Picket Range

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Glaciers at the head of Luna Creek in the Picket Range. Mount Baker in upper right. September 27, 1960.
Glaciers at the head of Luna Creek in the Picket Range. Mount Baker in upper right. September 27, 1960.

The Picket Range is a small, extremely rugged subrange of the North Cascades in the northwestern part of the American state of Washington. It is entirely contained within North Cascades National Park. It lies to the north of the Skagit River, west of Ross Lake, and east of Mounts Baker and Shuksan.

There are few trails in the Picket Range, and any excursion there has a strong wilderness character. Many of the peaks are challenging rock climbs. The rock is biotite gneiss, "formed by metamorphism of sedimentary and volcanic rocks c. 100 m.y. ago." (Beckey 1995:96)

[edit] Selected Peaks of the Picket Range

Mountain Height (ft) Height (m) First ascent
Luna Peak (Washington) 8,311 2,533 1938
Mount Fury 8,292 2,527 1938
Mount Challenger 8,207 2,502 1936
Mount Terror (Washington) 8,151 2,484 1932
McMillan Spires 8,000+ 2,438+ 1940
Mount Degernhardt 8,000+ 2,438+ 1931
Whatcom Peak 7,574 2,309 1936
The Chopping Block 6,819 2,079 1932

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