Blue Mountain Peak Blue Mountain Peak Blue Mountain Peak is the highest mountain in Jamaica and one of the highest peaks in the Caribbean at 2,256 metres (7,402 ft). It is the home of Blue Mountain coffee and their famous tours. It is located on the border of the Portland and Saint Thomas parishes of Jamaica. The Blue Mountains are considered by many to be a hiker's and camper's paradise. The traditional Blue Mountain trek is a 7-mile (10 km) hike to the peak and consists of a 3,000-foot (1,000 m) increase in elevation. Jamaicans prefer to reach the peak at sunrise, thus
The Blue Mountain Echo The Blue Mountain Echo The Blue Mountain Echo, also published as "The Blue Mountain Star", "The Katoomba Daily", "The Blue Mountains Daily", and "The Blue Mountains Echo" was a semi-weekly English language newspaper published in Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia. The paper, published from 1909-1939, changed names several times in its history. The paper was initially published under the management of James C. Hart of Mountaineer Printing and Publishing Company. Following his retirement, Robert Villiers Smythe took over management and remained with the paper as editor until November 1928. With new management came a change of name, as the paper