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Ampersand Mountain is a mountain in Franklin County in the northeastern Adirondacks, west of the High Peaks in New York State. The trail up the mountain begins on New York State Route 3 southwest of the village of Saranac Lake, near Middle Saranac Lake; it is a popular day hike. The mountain takes its name from nearby Ampersand Creek, so named because it twists and turns like the ampersand symbol.〔Goodwin, Tony, ed., ''Adirondack Trails, High Peaks Region'', Lake George, New York: Adirondack Mountain Club, 2004. ISBN 1-931951-05-5〕 The summit is bare rock, with extensive views of the High Peaks to the east and the Saranac Lakes to the west. ==History== W.W. Ely made the first recorded ascent of Ampersand Mountain in 1872. Ely and Dr. William Reed and three others later cleared the summit of trees, and built a lean-to. The following year, Verplanck Colvin cleared the remaining trees while working on his survey of the Adirondacks, and subsequent fires and erosion left the summit bare. Colvin credits Ely for the mountain's name. New York State built a fire lookout station on the summit in 1911, although a fire tower was deemed unnecessary due to the open views available. By 1920, tree growth was such that a 22-foot (7-meter) fire tower was erected. The tower was used until 1970, when the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation closed it, as it had become more cost-effective to spot fires using aircraft. The tower was removed in July, 1977.〔 There is a memorial near the summit to hermit Walter Channing Rice, who manned the fire tower from 1915 to 1923.〔 Ampersand was the first mountain that wilderness activist and explorer Bob Marshall climbed, in 1915, when he was 14. In 1925, Marshall, his brother George and Herbert K. Clark became the first to climb all 46 of the Adirondack peaks over ,〔Brown, Phil (ed). 2006. ''Bob Marshall in the Adirondacks''. Saranac Lake, New York: Lost Pond Press. ISBN 0-9789254-0-8.〕 becoming the first Adirondack Forty-Sixers. Image:Ampersand Mountain - High Peaks.jpg|View of Ampersand Lake and the High Peaks to the east Image:Ampersand Mountain - Lower Saranac Lake.jpg|View of Lower Saranac Lake to the north. Image:Ampersand Mountain - Middle Saranac Lake view.jpg|Northwest view from Ampersand of Middle Saranac Lake (left), with Weller Pond directly above. Upper Saranac Lake is just visible at top, and Lower Saranac Lake at far right. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ampersand Mountain」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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