Saddleback Mountain (Keene, New York)

Saddleback Mountain is a mountain located in Essex County, New York. The mountain is part of the Great Range of the Adirondack Mountains. The 0.2 mi (0.32 km) long summit ridge has peaks at each end with a pronounced dip between, giving it the profile of a saddle. Saddleback Mtn. is flanked to the southwest by Basin Mountain, and to the east by Gothics.

Saddleback Mountain
Saddleback Mountain as seen from the southwest during the ascent of Basin
Highest point
Elevation	4,515 ft (1,376 m) NGVD 29[1]
Listing	Adirondack High Peaks 17th[2]
Coordinates	44°7.60′N 73°52.51′W[3]
Geography
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Location	Keene, Essex County, New York
Parent range	Great Range
Topo map	USGS Keene Valley / Mount Marcy
Climbing
First ascent	August 5, 1894, by Newell Martin[4]
Easiest route	Hike

Saddleback 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 southeast end and southwest side of Saddleback Mtn. drain into Shanty Brook, thence into the East Branch of the Ausable River between Upper and Lower Ausable Lake. The northwest end of Saddleback Mtn. drains into Chicken Coop Brook, thence into Johns Brook and the East Branch. The northeast side of Saddleback Mtn. drains into Ore Bed Brook, thence into Johns Brook.

Saddleback Mountain is within the High Peaks Wilderness Area of Adirondack State Park.

l to r: Gothics, Saddleback, Basin (in cloud); Big Slide (right middleground) — from Cascade

See also

• List of mountains in New York
• Northeast 111 4,000-footers
• Adirondack High Peaks
• Adirondack Forty-Sixers

Notes

1. Goodwin, Tony, ed. (2021). Adirondack trails. High peaks region (15th ed.). Adirondack Mountain Club. pp. 286–287. ISBN 9780998637181.
2. "The Peaks – Adirondack 46ers". adk46er.org. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
3. "Saddleback Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
4. Carson, Russell M. L. (1927). Peaks and People of the Adirondacks. Garden City: Doubleday. p. 117. ISBN 9781404751200.

External links

• Peakbagger.com: Saddleback Mountain
• Summitpost.org: Saddleback Mountain