Wright Peak, New York

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 4587 ft / 1398 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	44° 9' 6'' N, 73° 58' 47'' W 44.151768, -73.979762 (Dec Deg) 581588 E 4889236 N, Zone 18 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	New York
County/Second Level Region	Essex
City/Town	North Elba
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Wright Peak":      Wikipedia Search      Microsoft Bing Search      Google Search      Yahoo Search Other Web Sites      Wright Peak at SummitPost.org      Wright Peak at ListsOfJohn.com      Weather for Wright Peak at Mountain-Forecast.com Weather and Snow      National Weather Service Forecast      NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Wright Peak:      Northeast USA 4000-foot Peaks (Rank #31)      Adirondack Mountains 3700-foot Peaks (Rank #14)      Northeast "115" 4000-footers (Rank #33)      Adirondack Hundred Highest (Rank #16)      Adirondack 46ers (Rank #16)      Peaks with Most Individual Summiters (Rank #48) Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak:        Adirondack Trails High Peaks Region (Goodwin, Burdick) Selected Trip Reports from this site:      2006-07-01 by Luc Tremblay      2008-07-19 by Scott Ireland      2008-07-19 by Michael Vaughan (GPS Track)      2010-08-07 by Austin Black      2010-08-26 by Tomoko Nakajima      2012-01-16 by Henk de Smidt (Unsuccessful)      2012-03-10 by Dan Quinlan      2012-03-11 by JF Theroux (GPS Track)      2012-07-15 by Scott Duclos (GPS Track)      2012-07-15 by Elizabeth Sweet (GPS Track)      2012-08-31 by Drew Rawlings      2013-01-27 by Austin Black      2013-05-27 by Curt Hoffart      2013-07-19 by Gabriel C (GPS Track)      2013-09-19 by John Curtis (GPS Track)      2014-01-04 by Alain Carpentier (GPS Track)      2014-04-21 by Ed Kobos      2014-08-10 by Wayne Snyder (GPS Track)      2015-07-11 by Jen Masa (GPS Track)      2015-07-17 by Mary Ruth Merkel      2015-07-18 by Brian Raymond (GPS Track)      2015-11-07 by Sylvain Louhaur (GPS Track)      2016-01-09 by Michael Stonek (Unsuccessful) (GPS Track)      2016-02-06 by Michael Stonek (GPS Track)      2016-02-14 by David Desmond      2016-05-21 by Cynthia Chan      2016-06-21 by Nicholas Daniel      2017-07-09 by Christine Rounds      2017-08-28 by Jillian Smith (GPS Track)      2018-05-20 by Marc Felio (GPS Track) View ascents of peak by registered Peakbagger.com members (850 total) Nearby Peak Searches:      Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Wright Peak      Elevation Ladder from Wright Peak      Prominence Ladder from Wright Peak

Wright Peak from the slopes of Algonquin (2014-08-10). Photo by Timothy Hutchings. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 256 ft/78 m   Optimistic Prominence: 256 ft/78 m   Line Parent: Algonquin Peak   Key Col: 4331 ft/1320 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 0.42 mi/0.68 km    Isolation Limit Point: 44.1475, -73.9858 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Algonquin Peak  (SW)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: North America Plains Range3: Canadian Shield Range4: Adirondack Mountains Range5: Adirondack High Peaks Range6: McIntyre Mountains
Drainage Basins	Lake Champlain Richelieu St. Lawrence Gulf of St. Lawrence Atlantic Ocean
Ownership	Land: Adirondack State Park Wilderness/Special Area: High Peaks SWA
Topo Map	Keene Valley K44073b7 1:25,000
Route #1	Maintained Hiking Trail Trailhead: Adirondak Loj 2182 ft/665 m Vertical Gain: 2405 ft/733 m
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

Wright Peak summit view (2010-08-07). Photo by Ryan Mason. Click here for larger-size photo.

Snowy October day on the summit of Wright (2015-10-23). Photo by Josh Brooks. Click here for larger-size photo.

Brian ascending Wright (2018-08-25). Photo by Thomas Gerace. Click here for larger-size photo.

Summit of Wright Peak, looking out at Mt. Colden. My first Adirondack 46er Peak (2016-07-21). Photo by Brian Shultis . Click here for larger-size photo.

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