Cascade Mountain is a

mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher t ...

in the

Adirondacks The Adirondack Mountains ( ) are a massif of mountains in Northeastern New York (state), New York which form a circular dome approximately wide and covering about . The region contains more than 100 peaks, including Mount Marcy, which is the hi ...

in the

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of New York. It is the 36th-highest of the

Adirondack High Peaks The Adirondack High Peaks are a set of 46 mountain peaks in the Adirondack Mountains of New York (state), New York state. They have been popular hiking destinations since the late 1920s, when the list of peaks was published in Russell Carson's bo ...

, with an elevation of . 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. The earliest recorded ascent was made in 1872 by a trapper named Lon Pierce. A trail to the summit of Cascade Mountain begins on New York State Route 73, from the center of Keene and from the Adirondak Loj road. The trail continues and ascends to the bare rocky peak, which offers views of many other High Peaks and the Champlain Valley. Cascade is one of the most popular hikes in the Adirondacks, and regularly faces issues with overcrowding at the summit and overflowing parking, which motivated a decision to replace the existing trail with a longer, trail, beginning at the Mount Van Hoevenberg trailhead. As of 2025, the new trail remains under construction.

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Image:Cascade vue sur big slide.jpg, View of Porter (left), Big Slide (middle) and, from left to right in the background, Armstrong,

Gothics Gothics is a mountain in the Great Range of the Adirondacks in the U.S. state of New York. It is the tenth-highest peak in New York, with an elevation of , and one of the 46 High Peaks in Adirondack Park. It is located in the town of Kee ...

, Saddleback from Cascade Mountain. Image:Blueberry Moutain (south-east) view from Cascade Moutain (NY).jpg, South-east view on Blueberry Mountain from Cascade Mountain. Image:Cascade2 cascade top.jpg, Top of the Cascade Mountain. Image:Cascade 4 ascension sommet.jpg, Ascension to the Summit Rock.

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