Bacon Peak
| Bacon Peak | |
|---|---|
 Bacon Peak (right skyline) and Mount Shuksan (left skyline) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 7,070 ft (2,150 m) NAVD 88[1] |
| Prominence | 2,505 ft (764 m) [2] |
| Coordinates | 48°39′46″N 121°31′14″W / 48.66271154°N 121.52050258°WCoordinates: 48°39′46″N 121°31′14″W / 48.66271154°N 121.52050258°W [1] |
| Geography | |
| Location |
North Cascades National Park Whatcom County, Washington |
| Parent range | North Cascades |
| Topo map | USGS Bacon Peak |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | R.B. Robertson, Eugene Logan (1905, possibly)[3] |
Bacon Peak is a mountain in the Cascade range in the U.S. state of Washington. Its glaciers cover 1.2 square miles (3.2 km2); the three main glaciers are Diobsud Creek Glacier (south-east, 1.6 miles (2.5 km) wide), Green Lake Glacier (north-east, 1.3 miles (2.1 km) wide) and Noisy Creek Glacier (north-west, 0.9 miles (1.4 km) long).[3]
Nearby peaks
- Electric Butte
- Mount Watson
- Logger Butte
- Canadian Bacon
- Mount Despair
References
- 1 2 "Bacon". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ↑ "Bacon Peak, Washington". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- 1 2 Beckey, Fred (2009). Cascade Alpine Guide: Rainy Pass to Fraser River. The Mountaineers Books. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-59485-136-0.
External links
- "Bacon Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
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