Kyes Peak

Kyes Peak

Blanca Lake with Columbia Glacier in the left background, Monte Cristo Peak in the middle background, and Kyes Peak in the right background, looking North.[1]
Elevation 7280+ ft (2219+ m) NGVD 29[2]
Prominence 1,720 ft (520 m)[2]
Location
Kyes Peak

Snohomish County, Washington, U.S.

Range Cascade Range
Coordinates 47°57′53″N 121°19′58″W / 47.9648298°N 121.3328841°WCoordinates: 47°57′53″N 121°19′58″W / 47.9648298°N 121.3328841°W[3]
Topo map United States Geological Survey Blanca Lake

Kyes Peak (also known as "Goblin Peak"[3]) is a mountain peak in the Henry M. Jackson Wilderness in Washington, United States. Kyes Peak rises to over 7,280 feet (2,220 m). Together with Columbia Peak and Monte Cristo Peak it forms a basin that contains Columbia Glacier and Blanca Lake.[1] It is the highest summit in the Monte Cristo group of peaks.

Kyes Peak was once mapped as Goblin Peak, and in earlier times was known by miners and the United States Forest Service as Mount Michigan. The name Kyes comes from a member of the first climbing party, James Ellsworth Kyes. Along with Reginald Bachelder, Kyes climbed the mountain on August 15, 1920. Both were members of the Everett Boy Scouts at the time. It is uncommon for a Washington Cascades mountain to be named after a person who climbed it. The USGS agreed to posthumously rename the mountain in recognition for Kyes' sacrifice commanding a destroyer in the Battle of the Atlantic. An earlier ascent of the peak was probably made by Thomas Gerdine of the USGS in 1897.[4]

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Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Blanca Lake Quadrangle, Washington (Map). 1:24000. 7.5 Minute Topographic. USGS.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Kyes Peak, Washington". Peakbagger.com.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Kyes Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  4. ↑ Beckey, Fred W. (2008). Cascade Alpine Guide: climbing and high routes, Vol. 3, Rainy Pass to Fraser River (3rd ed.). Mountaineers Books. pp. 81–83. ISBN 978-0-89886-838-8.

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