Blue Mountain Prominence Question

[dr_wu002]

Anyone have any idea what the prominence is for Blue Mountain in the NH North Country? It's listed as the highest peak in this region with it's next highest neighbor being Hutchins Mountain. I'm looking at a prominence of about 2700' w/ the col somewhere along the Rt. 110 area. Any comments? Roy?

Just following the roads surrounding Blue Mountain indicate a prominence >2000'.

Roy? Papa Bear? Gary?

-Dr. Wu

 

[albee]

I thought about this when I climbed Bunnell Mountain early last month. (Note: the name has officially been changed from Blue to Bunnell in honor of Vickie Bunnell, a local judge who was killed in the Colebrook shootings in 1997.)
http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/newhampshire/preserves/art6158.html

I am going to guess that the key col is Dixville Notch - 1,887', and from there you can pretty much follow at least a 2,000' contour line up to Kennebago Divide. I think this means that its prominence is 1,833+ feet.

But who cares about prominence. We should be debating how fine this peak is. I think it is one of the finest bushwhacks around. It is very popular with the mooses, that's fer sure!

 

[dr_wu002]

I thought about this when I climbed Bunnell Mountain early last month. (Note: the name has officially been changed from Blue to Bunnell in honor of Vickie Bunnell, a local judge who was killed in the Colebrook shootings in 1997.)
http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/newhampshire/preserves/art6158.html

I am going to guess that the key col is Dixville Notch - 1,887', and from there you can pretty much follow at least a 2,000' contour line up to Kennebago Divide. I think this means that its prominence is 1,833+ feet.

It appears that you are right. Thanks

-Dr. Wu

 

[albee]

Nope, I'm not right....

I just checked again. The actual contour lines in Dixville Notch go up to at least 1,940', and Bunnell Mountain is listed as 3,723', so that would put the prominence at something just under 1,783'. Sorry. But once again... I defer to the "prominence gods" - Roy, et al.

 

[Papa Bear]

Anyone have any idea what the prominence is for Blue Mountain in the NH North Country? It's listed as the highest peak in this region with it's next highest neighbor being Hutchins Mountain. I'm looking at a prominence of about 2700' w/ the col somewhere along the Rt. 110 area. Any comments? Roy?

Just following the roads surrounding Blue Mountain indicate a prominence >2000'.

Roy? Papa Bear? Gary?

-Dr. Wu

I see the only divide line going to the northeast through Cranberry Bog Notch (1920' - 1940'). All other directions are cut by tributaries to the Connecticut so the next higher peak in it's "prominence heirarchy" must lie on that divide line. Next I see Kelsey Notch (2590' - 2600') which separates the Connecticut from the Androscoggin watershed. Next, as mentiond is Dixville Notch (1940' - 1960' ?? hard to read). Here Albee, how did you get 1887' ?

So you get 1773 average prom, 1753 clean prom. (map shows Blue at 3720 - 3740. Where did 3723 come from?)
In any case then you are openned up to the north country and higher peaks.

 

[albee]

Albee, how did you get 1887' ?

I did a search on Topozone for the notch elevation. Unfortunately, upon closer inspection, that was the elevation for the town, and not the notch itself. There is no spot elevation listed, but you can see 1940' contour lines on each side of the notch.

I was just there Sunday, too. Should have brought my survey-grade GPS! (Because we all know the inadequacies of consumer grade GPSrs.)

 

[Papa Bear]

I was just there Sunday, too.

And I was there Saturday and Monday. A near miss. But I wasn't worried about prominence. That's so last year!
Rg

 

[RoySwkr]

I'm looking at a prominence of about 2700' w/ the col somewhere along the Rt. 110 area.

This is where figuring prominence gets tricky, if you look at the NEFF list the Rte.110 saddle is the saddle separating Sugarloaf Mtn ME from its parent which may be Mt Washington

The saddle for Blue/Bunnell is somewhere N before you get to the ridge where the Mahoosucs join in as those are the parents