Porter Mountain is one of the
Adirondack High Peaks. It is number 38 in order of height,
and one of the easier hikes of the
Adirondack Forty-Sixers
The Adirondack Forty-Sixers are an organization of hikers who have climbed all forty-six of the traditionally recognized High Peaks of the Adirondack Mountains. They are often referred to just as 46ers. As of 2021, there were nearly 14,000 regi ...
. It is named after
Noah Porter, one of the first to climb it, later president of
Yale University
Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...
.
It is often climbed to with
Cascade Mountain. 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 blazing or way marking is the practice of marking paths in outdoor recreational areas with signs or markings that follow each other at certain, though not necessarily exactly defined, distances and mark the direction of the trail.
A bla ...
trail leaves the trail to Cascade about short of that mountain's summit, and leads down into the
mountain pass between the two peaks about 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.
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Mountains of Essex County, New York
Adirondack High Peaks
Mountains of New York (state)
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