Mount Fernow

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Mount Fernow
Mount Fernow in the Entiat Mountains

Mount Fernow in the Entiat Mountains

height 2767  m
location Chelan County , Washington , USA
Mountains Northern Cascade Range
Notch height 857 m
Coordinates 48 ° 9 '43 "  N , 120 ° 48' 29"  W Coordinates: 48 ° 9 '43 "  N , 120 ° 48' 29"  W.
Mount Fernow (Washington)
Mount Fernow
First ascent 1932
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The Mount Fernow (Chelan County) is a summit in the North Cascades in Chelan County in the State of Washington . It is located in the Glacier Peak Wilderness of the Wenatchee National Forest . The USGS specifies the height at 2767  m . According to unofficial sources, it is said to be the eighth highest mountain and the third highest non-volcanic peak in Washington at 9,249 ft (2,819 m) height . It is also the highest peak in the Entiat Mountains , a sub-chain of the Cascades. Mount Fernow's notch height is 2,811 ft (857 m), making it the sixteenth highest notch height mountain in Washington. The next higher peak is Bonanza Peak , about 5.9 mi (9.5 km) north.

Mount Fernow is covered by several glaciers . Other high, glaciated peaks are nearby, such as the Seven Fingered Jack in the south. The sources of the Entiat River arise on the southern slopes of Mount Fernow and the eastern slopes of the Seven Fingered Jack.

history

Mount Fernow was named by Albert H. Sylvester in honor of Bernhard Fernow , a German forester who immigrated to the United States in the late 19th century and worked in the Department of Forestry of the US Department of Agriculture .

Mount Fernow was first climbed in 1932 by a group that included Oscar Pennington and Hermann Ulrichs.

A small unnamed lake is located on the northwest slope of Mount Fernow. To reach it, you have to cross fields with loose rocks.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mount Fernow ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey .
  2. ↑ a b Mount Fernow ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey .
  3. ↑ a b Mount Fernow, Washington . peakbagger.com. Retrieved June 6, 2009.
  4. ↑ a b c Mount Fernow . Peakware.com. Retrieved June 6, 2009.
  5. ↑ Topographic maps of the USGS
  6. ^ Washington Place Names Database . Tacoma Public Library. Archived from the original on March 9, 2009. Retrieved August 13, 2009.
  7. ↑ Fred W. Beckey : Stevens Pass to Rainy Pass  (= Cascade Alpine Guide), 3rd edition, Volume 2, The Mountaineers Books, 2003, ISBN 0-89886-838-6 , p. 195.

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