Snow Mountain, Maine

Elevation Info	Summit: 3960 feet NAVD88 Elevation (?): 3960 ft / 1207 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	45.291513, -70.709301 (Dec Deg) 45° 17' 29'' N, 70° 42' 33'' W (DMS) 365966 E, 5016756 N, Zone 19 (UTM)
Map Source	US Geological Survey (1:24,000)     Sheet: Chain of Ponds (O45070c6)
Country	United States
State/Province	Maine
County/Second Level Region	Franklin
City/Town	Alder Stream
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Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 193      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 170) Selected Trip Reports - Click on linked Date for full report: Date Climber Type GPS TR Words Link 2023-08-01 Schussler, Arne TR-199 2022-09-11 Brock, Jonathan TR-31 2022-09-04 Guethle, Mike TR-229 2022-08-21 C, Alain TR-94 2022-08-06 C, Gabriel TR-199 2021-11-08 tone, wolf TR-20 2021-09-05 Sexauer, Gustav TR-706 2021-08-08 Musser, William TR-464 2021-06-10 Wolf, Dwight TR-42 2020-11-14 Corcoran, Spencer TR-79 2020-09-10 Hoyt, Will TR-89 2020-07-13 Cushing, Rick TR-253 google.com 2018-10-21 Denlinger, Soren TR-14 2018-06-16 Man, Map TR-619 2017-12-29 Darby, David TR-217 2017-12-29 Higgins, Chris TR-204 2016-08-15 Zinger, Aleksey TR-632 2015-10-24 Brock, Jonathan TR-25 2015-05-24 Quinlan, Dan TR-547 (2014-11-10) Robinson, Jim TR-204 2014-08-09 Koetz, Quincy TR-22 quincykoetz.com 2014-08-04 Aschbrenner, Ryan TR-417 2014-06-19 Higgins, Chris TR-221 2012-08-14 Walling, Cheves TR-16 2011-07-03 White, Bill TR-59 2010-07-06 Nakajima, Tomoko TR-127 2009-07-04 Beck, Alan TR-30 2009-07-04 Kuraguchi, Mari TR-10 2008-07-10 Blair, Michael TR-10 2007-12-29 Hall, Len TR-10
Peak Lists that contain Snow Mountain      AMC New England Hundred Highest (Rank #69)      New England 3700-foot Peaks (Rank #73)      Northeast USA Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence (Rank #29)      Eastern USA Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence (Rank #44)      New England Top 50 by Prominence (Rank #23)      Maine 3,500-foot Peaks (Rank #16)      New England Peaks with 1000 feet of Prominence (Rank #23)      USA Lower 48 Range5 High Points (Rank #509)      Maine Peaks with 1000 feet of Prominence (Rank #8)
Nearby Peak Searches:      Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Snow Mountain      Elevation Ladder from Snow Mountain      Prominence Ladder from Snow Mountain

Views from the top of the fire tower. Don't skip this! (2020-07-13). Photo by Rick Cushing. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 2320 ft/707 m   Optimistic Prominence: 2340 ft/713 m   Line Parent: Saddleback Mountain   Key Col: 1640 ft/500 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 22.74 mi/36.6 km    Isolation Limit Point: 45.1467, -70.2908 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Bigelow Mountain  (ESE)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Appalachian Mountains Range3: Northern U.S. Appalachians Range4: Longfellow Mountains Range5: Boundary Ranges (Highest Point)
Drainage Basins	Androscoggin Gulf of Maine Atlantic-Eastern USA Atlantic Ocean Dead Kennebec Gulf of Maine Atlantic-Eastern USA Atlantic Ocean
Ownership	Land: Private Land
Route #1	Maintained Hiking Trail
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

After taking a left off of Wiggle Brook Road for a short distance up the side of Snow Mountain, there is a clearing to park at. From there, you set out on foot continuing along the logging road (2020-07-12). Photo by Rick Cushing. Click here for larger-size photo.

Snow Mountain (2020-08-02). Photo by Gordon Simpson. Click here for larger-size photo.

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