Mount Moosilauke

Mount Moosilauke
Mt. Moosilauke as seen from Black Mountain
Highest point
Elevation4,802 ft (1,464 m)[1]
Prominence2,932 ft (894 m)[1]
ListingWhite Mountain 4000-Footers
#9 New England 50 Finest
Coordinates44°01′28″N 71°49′51″W / 44.024511°N 71.8309173°W / 44.024511; -71.8309173[2]
Geography
LocationGrafton County, New Hampshire, U.S.
Parent rangeWhite Mountains
Topo mapUSGS Mount Moosilauke
The Gorge Brook Trail ascends Mount Moosilauke from the Dartmouth College Ravine Lodge.

Mount Moosilauke is a 4,802-foot-high (1,464 m) mountain at the southwestern end of the White Mountains in the town of Benton, New Hampshire, United States. It is the tenth highest and most southwesterly of the 4,000 foot summits in the White Mountains.[3]

Moosilauke is ranked 9th on the New England Fifty Finest peaks, a list of summits with the highest topographic prominence. The Appalachian Trail passes over the mountain. It is sometimes referred to as the "Gentle Giant".[4] The site of down mountain ski races since 1927, the 1933 Moosilauke race was the first U.S. downhill skiing championship sanctioned by the National Ski Association.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Mount Moosilauke, New Hampshire". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2013-02-01.
  2. ^ "Mount Moosilauke". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-02-01.
  3. ^ "The White Mountain Four Thousand Footers List". AMC Four Thousand Footer Club. Archived from the original on 2009-05-08. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
  4. ^ "Mt Moosilauke - 4802'". Hike the Whites. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  5. ^ Lund, Morten (2004) “Moosilauke: Birth of the National Downhill” Skiing Heritage Vol 16 #4:29-33

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