Cascade Mountain (New York)

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Cascade Mountain is a mountain in the Adirondacks in the U.S. state of New York. It is the 36th-highest of the Adirondack High Peaks, with an elevation of Template:Convert. The mountain is located in the town of Keene in Essex County. Prior to 1860, the mountain was named "Long Pond Mountain" for a pond located at its base. Long Pond was divided by a landslide shortly after 1860, and the divided ponds were named "Edmund's Ponds" until 1878, when Sidney and Warren Weston built a hotel in between the two ponds. They renamed the ponds the "Cascade Lakes", after a waterfall flowing down the mountain in the path of the landslide, and Long Pond Mountain was renamed to Cascade Mountain.<ref name="carson" /> The earliest recorded ascent was made in 1872 by a trapper named Lon Pierce.<ref name="carson" />

A trail to the summit of Cascade Mountain begins on New York State Route 73, Template:Convert from the center of Keene and Template:Convert from the Adirondak Loj road. The trail continues Template:Convert and ascends Template:Convert to the bare rocky peak, which offers views of many other High Peaks and the Champlain Valley.<ref name="Goodwin">Template:Cite book</ref> Cascade is one of the most popular hikes in the Adirondacks, and regularly faces issues with overcrowding at the summit and overflowing parking,<ref name="Goodwin" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> which motivated a decision to replace the existing trail with a longer, Template:Convert trail, beginning at the Mount Van Hoevenberg trailhead.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> As of 2025, the new trail remains under construction.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Gallery

View of Porter (left), Big Slide (middle) and, from left to right in the background, Armstrong, Gothics, Saddleback from Cascade Mountain.
South-east view on Blueberry Mountain from Cascade Mountain.
Top of the Cascade Mountain.
Ascension to the Summit Rock.