Adirondack History: Adirondack High Peaks (46er) list with Mountain Name and Elevation

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Here is a list of all the Adirondack High Peaks (plus McNaughton which is 4,000' but not considered part of the 46 High Peaks) I will have Adirondack Fun Facts about each mountain so keep checking back. If you have other suggestions, please sending them in and I will do my best to get the information here as quickly as possible. Thanks for letting me know.

A patch is given as well as an assigned number, though many people do choose not to register. Climbing all 46 High Peaks is not distinguished by the registration, but by the accomplishment. The Adirondack Forty-Sixers is more than just a place to register hikes, the service and hiking organization encourages and educates its membership on conservation and preservation of the wildness of the Adirondack Park in northern New York State.

To become an Adirondack 46er, a person must climb all mountains that are considered part of the Adirondack High Peaks (mountains over 4,000' in elevation). See the list below.  Though Blake, Cliff, Nye and Couchsachraga are below the 4,000' elevation each of those mountains are still considered part of the 46 High Peaks. 

Robert (Bob) Marshall, his brother George and their friend/guide Herb Clarke are the first recorded people to climb all 46 High Peaks in New York State, which started with Whiteface Mountain in 1918 and ended on Emmons in 1925. As a charter member of the Adirondack Mountain Club, Robert (Bob) Marshall wrote the first Adirondack Mountain Club guidebook, "The High Peaks of the Adirondacks" in 1922, outlining 42 of the 46 High Peaks. At that time many of the mountains were unmarked.

There are certainly plenty of other wonderful hikes to climb, such as any of the 33 easy hikes outlined in my Adirondack Family Time™ guidebook, Adirondack Family Time™ Tri-Lakes and High Peaks: Your Four-Season Guide to Over 300 Activities (with GPS coordinates). 

Adirondack High Peaks	Elevation	Got It!	Adirondack Fun Fact
1-  Marcy	5344'
2 - Algonquin Peak	5114'
3 - Haystack	4960'
4 - Skylight	4926'
5 - Whiteface	4867'
6 - Dix	4857'
7 - Gray	4840'
8 - Iroquois Peak	4840'
9 - Basin	4827'
10 Gothics	4736'
11 Colden	4714'
12 Giant	4627'
13 Nippletop	4620'
14 Santanoni Peak	4607'
15 Redfield	4606'
16 Wright Peak	4580'
17 Saddleback	4515'
18 Panther Peak	4442'
19 Tabletop Mtn.	4427'
20 Rocky Peak Ridge	4420'
21 Macomb	4405'
22 Armstrong	4400'
23 Hough Peak	4400'
24 Seward Mtn.	4361'
25 Marshall	4360'
26 Allen	4340'
27 Big Slide	4240'
28 Esther	4240'
29 Upper Wolfjaw	4185'
30 Lower Wolfjaw	4175'
31 Street	4166'
32 Phelps	4161'
33 Donaldson	4140'
34 Seymour	4120'
35 Sawteeth	4100'
36 Cascade	4098'
37 South Dix	4060'
38 Porter	4059'
39 Colvin	4057'
40 Emmons	4040'
41 Dial	4020'
42 East Dix	4012'
43 Blake	3960'
44 Cliff	3960'
45 Nye	3895'
46 Couchsachraga “Couchie”	3820'
47 McNaughton	4000’

© Diane Chase, author of Adirondack Family Activities™ guidebook series, Adirondack Family Time™ Adirondack Family Time Tri-Lakes and High Peaks (Your Four-Season Guide to Over 300 Activities) for the towns of Lake Placid, Saranac Lake, Jay/Upper Jay, Wilmington, Keene/Keene Valley which is available online or bookstores/museums/sporting good stores.