Mount Skylight

Mount Skylight
Mount Skylight as seen from the summit of Mount Marcy.
Elevation	4,926 ft (1,501 m)
Prominence	577 ft (176 m)
Listing	Adirondack High Peaks
Location
Location	Keene, New York, USA
Range	Adirondacks
Coordinates	44°05′59″N 73°55′51″W / 44.09972°N 73.93083°W / 44.09972; -73.93083Coordinates: 44°05′59″N 73°55′51″W / 44.09972°N 73.93083°W / 44.09972; -73.93083
Topo map	USGS Mount Marcy
Climbing
First ascent	Verplanck Colvin, Orson Schofield Phelps and unknown party, 1873 (first recorded)
Easiest route	Hike

Mount Skylight is a mountain in the Great Range of the Adirondack High Peaks in the Adirondack Mountains of New York. It gets its name from its open, bare and relatively flat summit, unusual in the Adirondack High Peaks.

A remote summit by any approach, it is nonetheless a favorite of hikers. It is famously distinguished by two large cairns that have grown on either end of the summit over the years, as 46er lore has it that carrying a rock up and placing it on them will ensure good weather.

A single trail goes up to the mountain's summit from the Four Corners junction between Skylight and Mount Marcy, its northern neighbor; as the name suggests, however, there are three ways to get there. Most commonly, hikers come up from the west, via the Feldspar Brook Trail from the campsites at the Flowed Lands and climb the peak in conjunction with a visit to Lake Tear-of-the-Clouds, the source of the Hudson River, and a climb up neighboring, trailless Gray Peak. The trailhead can also be reached by descending from Marcy to the north, or via Panther Gorge and Elk Lake to the southeast, all very lengthy trips that are usually done via an overnight backpack.

Gallery

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  Mt. Skylight seen from Mt. Marcy

Notes

External links

• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Skylight
• Peakbagger.com: Mount Skylight
• Summitpost.org: Mount Skylight