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Some 46ers re-climb all the peaks in winter, and are awarded the "Winter 46er" distinction (the winter 46 season is considered to be from December 21 to March 21). This is a very difficult task due to the severity of winters in the Adirondacks. Some peaks, such as Gothics, can require some technical climbing skill when covered with snow and ice ...
The Adirondack High Peaks are a set of 46 mountain peaks in the Adirondack Mountains of New York state. They have been popular hiking destinations since the late 1920s, when the list of peaks was published in Russell Carson's book Peaks and Peoples of the Adirondacks . [ 1 ]
Other lists of 4000-footers not maintained by the AMC include the original set of 4,000-foot mountains for peak-bagging: the 46 High Peaks in the Adirondacks. [ 1 ] The AMC has revised its 4000-footer lists as surveying became more accurate or the selection criteria were adjusted, with the White Mountains list growing from 46 peaks in the 1950s ...
The Northeast 111 is a peak-bagging list of 4,000-foot (1,219.2 m) mountains in the northeastern states of the United States. It includes the sixty-seven 4000-footers of New England (48 in New Hampshire, 14 in Maine and 5 in Vermont), the 46 Adirondack High Peaks, and Slide and Hunter Mountain, both in the Catskills of New York.
The Adirondack High Peaks in the Adirondack Mountains range — within Adirondack Park, Upstate New York. The main article for this category is Adirondack High Peaks . Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap
Printable version; In other projects ... The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises ... (13,123 feet) elevation and 46 peaks ...
The Lower Peaks Committee keeps a list of peaks in Southern California shorter than 5,000 feet (1,524.0 m). [8] The Great Basin Peaks List maintained by Toiyabe Chapter of the Sierra Club [9] The 46 highest peaks in New York's Adirondack Mountains (or rather, the list of 46 peaks once
The list of peaks that follows is not complete, but the peaks are all notable. Island high points (whose prominence is equal to their elevation) can be found at the List of islands by highest point; hence most are not included below. Some well-known peaks listed here do not score highly by prominence. All peaks with a prominence of more than ...