Upper Wolfjaw Mountain
| Upper Wolfjaw Mountain | |
|---|---|
 Upper Wolfjaw Mountain from Noonmark | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 4,185 ft (1,276 m) NGVD 29[1] |
| Listing | Adirondack High Peaks 29th[2] |
| Coordinates | 44°8.43′N 73°50.72′W / 44.14050°N 73.84533°W[3] |
| Geography | |
  Upper Wolfjaw Mountain Location of Upper Wolfjaw Mountain within New York  Upper Wolfjaw Mountain Upper Wolfjaw Mountain (the United States) | |
| Location | Keene, Essex County, New York |
| Parent range | Great Range |
| Topo map | USGS Keene Valley |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | October 11, 1875, by Verplanck Colvin, Ed Phelps, and Roderick L. McKenzie[4] |
| Easiest route | Hike |
Upper Wolfjaw Mountain is a mountain located in Essex County, New York. Landscape artist Alexander Helwig Wyant (1836–1892) named the mountain, in combination with neighboring Lower Wolfjaw Mountain, c. 1870 for their appearance in profile. The mountain is part of the Great Range of the Adirondack Mountains. Upper Wolfjaw Mtn. is flanked to the southwest by Armstrong Mountain, and to the northeast by Lower Wolfjaw Mtn.
Upper Wolfjaw Mountain stands within the watershed of the East Branch of the Ausable River, which drains into Lake Champlain, thence into Canada's Richelieu River, the Saint Lawrence River, and into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. The east and southeast sides of Upper Wolfjaw Mtn. drain into the East Branch of the Ausable River. The west side of Upper Wolfjaw drains into Ore Body Brook, thence into Johns Brook and the East Branch. The north side of Upper Wolfjaw drains into Wolfjaw Brook, thence into Johns Brook.
Upper Wolfjaw Mountain is within the High Peaks Wilderness Area of New York's Adirondack Park.
See also
[edit]- List of mountains in New York
- Northeast 111 4,000-footers
- Adirondack High Peaks
- Adirondack Forty-Sixers
Notes
[edit]- ^ Goodwin, Tony, ed. (2021). Adirondack trails. High peaks region (15th ed.). Adirondack Mountain Club. pp. 286–287. ISBN 9780998637181.
- ^ "The Peaks – Adirondack 46ers". adk46er.org. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ "Upper Wolfjaw Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ Carson, Russell M. L. (1927). Peaks and People of the Adirondacks. Garden City: Doubleday. pp. 148–150. ISBN 9781404751200.
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