Mount Skylight, New York

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 4925 ft / 1501 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	44° 5' 58'' N, 73° 55' 52'' W 44.099543, -73.9312 (Dec Deg) 585547 E 4883484 N, Zone 18 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	New York
County/Second Level Region	Essex
City/Town	Keene
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Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 958      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 830) Selected Trip Reports:      1998-08-16 by Alan Bangel      2010-08-06 by Austin Black      2010-08-24 by Tomoko Nakajima      2011-11-21 by Dan Quinlan      2012-05-06 by Mike Guethle      2012-07-29 by Thomas Spencer      2013-07-20 by Gabriel C (GPS Track)      2013-08-06 by Mike & Aiden O'Connor (GPS Track)      2013-08-10 by Michael Rose      2013-09-29 by craig maccue      2013-10-02 by Jeremy McKeon      2014-02-21 by David White      2014-06-21 by Deb & Rob Osterhoudt      2014-06-27 by Dan Hildebrand      2014-08-16 by Trevor Kent      2014-09-27 by Michael Stonek (GPS Track)      2015-07-22 by Chris Higgins      2015-08-29 by Mary Ruth Merkel      2015-08-29 by Cynthia Chan      2015-09-27 by Jen Martin (GPS Track)      2016-03-05 by Michael Stonek (GPS Track)      2016-03-26 by Ruud van den Boom (GPS Track)      2016-05-23 by Aaron Gustafson (GPS Track)      2016-07-30 by Thomas Caruso      2016-08-07 by Matthew Cole (GPS Track)      2016-10-07 by Justin Metzger      2016-10-14 by Justin Philippi (GPS Track)      2017-08-06 by Christine Rounds      2017-08-09 by Sarah Bacon      2017-09-22 by Michael French      2018-06-21 by John Curtis (GPS Track)      2018-09-23 by Christopher Higgins (GPS Track)      2019-02-03 by Jake Campbell (GPS Track)      2019-08-27 by Jordyn Danforth      2020-06-16 by Lisa DeNardo      2020-06-27 by AJ Darling (GPS Track)      2020-07-18 by Scott Burns      2020-10-18 by charles tiedemann (GPS Track)      2021-03-09 by David Fitch (GPS Track)      2021-03-20 by Pablo Delvalle      2021-07-31 by Hockey Puck      2021-12-29 by Colin Thomas (GPS Track)      2022-07-11 by Terry DelliQuadri
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Skylight (2015-08-29). Photo by Mary Ruth Merkel. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 578 ft/176 m   Optimistic Prominence: 610 ft/186 m   Line Parent: Mount Marcy   Key Col: 4 Corners    4347 ft/1325 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 0.81 mi/1.3 km    Isolation Limit Point: 44.1108, -73.9267 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Mount Marcy  (NNE)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: North America Plains Range3: Canadian Shield Range4: Adirondack Mountains Range5: Adirondack High Peaks Range6: Marcy Group
Ridges/Divides	Appalachian Divide
Drainage Basins	Hudson New York Harbor Atlantic-Eastern USA Atlantic Ocean Ausable Lake Champlain Richelieu St. Lawrence Gulf of St. Lawrence Atlantic Ocean
Ownership	Land: Adirondack State Park Wilderness/Special Area: High Peaks SWA
Topo Map	Mount Marcy K44073a7 1:25,000
Route #1	Maintained Hiking Trail: Feldspar Trailhead: Tahawus 1800 ft/549 m Vertical Gain: 3125 ft/952 m
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
Dynamic Map  Mount Skylight   ( Key Col)    Other Peaks Click Here for a Full Screen Map

Other Photos

Skylight .5 miles!!! I'm almost a 46er! (2017-09-22). Photo by Michael French. Click here for larger-size photo.

Halfway! The summit of Mt. Skylight marked my 23rd ADK 46er peak (2018-07-14). Photo by Brian Shultis. Click here for larger-size photo.

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