjective. I used the 1978 USGS metric maps and converted heights to feet ( 1 meter=3.2808 feet) when ever possible since they are the most recent and presumably more accurate even though they are harder to read. Often I used the highest contour line. The heights from the original list of the 46 high peaks are different compared to the metric maps and the correct listings (at least until the next USGS) are given here.

The Statistics for the Mountains on my list were compiled by myself and a few personal friends and many emails (via my report mountain form ) who have actually climbed the mountain (Thanks to the guys at http://www.adkhighpeaks.com for info on many mountains.). No stats were taking from Guidebooks. The comments in Blue text are mountains I have personally done or have a comment on, Other text colors in the comments that were giving to me on mountains that I have not personally done or an update by someone who has climbed it more recently than I have. But please note while some mountains listed were climbed recently others were done many years ago, conditions in the Adirondacks have a way of changing (Trees grow in or get knocked down by storms, fires, slides form) so no guarantees on the accuracy of the statistics.

Also on that note, for many of the bushwhacks listed as having no view, they may or may not be correct. When I or someone else climbed them we could have missed the view(s) entirely. Some summit areas are large and heavely wooded and you can be 100 feet from a view spot and not see it. For example I've personally climbed Kilburn & didn't see a dam thing yet I've gotten emails saying there is in fact a very good view near the summit. So if you got your heart on one that  is listed on my site as having no view, I'd still say go for it,  you might get lucky and find one. On the flip side, just because a view is listed you may not find it. For example I been told many times by different people they couldn't find any view on Tripod, but unless I banged my head and dreamed the whole thing I found three good view spots.      

When listing Unnamed peaks used nearest or most obvious Landmark instead of the tradition Latitude / Longitude to identify them. Lat/Long coridinates can be found using a .tpg file I made for Topo Software

To be a Mountain it must be at least .75 miles from the nearer higher summit and rise 300 feet on all sides. Since I used the metric maps I used 90 meters as the cutoff for height. (It takes 91.45 Meters to equal 300 feet) The Metrics maps are in contours of either 10m or 6m, so 90M contour could be 90M-100M. or 90M-96M. 90M is 295.3 feet which is close enough.

Blue ridges are named for nearest landmark and the ADK map they are listed on.

Ranges with multiple unnamed peaks

Includes Fishing Brook, Kitty, Loon Lake, Lyon, Sawtooth, T Lake and West Canada ranges.  

They are numbered by height. Used the 200 foot rule when assigning numbers however peaks that don't rise 300 feet on each side do not get a ranking in my mountain list which is why in my list there are jumps.

The peaks in the range are as the following

Fishing Brook Mountains

Loon Lake Mountains

The 1978 USGS (Metrics) did not cover the Loon Lake area, heights were taken from 1955 USGS

Number# Feet

200/300 rule

Location Summit Cord. Comments
#1 3320

300

Highest peak 44°33'29"N
74°09'06"W
Used highest contour line. Map shows Lookout Tower.
#2 3183

300

E. of #1 44°33'41"N
74°08'04"W
BM @ 3183 feet
#3 3082

200

NW of #1 44°33'50"N
74°09'36"W
BM@3082 - 200 foot rule only, so technically it is not a mountain on it's own but part of #1. It was not giving any rank and is left out of my Mountain list and was put in my "Not Real Mountains" section.    
#4 2800

300

SE of #2 44°33'13"N
74°06'51"W
BM @ 2800 feet
#5 2625

300

S of #2, SW of #3 44°32'27"N
74°08'07"W
BM @ 2625 feet
#6 2442

300

NE of #1 & #3 44°34'34"N
74°10'22"W
BM @ 2442 feet

Sawtooth Mountains

Numbered #1 to #20. However

4 have names. #1 and #2 are called Raker and Cutter, I still used them even though these names no longer appear on metric maps. #12 is called Three Peaks Mt and #14 is called Alford Mt. In order to keep the traditional #'s 1-5, the two peaks that are higher than 3 & 5 were named #2S and #1E and there are no Sawtooth #6 & #7  

#Number/Name Meters Feet

200/300 rule

Location Summit Cord. Comments
#1 1170 3839

300

Center of the range. 44°11'20"N
74°07'16"W
Double summit. Highest contour line 1170m on SW summit. BM 1142m on smaller NE summit.
#2 1150 3773

