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Mount Skylight Trail route map
Difficulty: ExpertOut and Back
New York

Mount Skylight Trail

Lake Placid, New York

18.7 mi

Distance

7,680 ft

Elev. Gain

9h 59m

Est. Time

Out & Back

Route Type

Expert

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Mount Skylight Trail unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

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Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:667 ft
Max:1,546 ft
Gain:2,341 ft
Loss:2,341 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 667 ft and 1,546 ft across 18.7 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.667 ft960 ft1,253 ft1,546 ft0.0 mi4.7 mi9.3 mi14.0 mi18.7 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi670 ft
High point3.4 mi1,546 ft
End18.7 mi670 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Lake Placid, NY · about 7 mi away
County:
Essex County, NY

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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