Adirondack High Peaks
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The Adirondack High Peaks are a set of 46 mountain peaks in the Adirondack Mountains of New York state. They have been popular hiking destinations since the late 1920s, when the list of peaks was publ
View from Algonquin Peak: (left to right) Pitchoff, Cascade, Porter, Big Slide, Yard, Phelps, Tabletop, Giant, Lower Wolfjaw, Upper Wolfjaw, Armstrong, Gothics, Saddleback, Basin, Nippletop and Dix, Hough, Marcy, Gray, Skylight, and Colden (foreground)
Mount Marcy from Mount Haystack
Giant Mountain seen from Noonmark Mountain
Big Slide Mountain from Cascade Mountain
Mount Marcy
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Mount Marcy is the highest point in the Adirondack Mountains and the U.S. state of New York, with an elevation of 5,343.2 feet. It is located in the town of Keene in Essex County. The mountain is in t
Adirondack High Peaks
…greater than 4,000 feet on any of the Adirondack High Peaks. Of the two highest peaks, Algonquin Peak is regarded as a more challenging hike than Mount Marcy. Twenty of the peaks have no official trail to the top, although rough informal routes, commonly referred to as "herd paths," have developed over the…
Hikers on the summit during a summer weekend
Badge award for Mount Marcy climb (early 1970s)
A sign warning hikers at the edge of the alpine zone