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Mount Porte Crayon, West Virginia

Prominence: 1570 ft, 479 m

Elevation: 4770 feet, 1454 meters

True Isolation: 15.58 mi, 25.07 km

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 4770 ft / 1454 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	38° 55' 44'' N, 79° 27' 22'' W 38.929025, -79.456167 (Dec Deg) 633820 E 4310033 N, Zone 17 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	West Virginia
County/Second Level Region	Pendleton Randolph (Highest Point)
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Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 41 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 38) Selected Trip Reports: 1998-09-04 by Joel Schmidt 2007-08-11 by Mark Anderson 2014-05-16 by Will Townes (GPS Track) 2015-08-15 by Mark Anderson 2015-11-16 by Andrew Hollis 2016-06-02 by Ben Lostracco 2019-07-13 by Powen Ru (GPS Track) 2021-03-27 by Steven Fishback (GPS Track)
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If you find this, you will have thoroughly earned it. And if you seek the complete experience, do it in a downpour. Photo credit-Jobe Wymore (2017-04-20). Photo by MB Hansen.
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Prominence

Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)
  Clean Prominence: 1570 ft/479 m
  Optimistic Prominence: 1610 ft/491 m
  Line Parent: Spruce Knob
  Key Col: 3200 ft/975 m

Isolation

Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)
   Distance: 15.58 mi/25.07 km
   Isolation Limit Point: 38.71, -79.5267
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
    Spruce Knob  (SSW)

Ranges

Continent: North America
Range2: Appalachian Mountains
Range3: Appalachian Plateaus
Range4: Allegheny Mountains
Range5: Canaan Valley Area (Highest Point)
Range6: Dolly Sods (Highest Point)

Ridges/Divides

Appalachian Divide

Drainage Basins

Monongahela
Ohio
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean

South Branch Potomac
Potomac
Chesapeake Bay
Atlantic-Eastern USA
Atlantic Ocean

Ownership

Land: Monongahela National Forest
Wilderness/Special Area: Roaring Plains West Wilderness Area (Highest Point)

Topo Map

Laneville O38079h4 1:24,000

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