Climb these peaks in the Adirondacks and Catskills with standing firetowers (but, um, don't climb all the towers as many are in disrepair). See more info on the ADK site: http://www.adk-gfs.org/firetower.challenge.php
Highest peak
Hunter Mountain
4,040 ft / 1,231 m
Most prominent peak
Black Mountain
2,280 ft / 694 m prom
Most summited peak
Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain
352 summits
Most difficult peak
Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain
Class 1
Difficulty breakdown
Class 1/2 1 peak
Highlights
Latest summits
"Dean and Katie hiked with me today on a beautiful blue sky day with temps around 30. Belfry is the shortest fire tower hike in NYS at only .8 miles r/t. A quick up and down and then off to Cheney Mtn just a short drive away." — garyogden • Feb 25, 2024
"Hiked with Kim.
Started out late at 08:30, doing midnights to mountains. Car showed 27 at the trailhead. Was the only car in the lot when I arrived, Kim showed up shortly after, followed quickly by two couples & a solo man.
Put spikes on at the trail register & wore them the whole morning - well packed trench. Some patches of bare leaves, but mostly good solid snow.
We were both struggling & took our time, chatting & puttering along up the trail, the two couples ahead of us and the solo man somewhere behind us.
Once we started hitting some actual elevation we stopped extremely frequently because the trail was just stunning - thick snow and ice on the tree branches, everything sparkling - & a SEVERE clear sky, so much so that it was nearly periwinkle in color.
We made absolute crap for time, one of the couples coming down as we were still coming up (& the other pair we didn’t see again,) but the summit was just gorgeous. Probably 30° or so, warming sun, zero wind, bright blue skies, snow laden trees, views for miles.
Kim was super stoked that even in my brain dead awake for 20 hours state I had packed an extra Budweiser which I gave to her. We took a million ..." — kellieirene • Feb 3, 2024
"Beautiful out and back with my lovely girlfriend Lisa Crandall, temps about -1 to -4c on the summit with limited views and about 6" of soft granular snow, breaking the way with snowshoes to the summit and back. Perfect day to be out on the trails working on the Saranac Lake 6er challenge with a fire tower bonus!" — ramjet1963 • Jan 27, 2024
"Hiked with Tom today. 34 degrees with a light flurry near the summit. Snowshoes up and down. Trail was post holed for the 1st 1/4 mile till the first side trail then great to the summit. The tower is open but no view today rather a heavy fog. 3 hr 10 min drive to do a hour and 10 min r/t hike. Crazy! But another tower hike completed." — garyogden • Jan 27, 2024
"Bearpen and Vly in the AM then BLM in the afternoon to finish the day. All day alternated between full overcast with snow showers and blue sky with bright sun. Windy most of the day. Only spikes today snowshoes stayed in the car." — Nimblefoot • Jan 14, 2024