Mount Colvin

Mount Colvin
Mt. Colvin seen from Lower Ausable Lake
Highest point
Elevation	4,057 ft (1,237 m) NGVD 29[1]
Listing	Adirondack High Peaks 39th[2]
Coordinates	44°05′38″N 73°50′04″W[3]
Geography
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Location	Keene, New York, U.S.
Parent range	Adirondacks
Topo map	USGS Mount Marcy
Climbing
First ascent	August 20, 1873, by Verplanck Colvin, Mills Blake, Charles H. Peck, Orson Schofield Phelps, Eli Chase, and Henry Reed[4]
Easiest route	Hike

Mount Colvin is the 39th highest peak in the High Peaks Region of the Adirondack Mountains in the U.S. State of New York. Mount Colvin offers excellent views of a number of other Adirondack High Peaks, most notably the peaks that comprise the Great Range. High Peaks that are readily visible from Colvin include Giant, Rocky Peak Ridge, Upper Wolfjaw, Lower Wolfjaw, Armstrong, Sawteeth, Gothics, Saddleback, Basin, Tabletop, Marcy, Haystack, Redfield, Allen, Nippletop, Dial and Blake.^{[citation needed]}

The mountain is named after Verplanck Colvin, an explorer of the Adirondacks and the director of the survey which mapped the region. Originally named Mount Sabele and unknown to Colvin, he deferred to a survey team member to name it. The member chose Mount Colvin to honor his leader.^[4]

References

1. Goodwin, Tony, ed. (2021). Adirondack trails. High peaks region (15th ed.). Adirondack Mountain Club. pp. 286–287. ISBN 9780998637181.
2. "The Peaks – Adirondack 46ers". adk46er.org. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
3. "Mount Colvin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
4. Carson, Russell M. L. (1927). Peaks and People of the Adirondacks. Garden City: Doubleday. pp. 172–180. ISBN 9781404751200.

• Webb, Nina H. (1996), Footsteps Through the Adirondacks, The Verplanck Colvin Story, North Country Books, Utica NY.

External links

• Mount Colvin at Peakbagger
• Mount Colvin at Summitpost