Slide Mountain, New York

Elevation Info:	Elevation range: 4180 - 4200 ft     (20-foot closed contour) NAVD88 Elevation: 4179 ft / 1274 m     (Range 4179 - 4199 ft)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	41° 59' 57'' N, 74° 23' 10'' W 41.999112, -74.386045 (Dec Deg) 550847 E 4649860 N, Zone 18 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	New York
County/Second Level Region	Ulster (Highest Point)
City/Town	Shandaken
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Slide Mountain":      Wikipedia Search      Microsoft Bing Search      Google Search      Yahoo Search Other Web Sites      Slide Mountain at SummitPost.org      Slide Mountain at ListsOfJohn.com      Weather for Slide Mountain Ulster County New York at Mountain-Forecast.com      Slide Mountain at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio)      CoHP.org Trip Report for Ulster, NY by Ron Tagliapietra      CoHP.org Trip Report for Ulster, NY by Dan Case      CoHP.org Trip Report for Ulster, NY by Ken Akerman      CoHP.org Trip Report for Ulster, NY by Richard Garland      CoHP.org Trip Report for Ulster, NY by Charlie Zerphey      CoHP.org Trip Report for Ulster, NY by Brennan Connelly Weather and Snow      National Weather Service Forecast      NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Slide Mountain:      Northeast USA 4000-foot Peaks (Rank #65)      Northeast "115" 4000-footers (Rank #67)      Eastern USA Peaks with 2500 feet of Prominence (Rank #11)      USA Lower 48 Peaks with 100 miles of Isolation (Rank #25)      Northeast USA Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence (Rank #7)      USA Lower 48 Drainage Basin High Points (Rank #44)      Eastern USA Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence (Rank #11)      EPIC List - States of the USA (Rank #41)      Most Isolated Peaks of the U.S. States (Rank #23)      Appalachian Mountain Range4 High Points (Rank #14)      United States Peaks with 100 miles of Isolation (Rank #45)      USA Lower 48 Range4 High Points (Rank #91)      U.S. State Park High Points (Rank #16)      Top 10 Prominence Grid for U.S. States (Rank #139)      Catskill 3500-foot Peaks (Rank #1)      Northeast U.S. Peaks with 25 Miles of Isolation (Rank #3)      Top 10 County High Points Grid for U.S. States (Rank #153)      2000-foot Prominence CoHPs - 48 States (Rank #132)      CoHP High Five List (Rank #116)      Top 10 Isolation Grid for U.S. States (Rank #42)      Mid-Atlantic with 25 Miles of Isolation (Rank #1)      Catskill Top 102 (Rank #1) (Peak is on over 20 lists; Not all shown here.) Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak:        Peak Experiences, Hiking the Highest Summits of New York (Fallesen)
Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 1200      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 1054) Selected Trip Reports from this site:      1999-10-16 by Richard Spalinger      2009-02-28 by Alan Bangel      2012-02-12 by Brian Lubbert      2013-01-03 by Matt Sedlak (GPS Track)      2013-01-05 by Michael Vaughan (GPS Track)      2013-06-15 by Michael Vaughan (GPS Track)      2013-08-14 by Jeff Hicks      2013-10-06 by Tommy Giovanis (GPS Track)      2014-01-10 by Jeff Hicks      2015-04-25 by Cynthia Chan      2015-05-09 by Wojtek K (GPS Track)      2015-09-06 by Ruud van den Boom (GPS Track)      2015-11-07 by Melissa Hoffmann      2015-11-14 by Matthew Cole (GPS Track)      2015-12-12 by Brian Raymond (GPS Track)      2016-01-16 by Mary Ruth Merkel      2016-01-17 by Ruud van den Boom (GPS Track)      2016-03-12 by Brian Raymond (GPS Track)      2016-06-21 by Josh Blaustein (GPS Track)      2016-09-12 by Spencer Corcoran      2017-04-21 by Joe Secoges (GPS Track)      2017-07-03 by Christopher Higgins (GPS Track)      2017-07-29 by Jake Campbell (GPS Track)      2017-07-31 by Connor McEntee (GPS Track)      2018-02-20 by Jillian Smith (GPS Track)      2018-07-28 by Wayne Snyder (GPS Track)      2018-07-29 by Jacob Kitson      2019-01-13 by Mohsin Adnan      2019-02-24 by Raven Matherne (GPS Track)      2019-09-01 by Ed Kobos      2019-10-26 by Jake Campbell (GPS Track)      2019-10-26 by Colin Thomas (GPS Track)      2019-11-26 by Mike Black (GPS Track)      2020-03-06 by Douglas Fortman (GPS Track)      2020-03-07 by Ed Kobos      2020-04-29 by Pete Zehler      2020-06-02 by David Rockwell      2020-07-12 by Gustav Sexauer      2020-08-17 by Jason Rossman (GPS Track)      2021-02-21 by Jeremy Knopp
Nearby Peak Searches:      Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Slide Mountain      Elevation Ladder from Slide Mountain      Prominence Ladder from Slide Mountain

Views from Slide at sunrise (2015-11-07). Photo by Melissa Hoffmann. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 3280 ft/1000 m   Optimistic Prominence: 3310 ft/1009 m   Line Parent: Roaring Plains   Key Col: Horseheads, NY    900 ft/274 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 136.39 mi/219.5 km    Isolation Limit Point: 43.604047, -72.820692 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Killington Peak  (NE)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Appalachian Mountains Range3: Appalachian Plateaus Range4: Catskill Mountains (Highest Point) Range5: Southern Catskills (Highest Point)
Drainage Basins	Hudson New York Harbor Atlantic-Eastern USA Atlantic Ocean Delaware (HP) Delaware Bay Atlantic-Eastern USA Atlantic Ocean
Ownership	Land: Catskill State Park (Highest Point) Wilderness/Special Area: Slide Mountain SWA (Highest Point)
Topo Map	Peekamoose Mountain O41074h4 1:24,000
Route #1	Maintained Hiking Trail: Cornell-Wittenburg Trailhead: 1375 ft/419 m Vertical Gain: 3605 ft/1098 m Distance (one way): 6.3 mi/10.14 km
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

Slide summit views (2015-11-07). Photo by Melissa Hoffmann. Click here for larger-size photo.

Slide's north face: the vertical chimney. Photo by Melissa Hoffmann. Click here for larger-size photo.

Cool ladder build into the side of the mountain on Slide's north face. Photo by Melissa Hoffmann. Click here for larger-size photo.

The summit rock on Slide carved with names and dates (2015-09-23). Photo by Josh Brooks. Click here for larger-size photo.

View from the summit of Slide Mountain. (2017-01-01). Photo by Melissa Hoffmann. Click here for larger-size photo.

1st Catskill 3500' peak! This was also my first time in the Catskills. I've come a long way from the sneaker/athletic shorts/normal backpack hiker that I was (2015-08-08). Photo by Brian Shultis . Click here for larger-size photo.

The view from the summit of Slide Mountain (2020-03-06). Photo by Douglas Fortman. Click here for larger-size photo.

The boys and the Catskills and the silver spoon (2020-04-29). Photo by Pete Zehler. Click here for larger-size photo.

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