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Snow Mountain, Maine

Prominence: 2320 ft, 707 m

Elevation: 3960 feet, 1207 meters

True Isolation: 22.74 mi, 36.6 km

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 3960 ft / 1207 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	45° 17' 29'' N, 70° 42' 33'' W 45.291513, -70.709301 (Dec Deg) 365966 E 5016756 N, Zone 19 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	Maine
County/Second Level Region	Franklin
City/Town	Alder Stream
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Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 178 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 157) Selected Trip Reports: 2008-07-10 by Michael Blair 2009-07-04 by Alan Beck 2009-07-04 by Mari Kuraguchi 2010-07-06 by Tomoko Nakajima 2011-07-03 by Bill White 2012-08-14 by Cheves Walling 2014-06-19 by Chris Higgins 2014-08-04 by Ryan Aschbrenner 2014-08-09 by Quincy Koetz 2014-11-10 by Jim Robinson (Unsuccessful) (GPS Track) 2015-05-24 by Dan Quinlan (GPS Track) 2015-10-24 by Jonathan Brock 2016-08-15 by Aleksey Zinger 2017-12-29 by David Darby (GPS Track) 2017-12-29 by Chris Higgins 2018-06-16 by Map Man (GPS Track) 2018-10-21 by Soren Denlinger (GPS Track) 2020-07-13 by Rick Cushing (GPS Track) 2020-09-10 by Will Hoyt 2020-11-14 by Spencer Corcoran 2021-06-10 by Dwight Wolf 2021-08-08 by William Musser 2021-09-05 by Gustav Sexauer 2021-11-08 by wolf tone 2022-08-06 by Gabriel C 2022-08-21 by Alain C 2022-09-04 by Mike Guethle 2022-09-11 by Jonathan Brock
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Views from the top of the fire tower. Don't skip this! (2020-07-13). Photo by Rick Cushing.
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Prominence

Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)
  Clean Prominence: 2320 ft/707 m
  Optimistic Prominence: 2340 ft/713 m
  Line Parent: Saddleback Mountain
  Key Col: 1640 ft/500 m

Isolation

Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)
   Distance: 22.74 mi/36.6 km
   Isolation Limit Point: 45.1467, -70.2908
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
    Bigelow Mountain  (ESE)

Ranges

Continent: North America
Range2: Appalachian Mountains
Range3: Northern U.S. Appalachians
Range4: Longfellow Mountains
Range5: Boundary Ranges (Highest Point)

Drainage Basins

Androscoggin
Gulf of Maine
Atlantic-Eastern USA
Atlantic Ocean

Dead
Kennebec
Gulf of Maine
Atlantic-Eastern USA
Atlantic Ocean

Ownership

Land: Private Land

Topo Map

Chain of Ponds O45070c6 1:24,000

Route #1

Maintained Hiking Trail

Data Source

1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map

Dynamic Map

Snow Mountain (

Key Col)

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Other Photos

After taking a left off of Wiggle Brook Road for a short distance up the side of Snow Mountain, there is a clearing to park at. From there, you set out on foot continuing along the logging road (2020-07-12). Photo by Rick Cushing.
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Snow Mountain (2020-08-02). Photo by Gordon Simpson.
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