Mount Baker Wilderness

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Mount Baker Wilderness

IUCN Category Ib - Wilderness Area

Twin Sisters Mountain from Grouse Ridge

Twin Sisters Mountain from Grouse Ridge from

location Whatcom County , Washington , USA
surface 485.58 km²
WDPA ID 372142
Geographical location 48 ° 48 ′  N , 121 ° 45 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 48 ′ 29 "  N , 121 ° 44 ′ 35"  W
Mount Baker Wilderness (Washington)
Mount Baker Wilderness
Setup date 1984
administration US Forest Service
Knotweed and lupine flowers on the Cougar Divide with Hadley Peak in the background

The Mount Baker Wilderness is an approximately 485 square kilometers large wilderness area within the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in the western Cascade Mountains in the northern US state of Washington . Its eastern limit is 40 miles away with the western limit of the Stephen Mather Wilderness and the North Cascades National Park . The wilderness area extends north from Washington State Route 20 to the border between Canada and the United States . To the west it is bounded by the foothills of the Cascade Range in transition to the lowlands on Puget Sound . The closest town is Bellingham .

Entirely located in Whatcom County , the wilderness area extends on the western slopes of the Cascade Range. The three arms of the Nooksack River and the Baker River are the main drains.

ecology

The vegetation is typical of the western slopes of the Cascade Mountains and includes, among other things, giant arborvitae , coastal Douglas firs , noble firs , purple firs , rocky mountain firs , western American hemlocks and mountain hemlocks and, at higher altitudes, alpine mats . Mountain goats and ice-gray marmots can be found on animals .

geology

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On the mountains and higher ridges, significant areas of rock and permanent glaciers extend over forty square kilometers.

The terrain is rugged with steep slopes and a multitude of mountain ridges divided by permanent or temporary drains. Mount Baker (10,420 ft (3,176 m) - 48 ° 47 ′  N , 121 ° 49 ′  W ), an active volcano, is one of the area's most prominent features. The mountain shows periodic thermal activity. As the northernmost volcano in Washington, it reaches 3,285 meters. Other high mountains are:

The wilderness area is entirely within the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest and adjacent to the Mount Baker National Recreation Area .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. a b Mount Baker Wilderness . University of Montana. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
  2. a b Mt.Baker Wilderness . US Forest Service. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
  3. Mount Baker ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  4. North Twin ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  5. ^ South Twin ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  6. Tomyhoi Peak ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  7. American Border Peak ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  8. Mount Larrabee ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  9. ^ Goat Mountain Trail, Whatcom County, Washington, United States of America . OpenStreetMap.org. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  10. Mount Sefrit ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  11. Ruth Mountain ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  12. Hadley Peak ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved June 19, 2018.

Web links

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