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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.
Glacier Peak Wilderness. No roads approach Glacier Peak, and many miles of hiking through extremely rough terrain are required to reach its base.Normally, hikers can reach the volcano from the west via the White Chuck River Valley, or the Suiattle River Valley; from the east, it may be approached from the western tip of Lake Chelan or the White River or Chiwawa River valleys.
Glacier Peak is the dominant feature in the southern portion of the North Cascades. The southern boundary of the North Cascades is less definite. For the purposes of this article, it will be taken as U.S. Highway 2 , running over Stevens Pass , or equivalently, the Skykomish River , Nason Creek, and the lower Wenatchee River .
Glacier Peak is located at the center of the Wallowa Mountains and is set within the Eagle Cap Wilderness, on land managed by Wallowa–Whitman National Forest. [2] The peak is situated 2.6 miles northwest of Cusick Mountain, 0.5 mile southwest of Glacier Lake and 0.7 mile southeast of line parent Eagle Cap. [2]
Glacier Peak, a stratovolcano that is south-southeast of Kennedy Peak, began forming in the mid-Pleistocene. [5] Kennedy Peak is composed of Quaternary andesite of the volcanic lava flows from Glacier Peak. [7] Throughout the ice age, the North Cascades were mostly covered in thick glaciers, extending to near Puget Sound.
Green Mountain is a peak in the Glacier Peak Wilderness above the Suiattle River in Snohomish County, Washington. It is notable for being the site of the Green Mountain Lookout, which was preserved by an Act of Congress in 2014. [3] [4] [5]
Aug. 21—Authorities on Wednesday identified 32-year-old Grant Marcuccio as the climber missing in Glacier National Park. Marcuccio went missing after he became separated from his party while ...
Glacier Peak is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. [4] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny .