Wenatchee Mountains

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Wenatchee Mountains
Highest peak	Mount Stuart ( 2870  m )
location	Chelan County / Kittitas County , Washington , USA
Coordinates	47 ° 29 ′  N , 120 ° 54 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 29 ′  N , 120 ° 54 ′  W

The Dragontail peak of a meadow at Cashmere Mountain from

The Wenatchee Mountains are a chain of mountains in the center of the US state of Washington . As the main chain of the Cascade Mountains extending approximately 50 mi (80 km) east of the main ridge, the Wenatchee Mountains separate the drainage basins of the Yakima River and Wenatchee River . The major ridge of the Wenatchee Mountains forms part of the boundary between Chelan and Kittitas Counties .

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Fred Beckey describes the Wenatchee Mountains as the area between the Wenatchee and Yakima Rivers and Stevens Pass . Its most significant features include Mount Stuart , the second highest non-volcanic peak in Washington and one of the largest monolithic granite mountains in the United States, the Cashmere Crags, the Lost World Plateau, the Edward Plateau and the Dragontail Plateau, the Enchantment Lakes Basin ("One of the most fantastic examples of ice-stamped wilderness in the Cascades"), Icicle Creek and its narrow, U-shaped valley cut more than 6,000 ft (1,830 m) deep, one of the deepest in the Cascades and the unusually sinuous ones Tumwater Canyon of the Wenatchee River.

According to Peakbagger.com, the Wenatchee Mountains are bounded as follows: US Highway 2 from Stevens Pass to Wenatchee along the Columbia River , then down the Columbia River to Interstate 90 , then westward along the highway to the Cle Elum and Roslyn area , then north along Cle Elum Lake and the Cle Elum River and finally north again to Stevens Pass. Sub-chains of the Wenatchee Mountains and their highest peaks are according to this definition the Chiwaukum Mountains (Big Chiwaukum Mountain, 8,501 ft (2,591 m)), the North Wenatchee Mountains (Cashmere Mountain, 8,501 ft (2,591 m)), the Stuart Range (Mount Stuart , 9,415 ft (2,870 m)), the Teanaway Area (Ingalls Peak, 7,662 ft (2,335 m)) and the Mission-Naneum Ridges (Mission Peak, 6,876 ft (2,096 m)). Peakbagger.com also defines and names the mountain regions bordering the Wenatchee Mountains. These are the Alpine Lakes Area in the west, the South Cascade Crest in the south, the area around Glacier Peak and North Stevens Pass in the northwest and the Entiat Mountains in the northeast.

The USGS GNIS defines the mountain range with a simple, seven-point list in a line that runs roughly from the Paddy-Go-Easy Pass and Granite Mountain to the Blewett Pass and Naneum Creek.

Main summit

Mount Stuart seen from the south

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

• Mount Stuart - 9,209 ft (2,807 m) - 47 ° 29 ′  N , 120 ° 54 ′  W.
• Dragontail Peak - 8,809 ft (2,685 m) - 47 ° 29 ′  N , 120 ° 50 ′  W.
• Colchuck Peak - 8,507 ft (2,593 m) - 47 ° 29 ′  N , 120 ° 51 ′  W.
• Cannon Mountain - 8,579 ft (2,615 m) - 47 ° 30 ′  N , 120 ° 48 ′  W.
• Sherpa Peak - 8,478 ft (2,584 m) - 47 ° 28 ′  N , 120 ° 53 ′  W.
• Enchantment Peak - 8,520 ft (2,597 m) - 47 ° 29 ′  N , 120 ° 48 ′  W.
• Witches Tower - 8,520 ft (2,597 m) - 47 ° 29 ′  N , 120 ° 50 ′  W.
• Cashmere Mountain - 8,448 ft (2,575 m) - 47 ° 34 ′  N , 120 ° 51 ′  W.
• Argonaut Peak - 8,369 ft (2,551 m) - 47 ° 28 ′  N , 120 ° 52 ′  W.
• Little Annapurna - 8,458 ft (2,578 m) - 47 ° 28 ′  N , 120 ° 49 ′  W.
• Eightmile Mountain - 7,864 ft (2,397 m) - 47 ° 32 ′  N , 120 ° 54 ′  W.
• The Cradle - 7,231 ft (2,204 m) - 47 ° 34 ′  N , 121 ° 2 ′  W.
• Granite Mountain - 7,064 ft (2,153 m) - 47 ° 35 ′  N , 121 ° 5 ′  W.
• Mac Peak - 6,837 ft (2,084 m) - 47 ° 38 ′  N , 121 ° 7 ′  W.
• Thunder Mountain Lakes Peak - 6,711 ft (2,046 m)
• Trico Mountain - 6,604 ft (2,013 m) - 47 ° 36 ′  N , 121 ° 7 ′  W.
• Thunder Mountain - 6,407 ft (1,953 m) - 47 ° 39 ′  N , 121 ° 7 ′  W.
• Slippery Slab Tower - 6,356 ft (1,937 m) - 47 ° 40 ′  N , 121 ° 8 ′  W.

flora

Lewisiopsis tweedyi on Tronsen Ridge in the Wenatchee Mountains

The Wenatchee Mountains lie in the rain shadow of the main ridge of the Cascade Range and are therefore drier and less forested than these. The comparative lack of trees offers flowers an excellent habitat on the one hand and opens up great views on the other. In the Wenatchee Mountains, soils are found on serpentinites that affect plant communities in these areas.

The Wenatchee Mountains are home to a number of rare, endemic, or disjointly distributed plant species, including Androsace nivalis var. Dentata , Claytonia megarhiza var. Nivalis , Delphinium viridescens , Lewisiopsis tweedyi , Trifolium thompsonii, and Valeriana columbiana . the Wenatchee Mountains checkermallow ( Sidalcea oregano var. calva ) occurs exclusively along the Peshastin Creek south of Leavenworth . It's the rarest plant in Washington, so it's on the endangered species list .

See also

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Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Fred Beckey: Cascade Alpine Guide: Climbing and High Routes: Columbia River to Stevens Pass , 3rd Edition, The Mountaineers , 2000, ISBN 978-0-89886-577-6 , pp. 233-238.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Wenatchee Mountains . Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 9, 2009.
3. ^ Wenatchee Mountains in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
4. ↑ Mount Stuart ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved June 14, 2018.
5. ↑ Dragontail Peak ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved June 14, 2018.
6. ↑ Colchuck Peak ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved June 14, 2018.
7. ↑ Cannon Mountain ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved June 14, 2018.
8. ↑ Sherpa Peak ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved June 14, 2018.
9. ^ Enchantment Peak, Washington . PeakBagger.com. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
10. ^ Witches Tower, Washington . PeakBagger.com. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
11. ↑ Cashmere Mountain ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved June 15, 2018.
12. ^ Argonaut Peak ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved June 15, 2018.
13. ↑ Little Annapurna ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved June 15, 2018.
14. ↑ Eightmile Mountain ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved June 15, 2018.
15. ↑ The Cradle ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved June 15, 2018.
16. ↑ Granite Mountain ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved June 15, 2018.
17. ↑ Mac Peak ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved June 15, 2018.
18. ^ Trico Mountain ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved June 15, 2018.
19. ↑ Thunder Mountain ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved June 15, 2018.
20. ^ Slippery Slab Tower, Washington . PeakBagger.com. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
21. ↑ ^{a b} Arthur Kruckeberg, Coleman Leuthy: The Wenatchee Mountains . (PDF) In: Bulletin of the American Rock Garden Society . 49, No. 3, Summer 1991, pp. 162-168.

Web links

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