Luna Peak (Washington)

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Luna Peak
The Luna Peak on the far left with the Karsee Lousy Lake at its base in the North Cascades National Park

The Luna Peak on the far left with the Karsee Lousy Lake at its base in the North Cascades National Park

height 2533  m (Sea Level Date of 1929)
location Whatcom County , Washington , USA
Mountains Picket Range , North Cascades
Notch height 946 m
Coordinates 48 ° 49 '50 "  N , 121 ° 16' 23"  W Coordinates: 48 ° 49 '50 "  N , 121 ° 16' 23"  W
Luna Peak (Washington) (Washington)
Luna Peak (Washington)
First ascent September 1938 by Bill Cox and Will F. Thompson
Normal way Climbing , difficulty level 3/4
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The Luna Peak is the highest mountain in the Picket Range , an extremely rugged substring of the North Cascades in the State of Washington . It is located within the North Cascades National Park . It is remarkable for its pronounced relief and its isolated location on a remote eastern ridge of the Pickets. It rises over 6,560 ft (1,999 m) for a distance of 1.8 mi (2.9 km) over McMillan Creek to the south.

Luna Peak was first climbed in early September 1938 by Bill Cox and Will F. Thompson. The standard route is over the southwest ridge from Ross Lake and Big Beaver Creek. It requires arduous hiking off the beaten track, including digging through the bushes and complicated searching for the path, but it also promises a feeling of complete solitude; for these reasons, the mountain is rarely climbed. The scramble at the end of the actual summit also includes climbing over loose rocks, so that some groups rope up ( difficulty level 3/4 ).

The north and east flanks of Luna Peak are steep and dramatic, but not popular with mountaineers. Fred Beckey stated that "the mountain lacks the irresistible attraction of attractive alpine climbing problems".

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Luna Peak, Washington . Peakbagger.com. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
  2. ↑ Harry M. Majors: Exploring Washington . Van Winkle Publishing Co, 1975, ISBN 978-0-918664-00-6 .
  3. ↑ a b Fred W. Beckey : Rainy Pass to Fraser River  (= Cascade Alpine Guide: climbing and high routes), 3rd edition, Volume 3, The Mountaineers Books, 2009, ISBN 978-1-59485-136-0 .

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