McCauley Mountain (New York)
| McCauley Mountain | |
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 McCauley Mountain chair lift, 1973. Photo by Anne LaBastille. | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,280 feet (690 m) |
| Coordinates | 43°41′33″N 74°57′41″W / 43.6925676°N 74.9612837°W[1] |
| Geography | |
  McCauley Mountain Location of McCauley Mountain within New York  McCauley Mountain McCauley Mountain (the United States) | |
| Location | SE of Old Forge, New York, USA |
| Topo map | USGS Old Forge |
McCauley Mountain is a summit and ski resort in the Town of Webb, Herkimer County, New York. It is located just outside the hamlet of Old Forge, in the south-western area of the Adirondack Mountains.
Opened in 1958, it was the hometown hill of Olympic skier Hank Kashiwa.[2]
The summit of McCauley Mountain is at an elevation of 2,280 feet (690 m). The hill features a 633-foot (193 m) vertical drop, 21 ski trails of between three and 5,000 feet (1,500 m), two T-bar tows, two rope tows, and one double chairlift.
References
[edit]- ^ "McCauley Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
- ^ Johnson, Phil (Feb 1994). The Kingdom of Ahs. Skiing.