It is number 38 in order of height, and one of the easier hikes of the Adirondack Forty-Sixers.

It is named after Noah Porter, one of the first to climb it, later president of Yale University.

A yellow-blazed trail leaves the trail to Cascade about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) short of that mountain's summit, and leads down into the mountain pass between the two peaks about 1 mile (1.6 km) to Porter's summit.

It is also possible to follow this trail from its other terminus, over neighboring Blueberry Mountain from Keene Valley, although that involves a greater vertical ascent and a longer trip.

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