Slide Mountain, New York

Elevation Info	Elevation range: 4180 - 4200 ft     (20-foot closed contour) NAVD88 Elevation (?): 4179 ft / 1274 m     (Range 4179 - 4199 ft)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	41.999112, -74.386045 (Dec Deg) 41° 59' 57'' N, 74° 23' 10'' W (DMS) 550847 E, 4649860 N, Zone 18 (UTM)
Map Source	US Geological Survey (1:24,000)     Sheet: Peekamoose Mountain (O41074h4)
Country	United States
State/Province	New York
County/Second Level Region	Ulster (Highest Point)
City/Town	Shandaken
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Slide Mountain":      Wikipedia Search      Microsoft Bing Search      Google Search      Yahoo Search Other Web Sites      Slide Mountain at SummitPost      Slide Mountain at ListsOfJohn      Slide Mountain Ulster County New York at Mountain-Forecast.com      Slide Mountain at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio)      Slide Mountain at Hikr.org      Slide Mountain at USGS-GNIS      CoHP.org Trip Report for Ulster, NY by Ron Tagliapietra      CoHP.org Trip Report for Ulster, NY by Dan Case      CoHP.org Trip Report for Ulster, NY by Ken Akerman      CoHP.org Trip Report for Ulster, NY by Richard Garland      CoHP.org Trip Report for Ulster, NY by Charlie Zerphey      CoHP.org Trip Report for Ulster, NY by Brennan Connelly Weather and Snow      National Weather Service Forecast      NOAA Snow Depth Map Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak:        Peak Experiences, Hiking the Highest Summits of New York (Fallesen)
Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 1721      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 1485) Selected Trip Reports - Click on linked Date for full report: Date Climber Type GPS TR Words Link 2023-09-08 Woodall, Rob TR-27 m.facebook.com 2023-06-26 Dillmore, Shannon TR-97 2023-05-19 Bolton, Bob TR-22 explore.garmin.com 2023-01-14 Mcglynn, Anthony TR-305 2022-04-03 Walker, Michael TR-320 2022-01-22 Moore, John TR-321 2020-09-05 Ru, Powen TR-97 2020-08-17 Rossman, Jason TR-614 2020-07-12 Sexauer, Gustav TR-433 2020-04-29 Zehler, Pete TR-577 2020-03-06 Fortman, Douglas TR-871 2020-01-19 Feagin, Richard TR-52 2019-01-13 Adnan, Mohsin TR-282 2018-07-29 Kitson, Jacob TR-458 2018-03-14 Campbell, Jake TR-137 2017-12-24 Tong, Timothy TR-32 2017-07-15 Tong, Timothy TR-47 2016-09-12 Corcoran, Spencer TR-250 2016-01-16 Merkel, Mary Ruth TR-350 2015-11-07 Hoffmann, Melissa TR-423 2015-07-19 Quinlan, Dan TR-221 2015-04-25 Chan, Cynthia TR-355 2014-01-10 Hicks, Jeff TR-276 2013-09-25 Hanson, Vic TR-193 strava.com 2013-08-14 Hicks, Jeff TR-462 2013-01-03 Sedlak, Matt TR-250 2012-02-12 Lubbert, Brian TR-726 2011-12-22 Harrington, John TR-98 2009-02-28 Bangel, Alan TR-1192 1999-10-16 Spalinger, Richard TR-252
Peak Lists that contain Slide Mountain      Northeast USA 4000-foot Peaks (Rank #66)      Northeast "115" 4000-footers (Rank #67)      Eastern USA Peaks with 2500 feet of Prominence (Rank #11)      USA Lower 48 Peaks with 100 miles of Isolation (Rank #25)      Northeast USA Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence (Rank #7)      USA Lower 48 Drainage Basin High Points (Rank #44)      Eastern USA Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence (Rank #11)      EPIC List - States of the USA (Rank #41)      Most Isolated Peaks of the U.S. States (Rank #23)      Appalachian Mountain Range4 High Points (Rank #14)      United States Peaks with 100 miles of Isolation (Rank #45)      USA Lower 48 Range4 High Points (Rank #91)      U.S. State Park High Points (Rank #16)      Top 10 Prominence Grid for U.S. States (Rank #139)      Catskill 3500-foot Peaks (Rank #1)      Top 10 County High Points Grid for U.S. States (Rank #153)      Northeast U.S. Peaks with 25 Miles of Isolation (Rank #3)      Catskill 3500 Club List (Rank #1)      Interstate Highway Bounded Regions of the USA (Rank #30)      2000-foot Prominence CoHPs - 48 States (Rank #132)      Mid-Atlantic Peaks with 25 Miles of Isolation (Rank #1)      Catskill Top 102 (Rank #1) (Peak is on over 20 lists; Not all shown here.)
Nearby Peak Searches:      Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Slide Mountain      Elevation Ladder from Slide Mountain      Prominence Ladder from Slide Mountain

Views from Slide at sunrise (2015-11-07). Photo by Melissa Hoffmann. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 3280 ft/1000 m   Optimistic Prominence: 3310 ft/1009 m   Line Parent: Roaring Plains   Key Col: Horseheads, NY    900 ft/274 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 136.39 mi/219.5 km    Isolation Limit Point: 43.604047, -72.820692 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Killington Peak  (NE)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Appalachian Mountains Range3: Appalachian Plateaus Range4: Catskill Mountains (Highest Point) Range5: Southern Catskills (Highest Point)
Drainage Basins	Hudson New York Harbor Atlantic-Eastern USA Atlantic Ocean Delaware (HP) Delaware Bay Atlantic-Eastern USA Atlantic Ocean
Ownership	Land: Catskill State Park (Highest Point) Wilderness/Special Area: Slide Mountain SWA (Highest Point)
Route #1	Maintained Hiking Trail: Cornell-Wittenburg Trailhead: 1375 ft/419 m Vertical Gain: 3605 ft/1098 m Distance (one way): 6.3 mi/10.14 km
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
Dynamic Map  Slide Mountain   ( Key Col)    Other Peaks Click Here for a Full Screen Map

Other Photos

Slide summit views (2015-11-07). Photo by Melissa Hoffmann. Click here for larger-size photo.

Slide's north face: the vertical chimney. Photo by Melissa Hoffmann. Click here for larger-size photo.

Cool ladder build into the side of the mountain on Slide's north face. Photo by Melissa Hoffmann. Click here for larger-size photo.

The summit rock on Slide carved with names and dates (2015-09-23). Photo by Josh Brooks. Click here for larger-size photo.

View from the summit of Slide Mountain. (2017-01-01). Photo by Melissa Hoffmann. Click here for larger-size photo.

1st Catskill 3500' peak! This was also my first time in the Catskills. I've come a long way from the sneaker/athletic shorts/normal backpack hiker that I was (2015-08-08). Photo by Brian Shultis. Click here for larger-size photo.

The view from the summit of Slide Mountain (2020-03-06). Photo by Douglas Fortman. Click here for larger-size photo.

The boys and the Catskills and the silver spoon (2020-04-29). Photo by Pete Zehler. Click here for larger-size photo.

Slide Mountain, Catskills (2021-07-22). Photo by Robert Lindquist. Click here for larger-size photo.

Slide Selfie (2022-05-25). Photo by Josyf Hayda. Click here for larger-size photo.

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