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Glacier Peak or Dakobed (known in the Sauk-Suiattle dialect of the Lushootseed language as "Tda-ko-buh-ba" or "Takobia" [5]) is the most isolated of the five major stratovolcanoes (composite volcanoes) of the Cascade Volcanic Arc in the U.S state of Washington.
Cirque Mountain is a 7,966-foot (2,428-metre) mountain summit located in the Glacier Peak Wilderness of the North Cascades in Washington state. The mountain is situated on the crest of the Cascade Range, on the shared border of Snohomish County and Chelan County, also straddling the boundary between the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest and the Wenatchee National Forest.
Of the major summits of the State of Washington, Mount Rainier exceeds 4000 meters (13,123 feet) elevation, four peaks exceed 3000 meters (9843 feet) elevation, and 97 peaks exceed 2000 meters (6562 feet) elevation.
Sentinel Peak. South Cascade Glacier; Glacier Peak. Suiattle; Honeycomb; White Chuck; The number of glaciers in the forest has decreased from 295 in 1971 to fewer than 287 in 1998. [13] This is a part of the global phenomenon of glacier retreat. Forest glaciers have lost between 20 and 40% of their volume between 1984 and 2006.
White Mountain is a 7,043-foot (2,147-metre) mountain located in the Glacier Peak Wilderness of the North Cascades in Washington state. The mountain is situated on the crest of the Cascade Range, on the shared border of Snohomish County and Chelan County, and also straddling the boundary between Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest and Wenatchee National Forest.
Johnson Mountain is a 6,721-foot (2,049-metre) mountain summit located in the Glacier Peak Wilderness of the North Cascades in Washington state. [4] The mountain is situated in eastern Snohomish County, in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest .
Black Mountain is a 7,262-foot-elevation (2,213-meter) summit located in the North Cascades, in Snohomish County of Washington state. [4] The mountain is situated in the Glacier Peak Wilderness on land managed by Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.
Fortress Mountain is an 8,679-foot (2,645 m) [2] peak in the Cascade Range located about 15 miles (24 km) west of Lake Chelan in Chelan/Snohomish Counties, Washington, United States. It straddles the border between the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest and the Wenatchee National Forest, and is also part of the Glacier Peak Wilderness. [1]