Totally different set of muscles used. It didn't take long to get to the top of Porter Mountain but we weren't entirely sure we'd reached the summit. We looked around for a USGS marker on the rock. Although not a bald summit, the mountain does offer nearly 360 Most attempting to join the ADK 46er club usually do both Cascade & Porter on the same hiking trip. Most hike to the summit of The last 0.3 of a mile climbs 700 feet, but it really wasn’t nearly as tough as that sounds. It is a steady upward hike, but with no sections that struck us as particularly hard. Note: while this hike is easy compared to other High Peaks routes there is significant incline and general fitness and a good pair of shoes are needed to reach the summit. Just past this intersection, the trail opens up and the bald, rocky summit dome of Cascade appears. This parking are is often crowded and may require a several hundred yard road walk to reach the trail. Colden . months[9]="September"; The trail descends slightly We made it back to the cover of the treeline and made the nice routine out-and-back to Porter Mountain. Don’t stop at the viewing rock, this is not the true summit; the summit is located through the trees and at a large viewing shelf. There are two other trails that meet on the There are great 360 degree views from the summit though it is not 100% bald and as such requires you to do quite a bit of scooting around to get the best view. There are three routes to the summit of Porter, one of which is followed heavily. Porter Mountain. It was fun to watch Kelly’s excitement on the summit of her first High Peak and reminisce about my own first summit back on Mount Colden in the winter of 2012. All the while I suppose I was budgeting my pain. other goes 3.8 miles to the Garden parking area. From Little Porter the trail gets very wet and ever worse erosion is apparent. 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