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Upper Wolfjaw Mountain

Coordinates: 44°8.43′N 73°50.72′W / 44.14050°N 73.84533°W / 44.14050; -73.84533
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Upper Wolfjaw Mountain
Upper Wolfjaw Mountain from Noonmark
Highest point
Elevation4,185 ft (1,276 m) NGVD 29[1]
ListingAdirondack High Peaks 29th[2]
Coordinates44°8.43′N 73°50.72′W / 44.14050°N 73.84533°W / 44.14050; -73.84533[3]
Geography
Upper Wolfjaw Mountain is located in New York Adirondack Park
Upper Wolfjaw Mountain
Upper Wolfjaw Mountain
Location of Upper Wolfjaw Mountain within New York
Upper Wolfjaw Mountain is located in the United States
Upper Wolfjaw Mountain
Upper Wolfjaw Mountain
Upper Wolfjaw Mountain (the United States)
LocationKeene, Essex County, New York
Parent rangeGreat Range
Topo mapUSGS Keene Valley
Climbing
First ascentOctober 11, 1875, by Verplanck Colvin, Ed Phelps, and Roderick L. McKenzie[4]
Easiest routeHike

Upper Wolfjaw Mountain is a mountain located in Essex County, New York. Landscape artist Alexander Helwig Wyant (1836–1892) named the mountain, in combination with neighboring Lower Wolfjaw Mountain, c. 1870 for their appearance in profile. The mountain is part of the Great Range of the Adirondack Mountains. Upper Wolfjaw Mtn. is flanked to the southwest by Armstrong Mountain, and to the northeast by Lower Wolfjaw Mtn.

Upper Wolfjaw 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 east and southeast sides of Upper Wolfjaw Mtn. drain into the East Branch of the Ausable River. The west side of Upper Wolfjaw drains into Ore Body Brook, thence into Johns Brook and the East Branch. The north side of Upper Wolfjaw drains into Wolfjaw Brook, thence into Johns Brook.

Upper Wolfjaw Mountain is within the High Peaks Wilderness Area of New York's Adirondack Park.

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Notes

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  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 15 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Upper Wolfjaw Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  4. ^ Carson, Russell M. L. (1927). Peaks and People of the Adirondacks. Garden City: Doubleday. pp. 148–150. ISBN 9781404751200.
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