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Mount Baker Wilderness is a 119,989-acre (48,558 ha) wilderness area within the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in the western Cascade Range of northern Washington state. Its eastern border is shared with the boundary of the Stephen Mather Wilderness and North Cascades National Park for a distance of 40 miles (65 kilometers).
Table Mountain is a Skagit Range summit located west of Mount Shuksan and northeast of Mount Baker in the North Cascades of Washington state. [3] It is situated in the Mount Baker Wilderness, which is managed by the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. Table Mountain is located west of Artist Point, at the end of the Mount Baker Highway ...
Mount Dickerman, or Dickerman Mountain, is a mountain in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in Washington state. It is located northwest of Barlow Pass along the Mountain Loop Highway . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] A strenuous four mile trail leads from this highway to the summit with views which includes Glacier Peak , Monte Cristo Peak , and Sloan Peak .
The recreation area was established in 1984 by an act of the U.S. Congress primarily to protect and conserve the wildlife and recreation in the area, [2] while accommodating the use of snowmobiles during the winter months on the southern slopes of Mount Baker. There are also many hiking trails and campgrounds in the recreation area.
Mount Baker National Forest was established as the Washington Forest Reserve on February 22, 1897, with 3,594,240 acres (14,545.4 km 2). It became a national forest on March 4, 1907, and was renamed Mount Baker National Forest on January 21, 1924. [6]
Whitehorse Mountain (Lushootseed: čubaliali) [4] is a peak near the western edge of the North Cascades in Washington state. It is located just southwest of the Sauk River Valley town of Darrington, near the northern boundary of Boulder River Wilderness in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. While not of particularly high absolute elevation ...
Ruth Mountain is situated on the shared border of North Cascades National Park and the Mount Baker Wilderness, which is part of the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. The summit offers views of Mount Shuksan , East Nooksack Glacier , Seahpo Peak , Nooksack Tower , Icy Peak , Mount Sefrit , Mineral Mountain , and the Picket Range .
Mount Larrabee is a 7,865-foot (2,397-metre) Skagit Range mountain summit situated 1.4 mile south of the Canada–United States border, in the North Cascades of Washington state. It is located immediately southeast of American Border Peak within the Mount Baker Wilderness , which is part of the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest , and near ...