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Porter Mountain is in Essex County of New York . It is one of the 46 Adirondack High Peaks and is located in the Adirondack State Park . Its name comes from Noah Porter , later president of Yale University and one of the first to climb it. Slightly overshadowed by its higher and more popular neighbor Cascade Mountain , with which it is often climbed, Porter is nevertheless a rewarding experience in itself. While it lacks the pseudo-alpine open summit of Cascade, there are nevertheless wide views available from its own summit, particularly of the Johns Brook Valley to the east (which Porter blocks from Cascade) and it is often less crowded. A yellow- Blazed trail leaves the trail to Cascade about 0.5 mile (approximately 1 km) short of that mountain's summit, and leads down into the Col between the two peaks about 1 mile (1.6 km) to Porter’s summit, an engaging detour on the trip to Cascade. It is also possible to follow this trail from its other terminus, over neighboring Blueberry Mountain from Keene Valley , but that involves much more vertical ascent and a longer trip all-around. |
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