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
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Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 1566      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 1359) Selected Trip Reports:      1990-05-26 by Ben Lostracco      1997-07-07 by Ben Lostracco (Unsuccessful)      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      2011-07-09 by Ben Morrow      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)      2015-01-18 by Deb & Rob Osterhoudt      2015-07-11 by Jen Martin (GPS Track)      2015-07-17 by Mary Ruth Merkel      2015-07-18 by Brian Raymond (GPS Track)      2015-10-10 by Ryan Myers      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      2017-05-20 by Brian Woodard      2017-07-09 by Christine Rounds      2017-08-28 by Jillian Smith (GPS Track)      2017-09-01 by Stacy Taylor      2018-05-20 by Marc Felio (GPS Track)      2019-06-15 by Matt Cutts (GPS Track)      2019-07-25 by Raven Matherne (GPS Track)      2019-08-25 by Kevin Nelson      2019-08-31 by Wesley Barry (GPS Track)      2020-07-10 by Aaron Gustafson (GPS Track)      2020-07-17 by Scott Burns      2020-09-13 by Terry DelliQuadri      2020-10-12 by Bulent Elmaci (GPS Track)      2021-03-14 by charles tiedemann (GPS Track)      2022-01-08 by Colin Thomas (GPS Track)
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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	Ausable 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
Dynamic Map  Wright Peak   ( Key Col)    Other Peaks Click Here for a Full Screen Map

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.

Summit of Wright High Peak (2019-03-08). Photo by Lori S. Click here for larger-size photo.

Left to right rear: Iriquois, Boundary, Algonquin, Wright. Left peak prominent slide: Mt. Colden Photo by Garrett Stewart. Click here for larger-size photo.

Algonquin viewed from Wright Peak (2020-07-31). Photo by Sean Taylor. Click here for larger-size photo.

After summiting Algonquin, I descended down to the col, still felt strong, and decided to climb Wright since it was right there. Good climb, no problems. After the groups of folks on the summit of Algonquin, the summit of Wright was deserted. I looked around and found the wreckage of the Air Force B-47 bomber that crashed in January 1962. After looking around, I found one other climber that had summited and asked him to take my pic. All in all a great day of climbing, bagging two High Peaks (I think that I was saying in the photo). Long descent on tired feet after 9 hours of climbing (2012-06-09). Click here for larger-size photo.   Edit Photo Info

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