Monte Cristo Peak | |
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Monte Cristo Peak with Kyes Peak to the right from Blanca Lake |
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Elevation | 7,136 ft (2,175 m) NGVD 29[1] |
Prominence | 576 ft (176 m) [1] |
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Monte Cristo Peak
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Range | Cascade Range |
Coordinates | [2] |
Topo map | USGS Blanca Lake |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1923 by James M. Keyes and W. Zerum [3] |
Monte Cristo Peak is a mountain peak in the Henry M. Jackson Wilderness in Washington state. Together with Columbia Peak and Kyes Peak it forms a basin that contains Columbia Glacier and Blanca Lake.[4] The 1918 edition of The Mountaineer called the mountain "a huge pile of red rock."[3]
Monte Cristo is named for the mining boom town of Monte Cristo,[3] which dates from the late 19th and early 20th centuries and which is situated on the mountain's northwestern flank. The town was owned by J. D. Rockefeller for a few years. A railroad and cable tramway was built to move materials.