Mount Spickard
| Mount Spickard | ||
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 Mount Spickard with Silver Glacier and Silver Lake |
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| height | 2737 m | |
| location | Whatcom County , Washington , USA | |
| Mountains | Northern Cascade Range , Skagit Range | |
| Notch height | 1457 m | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 58 '11 " N , 121 ° 14' 26" W | |
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| Age of the rock | Tertiary | |
| First ascent | 1904 by Walter Raeburn | |
The Mount Spickard (pronounced SPICK 'erd) is a 8,980 ft (2,737 m) high mountain in the North Cascades , a mountain range in the US state of Washington . Located just 2 mi (3 km) south of the border between Canada and the United States , it is part of the Chilliwack Group, a sub-chain of the Skagit Range , which in turn is part of the North Cascades National Park . It consists mainly of gneiss and belongs to two main catchment areas : that of the Skagit River and that of the Fraser River .
With a notch height of over 4,700 ft (approx. 1,430 m), Mount Spickard is the ninth most prominent mountain in Washington; it has two minor peaks. The mountain was named after a climber who fell to his death while climbing a nearby mountain. The first ascent took place in 1904 by Walter B. Reaburn.
description
Mount Spickard rises 8,980 ft (2,737 m) in the far north of the North Cascades National Park; it is the fifth highest point in the national park and the sixteenth highest in Washington. Its notch height of 4,779 ft (1,457 m) is the ninth highest in the state and the seventieth highest in the United States. It is 19 mi (31 km) northwest of Jack Mountain , the next higher mountain.
Mount Spickard's main peak has two minor peaks. The taller of the two is 8,824 ft (2,690 m) high with a notch height of 304 ft (93 m); it is 0.3 mi (0.5 km) northeast of the main peak. The smaller one is 0.5 mi (0.8 km) southwest of the main peak and towers 8,405 ft (2,562 m) high, but has a notch height of 364 ft (111 m). In his popular climbing guide, Fred Beckey uses the name "Peak 8824" for the northeastern sub-peak.
High ridges connect Mount Spickard with other peaks. A ridge directed southwest leads to the Twin Spiers (also Mox Peaks ) and the Ridge of Gendarmes. The ridges to the southeast are partially interrupted by glacier couloirs , but end at Tombstone Peak and Peak 7153. Another ridge extends northeast. The ridge to the northwest is interrupted by a saddle, but also extends for several miles with curves to the north and east around Silver Lake to Custer Ridge , Mount Rahm and Devils Tongue.
Hydrology
There are many glaciers on the slopes of Mount Spickard as well as on the ridges mentioned above. The Silver Glacier extends over a mile (1.6 km) from the summit of Spickard north through a long Kartal to Silver Lake. The high-altitude terrain southwest of Mount Spickard is heavily glaciated; the numerous, sometimes large, glaciers extend over 3 mi (4.8 km) to Mount Redoubt .
There are four main drainage basins that extend up to the slopes of Mount Spickard. The Depot Creek flows westward and northwestward in the Chilliwack River and with this then into the Fraser River , which in British Columbia empties into the Pacific. On the south side of the Spickard there are some source streams of Perry Creek, which flows eastward to Little Beaver Creek and with this over Ross Lake into the Skagit River. In the north, the Silver Lake Glacier feeds the Silver Lake with meltwater. The meltwater from the glaciers on the east side enters Silver Creek, which flows east of Silver Lake to Ross Lake.
Access to the mountain is complicated as the area is remote and rugged. The easiest access is from British Columbia via Chilliwack Lake and Depot Creek. There are two common entrances in Washington, both using a water taxi on Ross Lake.
history
The geologist Reginald A. Daly examined the area at Spickard in 1902 and 1906. He described Mount Spickard (then Glacier Peak) and its neighbors as the most inaccessible peaks in the entire border region between the United States and Canada west of the Flathead River in the Rocky Mountains . The first ascent was in 1904 by Walter B. Reaburn. A second ascent was made the following year by Thomas Riggs Jr., George Neuner Jr., and J. Beall. In 1906 the mountain was climbed by Noel J. Ogilvie and a Canadian rope team.
Mount Spickard was referred to as Glacier Peak until 1963; it was renamed in memory of Warren Spickard. Spickard was an excellent climber who perished in 1961 while climbing the nearby Northwest Twin Spiers (also known as Northwest Mox Peak or simply Northwest Mox). He had climbed Mount Spickard in 1955.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ North American Vertical Datum of 1988 Glacier . National Geodetic Survey. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
- ^ Washington State Top 200 by Prominence . PeakBagger.com. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
- ↑ a b c Mount Spickard, Washington . PeakBagger.com. Retrieved June 10, 2009.
- ↑ a b c d Mount Spickard . PeakWare.com. Retrieved June 10, 2009.
- ^ Washington State Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence . PeakBagger.com. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
- ↑ USA Lower 48 Top 100 Peaks by Prominence . PeakBagger.com. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
- ↑ Mount Spickard-Northeast Peak, Washington . PeakBagger.com. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
- ↑ Mount Spickard-Southwest Peak, Washington . PeakBagger.com. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
- ↑ a b c d Fred W. Beckey : Stevens Pass to Rainy Pass (= Cascade Alpine Guide), 3rd edition, Volume 2, The Mountaineers Books, 1996, ISBN 0-89886-423-2 .
- ↑ a b USGS topographic maps
- ↑ Mount Spickard ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved June 10, 2009.