Argonaut Peak

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Argonaut Peak
Argonaut Peak from the southwest

Argonaut Peak from the southwest

height 2578  m North American Vertical Date of 1988
location Chelan County , Washington , USA
Mountains Cascade chain
Notch height 223 m
Coordinates 47 ° 28 '12 "  N , 120 ° 51' 41"  W Coordinates: 47 ° 28 '12 "  N , 120 ° 51' 41"  W
Argonaut Peak (Washington)
Argonaut Peak
rock granite
First ascent 1955 by Lex Maxwell, Bob McCall and Bill Prater
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The Argonaut Peak is a high mountain in the Cascade Range in the State of Washington . As part of the Stuart Range in the Wenatchee Mountains, it lies within the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in the Wenatchee National Forest and is part of the region known as The Enchantments . At 8,453 ft (2,576 m) in height, it ranks 65th on the list of Washington's highest peaks. Argonaut Peak forms the summit of a ridge between Colchuck Peak and Sherpa Peak. It has a south-eastern and a western summit of approximately the same height, the western summit being regarded as the real one. There is a protruding peak in the southeast. The southern slopes descend to the valley of Ingalls Creek. The north and northeast sides of the Argonaut rise high above a headwaters of Mountaineer Creek, a tributary of Icicle Creek . Argonaut Peak is 1.7 mi (2.7 km) west of Isolation Lake and 1.8 mi (2.9 km) east of Mount Stuart .

geology

Argonaut Peak is a massive bastion of pure granite that is part of the Mount Stuart batholith .

history

Argonaut Peak was first climbed in September 1955 via the southern route by Lex Maxwell, Bob McCall and Bill Prater.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Argonaut Peak, Washington . peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 11, 2009.
  2. ↑ a b Fred Beckey : Columbia River to Stevens Pass  (= Cascade Alpine Guide: Climbing and High Routes), 3rd edition, The Mountaineers Books, 2000, ISBN 978-0-89886-577-6 .
  3. ^ Argonaut Peak ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey .
  4. ↑ Argonaut Peak . summitpost.org. Retrieved May 7, 2011.

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