Gothics

Gothics is the tenth highest of the High Peaks Region of the Adirondack Park.
Much of the mountain is covered in bare rock slides, which give the mountain its name due to their resemblance to Gothic architecture.
The summit has near 360 degree views, which combined with its location in the High Peaks Region gives splendid views of the Adirondacks.

Routes

Ausable Club to Lower Ausable Lake, Ausable Lake via Pyramid / Gothics Trail

17 summits • 14.8 mi • 4,799 ft gain • 12 hr 14 min

Via Sawtooth

13 summits • 16.7 mi • 4,527 ft gain • 13 hr 23 min

Via Armstrong

12 summits • 16.0 mi • 5,834 ft gain • 9 hr 36 min

Ausable Club

6 summits • 14.4 mi • 9,086 ft gain • 10 hr 55 min

Range Trail from Saddleback

3 summits • 16.5 mi • 4,830 ft gain • 5 hr 42 min

The Garden Trailhead

3 summits • 15.6 mi • 4,102 ft gain • 11 hr 10 min

Gothics 16.5 mi route

2 summits • 16.5 mi • 5,190 ft gain • 9 hr 53 min

Gothics 13.8 mi route

1 summit • 13.8 mi • 4,728 ft gain • 10 hr 33 min

Gothics 15.9 mi route

1 summit • 15.9 mi • 4,321 ft gain • 11 hr 35 min

Gothics 18.1 mi route

1 summit • 18.1 mi • 4,834 ft gain • 10 hr 59 min

Sawteeth, Pyramid, Gothics & Armstrong

1 summit • 14.6 mi • 4,207 ft gain • 12 hr 31 min

Latest summits

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"Beaver Brook Trail, then right on the AMR trail to Armstrong, back through to Gothics, and then on to Pyramids. I'm happy we did it that direction. We wanted to cross the bridge by Rainbow falls and take Lake Road all the way back to the gate, but the bridge was out, so we had to take Lost Lookout across and go down the same Beaver Brook trail to Lake Road." — AmyScrambles • Jul 4, 2020

"Began at Rooster Comb parking area for Great Range Traverse. Humid day with some sun, horrible black flies. We added in Pyramid and ran out of time and energy for Haystack. 7 peaks" — bbergman • Jul 3, 2020

"Took 5 aspiring 46ers on this hike over part of the great range which started up the trail to Beaver Meadow Falls then straight up to Gothics. We traversed to Armstrong and Upper Wolfjaw but ran out of steam and decided to skip Lower Wolfjaw. Had great views and gorgeous sunny weather. The group was tired but loved the journey!" — hbotc • Jul 15, 2019

"Was another great but tiring day Solo in the mountains,(55,604 steps) climbing 4 new 46ers, (Lower, Upper Wolfjaws, Armstrong and Sawteeth) Returning to one been to 46er (Gothics) and summiting 3 non significant peaks (Middle Wolfjaw Mountain, Sawteeth-southeast Peak and Pyramid Peak) A total of 8 peaks in 13.5 hrs of ups and downs that make up the Lower Great Range Loop, Awesome day with my first Black bear sighting surprise, about 30ft away enjoying the ground bugs and vegetation, wished I could have gotten a better pic but adrenaline made that impossible at the moment, He moved on and I returned to the trail of the Wolfjaws, Many bridges waterfalls and amazing rock formation along the trail made for an amazing adventure. Doing what you love!" — ramjet1963 • Jun 24, 2019

"took Lake Rd. up to the Scenic Trail up Sawteeth; up and over Pyramid, Gothics, Armstrong, and UWJ to end the day....First hike since breaking my shoulder climbing Marshall 6/17/18" — scottolsen • Jun 8, 2019

"Tom, Black and I left the Garden with headlamps at 6 am @ 26 degrees and light snow. We were planning a 15.2 mile loop over Gothics, Armstrong and Upper Wolfjaw. We couldn't find the blown in trail beyond the junction. Bushwacked to the summit. At the summit the windchill was -22. Ice on the summit was brutal! On the summit there was no visible trail to Armstrong and a near whiteout. We aborted plans to proceed and backtracked. Tom took a bad fall on the way down but luckily was unhurt. Returned to car at 3:46 pm." — garyogden • Mar 17, 2019

"Hiked a Armstrong, Gothics, Pyramid, Sawteeth loop from the Ausable Club. I ascended up from Beaver Meadow falls and then over to Armstrong. The clouds at this point were dancing in and out and when I reached Gothics the summit was completely socked in. I sat there and enjoyed some companionship with a few newly made friends and just when we about to leave the clouds lifted, as if someone had hit a lightswitch, leaving us with an amazing view. I continued down over Pyramid and up to Sawteeth before dropping down the Weld Trail and on a side trip to Rainbow Falls. " — Right-On • Oct 10, 2018

"Started from St. Hubert's parking area again and made my way to the AMR gate. Today I stopped and spoke to the ranger for a little while. I headed up towards Gothics today as my first objective since I stopped yesterday after making it to Armstrong. The summit of Gothics was gorgeous with great views of the rest of the great range. I headed over to Pyramid and then down into the col. I sat there for a little bit deciding weather or not to head up to Sawteeth to get one more peak in. Unfortunately, I decided to head down even though I was only about a half mile from the summit. I'll have to hike that boring Lake Road another time to get Sawteeth. " — Kim-Stilson • Sep 20, 2018

"Began hike from JBL. Not a day you would typically choose to hike with such bad rain but it wasn’t cold so didn’t present too much of a problem. Prevented us getting a view from the summit though so will return at some stage to see this as it’s supposed to be one of the better views. On the latter stages of the ascent there is a lot of open rock. One part has a long ladder, one part has cables and other parts are just open rock. It’s a tricky ascent and even trickier coming down. Spectacular hike though and one I will do again. " — rhinteractive • Jul 26, 2018

"Easily my favourite peak to date. The views from here are breathtaking, and the trail up via pyramid is awesome. My second time here, with a friend to help him get to 3/46 in the ADK 46er Challenge." — HikingViking • Jul 18, 2018