Mount Maude

This article is about the mountain in Washington state. For the mountain in Canada, see Mount Maude (Canada).
Mount Maude

Mount Maude (upper left) above Spider Meadow
Highest point
Elevation 9040+ ft (2755+ m)  NGVD 29[1]
Prominence 882 ft (269 m) [1]
Coordinates 48°08′14″N 120°48′14″W / 48.1373508°N 120.8039882°W / 48.1373508; -120.8039882Coordinates: 48°08′14″N 120°48′14″W / 48.1373508°N 120.8039882°W / 48.1373508; -120.8039882 [2]
Geography
Mount Maude

Location in Washington

Location Chelan County, Washington, U.S.
Parent range North Cascades, Entiat Mountains
Topo map USGS Holden
Climbing
First ascent August 19, 1932 by Hermann F. Ulrichs and John Burnett.[3]
Easiest route South slopes

Mount Maude is the 15th highest peak in Washington state.The peak is located in the Entiat Mountains, a subrange of the North Cascades. It is in the Glacier Peak Wilderness, at the headwaters of the Entiat River. The peak was given its name by Albert H. Sylvester in honor of Frederick Stanley Maude.[3]

The mountain from the Southside consists of mostly talus with small rocky outcroppings, often compared with mountains in the Colorado Rockies. The northeast side is much different, with a steep rocky summit sheltering the small Entiat Glacier. MOst climbers will climb Maude, Seven finger jack, and sometime Mount Fernow in the same trip.

Geology

The mountain made of Cretaceous Orthogneiss, and Tonalite. The flank of the mountain on the southwest side are made of Triassic Orthogneiss and Triassic to Permian Heterogeneous Metamorphic rock. While the northeast side also consist of Eocene Quartz Diorite, and small marble deposits. Many normal faults are present as well as one small strik-slip fault near spectacle buttes.[4]

Routes

References

  1. 1 2 "Mount Maude, Washington". Peakbagger.com.
  2. ↑ "Mount Maude". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-06-13.
  3. 1 2 Majors, Harry M. (1975). Exploring Washington. Van Winkle Publishing Co. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-918664-00-6.
  4. ↑ https://fortress.wa.gov/dnr/geology/?Theme=wigm

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