Mount Minsi

Mount Minsi
Mount Minsi from the northeast, March 2007
Elevation	1,461 ft (445 m) [1]
Prominence	181 ft (55 m) [1]
Parent peak	Warren County, New Jersey high point, Kittatinny Mountains [1]
Location
Mount Minsi Location of Mount Minsi in Pennsylvania
Location	Delaware Water Gap, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, USA
Range	Blue Mountain [1]
Coordinates	40°57′33″N 75°07′48″W / 40.95917°N 75.13°W / 40.95917; -75.13Coordinates: 40°57′33″N 75°07′48″W / 40.95917°N 75.13°W / 40.95917; -75.13[2]
Topo map	USGS 7½' Stroudsburg [2]
Geology
Type	Sedimentary
Age of rock	Silurian
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]

Hiking

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. ^ ^{a b c d} "Mount Minsi, Pennsylvania". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=7558. Retrieved 2008-09-27. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Mount Minsi". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. 1979-08-02. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1181350. Retrieved 2008-09-27. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Thwaites, Tom (2003) [1977]. "35. Mount Minsi". 50 Hikes in Eastern Pennsylvania: From the Mason-Dixon Line to the Poconos and North Mountain (Fourth Edition ed.). Woodstock, Vermont: Backcountry Guides. pp. 162–165. ISBN 0-88150-591-9. 
4. ^ Nick, Paul; Neil Sloane (2000). Rock Climbing New Jersey: Including New York City Bouldering, the Delaware Water Gap, and Delaware State (Fourth Edition ed.). Globe Pequot. ISBN 1-56044-790-7. 

External links

• Rock Climbing Routes: ...Delaware_Water Gap (Mt. Minsi) on Rockclimbing.com.