300

West of #1 44°11'36"N
74°08'23"W
3 summits. BM 1129m on middle summit and BM 1084m on S summit. Highest Contour line 1150m on N summit
#2S 1140 3757

200

South of #2 44°11'04"N
74°08'24"W
Highest contour line 1140m. 200 foot rule only, so technically it is not a mountain on it's own but part of #2. It was not giving any rank and is left out of my Mountain list and was put in my "Not Real Mountains" section. Given the designation #2S in order to keep the traditional #'s 1-5   
#3 1126 3694

300

SW of #1 44°10'18"N
74°06'28"W
BM @ 1126m
#1E 1080

3560

200

E of #1

44°11'29"N
74°06'04"W

Highest contour line 1080m. 200 foot rule only, so technically it is not a mountain on it's own but part of #1. It was not giving any rank and is left out of my Mountain list and was put in my "Not Real Mountains" section. Given the designation #1E in order to keep the traditional #'s 1-5   
#5 1050 3445

300

S of #1 & #2 44°10'36"N
74°08'00"W
Highest Contour Line@1050m. NW side just rises 300 feet, all other sides more.

The 1955 USGS (standard maps used by ADK) has both peaks at the same height, The ADK choose the #4 and #5 designations because one peak is more massive than the other. The 1978 USGS (metrics) puts the less massive peak 9 meters higher. Kept it as #5 for tradition

#4 1041 3415

200

NW of #2 44°12'03"N
74°09'44"W
BM@1041m. See above.
#8 1032 3386

200

NE of #1 44°12'12"N
74°05'36"W
BM@1032m. 200 foot rule only, so technically it is not a mountain on it's own but part of #3. It was not giving any rank and is left out of my Mountain list and was put in my "Not Real Mountains" section.   
#9 1030 3379

200

NW of #3 44°10'46"N
74°06'39"W
Highest Contour Line @1030m. 200 foot rule only, so technically it is not a mountain on it's own but part of #3. It was not giving any rank and is left out of my Mountain list and was put in my "Not Real Mountains" section.    
#10 1001 3284

200

N of #2 44°12'20"N
74°08'06"W
BM@1001m 200 foot rule only, so technically it is not a mountain on it's own but part of #2. It was not giving any rank and is left out of my Mountain list and was put in my "Not Real Mountains" section.    
#11 910 2986

200

S of #1, W of #3 44°10'14"N
74°07'29"W
Highest Contour Line @910m. 200 foot rule only, so technically it is not a mountain on it's own but part of #1. It was not giving any rank and is left out of my Mountain list and was put in my "Not Real Mountains" section.    
#12 896 2940

300

E of #1 44°11'38"N
74°04'29"W
Named Three Peaks Mt. BM @896.
#13 830 2723

300

N of Duck Hole 44°09'10"N
74°05'59"W
Highest Contour Line @ 830M
#14 800 2625

300

N of #1 44°13'50"N
74°07'03"W
Named Alford Mt. Highest Contour line @800m
#15 795 2595

200

N of #2 & #7 44°12'57"N
74°08'24"W
BM@795m. 200 foot rule only, so technically it is not a mountain on it's own but part of #2. It was not giving any rank and is left out of my Mountain list and was put in my "Not Real Mountains" section.    
#16 777 2549

300

W. of Alford Mt. 44°13'54"N
74°07'49"W
BM@777m. Rises 351 feet from col with Alford (#10)
#17 772 2533

300

SE of Alford Mt 44°13'29"N
74°06'00"W
BM@772m
#18 764 2507

200

NE of Mountain Pond 44°08'53"N
74°08'02"W
BM@764. 200 foot rule only, so technically it is not a mountain on it's own but part of #3. It was not giving any rank and is left out of my Mountain list and was put in my "Not Real Mountains" section.  
#19 750 2461

200

N of #11 44°09'52"N
74°05'24"W
Highest Contour Line @m. Double Summit at same contour line, used widest  one. 200 foot rule only, so technically it is not a mountain on it's own but part of #11. It was not giving any rank and is left out of my Mountain list and was put in my "Not Real Mountains" section.   
#20 680 2231

300

Near Averyville Trailhead 44°14'17"N
74°04'00"W
Highest Contour Line @680m.

T Lake Mountains

Coming soon

I believe I have all the 2500+ footers I don't think I will get All the 2000+ footers since there are a gazillion of the that are unnamed.

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