ADK Fire Tower Challenge

The Glens Falls-Saratoga Chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club awards a patch to finishers of the ADK Fire Tower Challenge.  To complete this challenge, hikers must climb and document ascents of at least 23 from a menu of 32 eligible fire towers.  This total must include at least 18 of the 27 Adirondack fire towers, plus all five Catskill fire towers.  Climbing the actual fire tower is not required, and in some cases is not allowed, but where permissible, is ever so much fun.  Trip reports from my hikes of these trails are linked in the table below.

Adirondack Fire Towers Date(s) Completed
Mount Adams
Mount Arab 2018-09-03
Azure Mountain 2021-06-13
Bald (Rondaxe) Mountain 2010-05-01, 2014-05-14, 2017-06-11, 2018-09-29
Belfry Mountain 2016-09-04
Black Mountain
Blue Mountain 2015-10-11
Buck Mountain
Cathedral Rock 2017-01-15
Goodnow Mountain 2019-07-24
Gore Mountain
Hadley Mountain 2021-05-31
Hurricane Mountain 2021-01-15
Kane Mountain 2015-09-26, 2018-10-20
Loon Lake Mountain
Lyon Mountain 2023-08-27
Owls Head Mountain
Pillsbury Mountain
Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain 2017-08-31
Snowy Mountain
Spruce Mountain 2016-04-30
St. Regis Mountain 2009-07-25
Stillwater Mountain 2017-08-05
Swede Mountain 2023-09-03
Vanderwhacker Mountain
Wakely Mountain
Woodhull Mountain
Catskill Fire Towers Date(s) Completed
Balsam Lake Mountain 2021-10-02
Hunter Mountain
Overlook Mountain
Red Hill 2023-07-30
Tremper Mountain

Read more about the ADK Fire Tower Challenge here.  

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