Elevation

4,059 ft / 1,237 m

#52 in New York

#35,681 in United States

Prominence
about

295 ft / 90 m

#349 in New York

#8,058 in United States

Summits

351 summits

#4 in New York

#23 in United States

Top climbing months

August   17%

July   16%

September  12%

Most climbed route

Cascade Peak to Porter Trail

5.9 mi • 2,273 ft gain

Highlights

  • Porter Mountain is one of the Adirondack High Peaks in Adirondack Park.
  • Somewhat overshadowed by its higher and more popular neighbor, Cascade Mountain, with which it is often climbed, Porter is nevertheless rewarding.
  • While it lacks the pseudo-alpine open summit of Cascade, there are nevertheless wide views available from the summit, particularly of the Johns Brook Valley to the east (which Porter blocks from Cascade); it is often less crowded than Cascade.
  • A yellow-blazed trail leaves the trail to Cascade about 0.5 mile short of that mountain's summit and leads down into the col between the two peaks about 1 mile to Porter's summit.
  • It is also possible to follow this trail from its other terminus, over neighboring Blueberry Mountain from Keene Valley, although that involves a greater vertical ascent and a longer trip.
Cascade Peak to Porter Trail
50 summits • 5.9 mi • 2,273 ft gain • 4 hr 24 min
Trail from Route 73 to Porter Mountain Trail
42 summits • 5.8 mi • 2,292 ft gain • 4 hr 35 min
Trail from 73 to Cascade, Porter Mt. Trail
39 summits • 6.1 mi • 2,392 ft gain • 5 hr 28 min
Porter Mountain 8.5 mi route
1 summit • 8.5 mi • 2,249 ft gain • 6 hr 17 min
"Did a traverse with Kathryn and Tom of Cascade, Porter and Blueberry mountain from RT 73 to the Keene Valley airport. Beautiful weather and great views on our way down from Porter over Blueberry even seeing our air BnB barn on airport road in Keene Valley. Ridge trail certainly doesn’t see a lot of use at Porter end so it’s a bit narrow in spots kind of like a herd path. Kathryn is up to #27 on her 46r quest and Tom got his first repeat peaks. " — Nimblefoot • Sep 6, 2020
"Jen said a few weeks ago, “I want to do the 46.” Today she completed her first two, Cascade and Porter Mountains. Jen took the lead the entire way (she says I’m too fast 🤔) and kept a great pace, proud of you! Slightly cloudy but still beautiful visible views for miles. 2/46 and well on your way now! Today the American Flag is also carried for Flag Day, a reminder how great our country is and can be further if we are all willing to work as one." — scottturner • Jun 14, 2020
"An amazing Hike! This was our first hike into the 46 peaks. We started our hike up and it started off smooth then got steeper towards the top. When we go more towards the summit we were not expecting there to be snow and ice, which was a nice added challenge. We hiked this mountain with our dog Winston and he was able to go up and down with no issues at all. We got to the summit for amazing views and had a much needed break for some food and water. The whole trip took about 4 hours up and back down. Unfortunately did not realize that cascade mountain was right off the same trail head and were unable to get there this time around, but we will be back to check cascade off the list. " — alexreiff • Mar 1, 2020
"Hiked with 3 friends, all multiple round Forty-Sixers. We had a beautiful late fall day - down to shirt sleeves while hiking, wind at summit not too bad, microspikes were very useful." — PJSelmer • Nov 25, 2019
"We were at the summit of Cascade at sunset, and then hiked over to Porter in the dark. When we got to the summit, we laid down on the rock face and looked up at the night sky, and it was the most amazing starscape. Being out there on a clear night and seeing this un-light polluted view was incredible. The hike back down took a long time in the dark with just our headlamps illuminating a few feet in front of us. We had a bit of a search for food at that late hour. Hot and filthy and starving, we found the one bar serving food (Wiseguys - with karaoke going on as a bonus). Loved sharing this experience with Jeff, Meenu, and Mike." — kvander • Sep 21, 2019
"Started of at the bottom of the mountain with snowshoes, about half way up had to switch over to micro spikes for it got very icy, we summited porter mountain first, it was an overcast day with great views from there, by the time we hiked over to cascade about 35 minutes later the clouds rolled in covering the top of cascade so we had no view." — williamcasey • Mar 29, 2019
"Belle journée ensoleillé avec des bon amis! La rando fut très rapide vu que nous étions assez rapide. Impossible d'aller souper par contre. Aucun besoin de raquette. Probablement la dernière fois de la saison que je les apportes. " — fsoucy76 • Apr 7, 2018
"Deep snow - trail hard packed snow throughout - easy to walk on. Little ice (snow covered). Spikes throughout. Mostlly sunny with low wind apart from above the tree line on Cascade where it was breezy. 29-39 degrees. Saw lots of people coming up and down. Only saw 2 groups doing Porter as well though." — rhinteractive • Apr 2, 2018
"Pretty buggy on the summit but not terrible. We summited Porter before we reached Cascade and were thankful that we did as we could see many people on the Cascade summit. Quite muddy going from the Porter sign to the actual summit." — brittanypalmieri • Jul 5, 2017
"After summiting Cascade Mountain, I was exhausted. I attempted Porter. I was already dreading the fact that I was going to have to climb to the summit after hiking down into the col, and then back up and out... but when I sunk into the mud past my shins, I threw in the towel. " — jennifermurphy • Jun 29, 2017

Awards

Nimblefoot

scott

franktraver

ericavery

Challenges

Northeast 111 Peak Challenge

Adirondack 46er High Peaks Challenge