Dragontail Peak

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Dragontail Peak
Dragontail Peak (center left) and the Stuart Range

Dragontail Peak (center left) and the Stuart Range

height 2694  m sea ​​level date of 1929
location Chelan County , Washington , USA
Mountains Cascade chain
Notch height 536 m
Coordinates 47 ° 28 ′ 43 ″  N , 120 ° 50 ′ 0 ″  W Coordinates: 47 ° 28 ′ 43 ″  N , 120 ° 50 ′ 0 ″  W.
Dragontail Peak (Washington)
Dragontail Peak
rock granite
Age of the rock Cretaceous
Normal way Climb
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The Dragontail Peak , also Dragon Tail , is a mountain in the Stuart Range in Chelan County in the US state of Washington . While climbing a neighboring peak, Lex Maxwell, Bob McCall and Bill Prater noticed that the tips of the ridge southwest of the summit formed a "dragon tail". The name was officially accepted in 1955. On the northeast flank of the mountain lies Colchuck Lake, which drains into Mountaineer Creek; the Colchuck Glacier lies below the western slope of the mountain. On its south side, the mountain drops steeply (50% gradient ) to Ingalls Creek, which flows about 5,800 ft (1,770 m) below the summit.

The mountain in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness is flanked by Mount Stuart , Little Annapurna and Cannon Mountain and consists of a granite formation that forms the Stuart Range. The Dragontail is the second highest mountain in the chain, only 3.2 mi (5.1 km) west of Mount Stuart (9,415 ft (2,870 m)) is higher.

The two pinnacles southwest of the summit, which gave the mountain its name, are challenging alpine climbing destinations that require more than 20 ropes to be caught up while climbing. The area around Dragontail Peak is dominated by wilderness and protected from economic development.

The Enchantments , northeast of the Dragontail, are an area of ​​towering peaks with "eternal" snow and high mountain lakes. They form the heart of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dragontail Peak, Washington . peakbagger.com. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
  2. ↑ Phillip West: Dragontail Peak . peakware.com. Retrieved April 23, 2009.
  3. ↑ a b Dragontail Peak ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey .
  4. ↑ Dragontail Peak . summitpost.org. Retrieved April 23, 2009.
  5. ↑ a b Topographic map of the area around Dragontail Peak . ACME Mapper. Retrieved December 29, 2010.

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