Mount Maude
North Face of Mount Maude seen from Seven Fingered Jack
Highest point
Elevation9040+ ft (2755+ m) NGVD 29[1]
Prominence882 ft (269 m)[1]
Coordinates48°08′14″N 120°48′14″W / 48.1373508°N 120.8039882°W / 48.1373508; -120.8039882[2]
Geography
Mount Maude is located in Washington (state)
Mount Maude
Mount Maude
Location in Washington
LocationChelan County, Washington, U.S.
Parent rangeNorth Cascades, Entiat Mountains
Topo mapUSGS Holden
Climbing
First ascentAugust 19, 1932 by Hermann F. Ulrichs and John Burnett.[3]
Easiest routeSouth 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 south side 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 Fingered Jack, and sometimes Mount Fernow in the same trip.

Geology

The mountain is 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 strike-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, United States Department of the Interior. 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://web.archive.org/web/20150626142445/https://fortress.wa.gov/dnr/geology/?Theme=wigm. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved July 2, 2015. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)


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