Mount Colvin
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| Mount Colvin | |
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| File:Lower Ausable Lake view of Mt Colvin.jpg Mt. Colvin seen from Lower Ausable Lake | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 4,057 ft (1,237 m) NGVD 29[1] |
| Listing | Adirondack High Peaks 39th[2] |
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Keene, New York, U.S. |
| Parent range | Adirondacks |
| Topo map | USGS Mount Marcy |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | August 20, 1873, by Verplanck Colvin, Mills Blake, Charles H. Peck, Orson Schofield Phelps, Eli Chase, and Henry Reed[4] |
| Easiest route | Hike |
Mount Colvin is the 39th highest peak in the High Peaks Region of the Adirondack Mountains in the U.S. State of New York. Mount Colvin offers excellent views of a number of other Adirondack High Peaks, most notably the peaks that comprise the Great Range. High Peaks that are readily visible from Colvin include Giant, Rocky Peak Ridge, Upper Wolfjaw, Lower Wolfjaw, Armstrong, Sawteeth, Gothics, Saddleback, Basin, Tabletop, Marcy, Haystack, Redfield, Allen, Nippletop, Dial and Blake.[citation needed]
The mountain is named after Verplanck Colvin, an explorer of the Adirondacks and the director of the survey which mapped the region. Originally named Mount Sabele and unknown to Colvin, he deferred to a survey team member to name it. The member chose Mount Colvin to honor his leader.[4]
References
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- Webb, Nina H. (1996), Footsteps Through the Adirondacks, The Verplanck Colvin Story, North Country Books, Utica NY.
External links
[edit | edit source]- Backcountry information for Adirondack Park at dec.ny.gov
- Mount Colvin hiking guide at lakeplacid.com
- Mount Colvin geography at peakbagger.com
- Mount Colvin description at summitpost.org
