Mount Minsi

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Mount Minsi
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Mount Minsi seen from the northeast in March 2007
Highest point
Elevation 1,461 ft (445 m) [1]
Prominence 181 ft (55 m) [1]
Parent peak Kittatinny Mountain in Warren County, New Jersey, U.S. [1]
Coordinates 40°57′33″N75°07′48″W / 40.95917°N 75.13000°W / 40.95917; -75.13000 [2]
Geography
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Mount Minsi
Location of Mount Minsi in Pennsylvania
Location Delaware Water Gap in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Parent range Blue Mountain [1]
Topo map USGS 7½' Stroudsburg [2]
Geology
Rock age Silurian
Mountain type Sedimentary
Climbing
Easiest route Appalachian Trail (hike)

Mount Minsi forms the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware Water Gap, and is the eastern extent of the Blue Mountain. It is composed of sandstone and conglomerates of the Shawangunk Formation. [3]

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Hiking

Appalachian Trail blaze on the hike to Mt. Minsi's summit Appalachian Trail Blaze on the Hike to Mt. Minsi.jpg
Appalachian Trail blaze on the hike to Mt. Minsi's summit

The easiest route to the summit of Minsi is by way of the Appalachian Trail, from the Lake Lenape trailhead near the town of Delaware Water Gap. The Mount Minsi fire road shares and parallels parts of the same route on the same northwest slopes. Both travel about 5 miles (8 km) round trip, and gain 1,020 feet (310 m) of elevation. [3]

Climbing

The band of exposed metaquartzite cliffs on east face of Minsi hold a number of traditional climbing routes. The earliest of these were put up in 1975, and established routes range from 5.0 to 5.12+. Winter can offer some mixed and ice climbing as well. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Mount Minsi, Pennsylvania". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved September 27, 2008.
  2. 1 2 "Mount Minsi". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. August 2, 1979. Retrieved September 27, 2008.
  3. 1 2 Thwaites, Tom (2003) [1977]. "35. Mount Minsi". 50 Hikes in Eastern Pennsylvania: From the Mason-Dixon Line to the Poconos and North Mountain (Fourth ed.). Woodstock, Vermont: Backcountry Guides. pp.  162–165. ISBN   0-88150-591-9.
  4. ↑ Nick, Paul; Sloane, Neil (2000). Rock Climbing New Jersey: Including New York City Bouldering, the Delaware Water Gap, and Delaware State (Fourth ed.). Globe Pequot. ISBN   1-56044-790-7.
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