Picket Range

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Picket Range

Mount Terror (left skyline), Inspiration Peak (center) and McMillan Spires (right center) from the south
Highest point
Peak Luna Peak
Elevation 8,311 ft (2,533 m)
Coordinates 48°49′51″N 121°16′24″W / 48.83083°N 121.27333°W / 48.83083; -121.27333Coordinates: 48°49′51″N 121°16′24″W / 48.83083°N 121.27333°W / 48.83083; -121.27333
Geography
Country United States
State/Province Washington
Picket Range at the head of Luna Creek, looking west (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 is about 6 miles (9.7 km) long, running northwest-southeast, and lies north of the Skagit River, west of Ross Lake, and east of Mounts Baker and Shuksan. There are at least 21 peaks in the range over 7,500 ft (2,300 m) high .[1]

Swedish American Lage Wernstedt of the U.S. Forest Service mapped the Picket Range in the 1920s and named it for its resemblance to a picket fence (and not for George Pickett). Wernstedt was also apparently responsible for the names of the main peaks, including Mt. Challenger, Fury, Terror, and Phantom. These names first appeared on maps in 1931.[1]

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."[1]

Highest Peaks of the Picket Range

Mountain Height First ascent
(ft) (m)
Luna Peak align="right"|70038311000000000008,311 2,533 1938
Mount Fury align="right"|70038292000000000008,292 2,527 1938
Mount Challenger align="right"|70038207000000000008,207 2,501 1936
Mount Terror align="right"|70038151000000000008,151 2,484 1932
McMillan Spires 8,000+ 2,440+ 1940
Mount Degenhardt 8,000+ 2,440+ 1931
Whatcom Peak align="right"|70037574000000000007,574 2,309 1936
The Chopping Block align="right"|70036819000000000006,819 2,078 1932

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Beckey, Fred W. (1995). Cascade Alpine Guide: Rainy Pass to Fraser River. The Mountaineers Books. pp. 94–128. ISBN 978-0-89886-423-6. 

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