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Glacier Peak  Washington . Value: 26
Height: 3213 m (10541 ft) Prominence?: 2292 m above Snoqualmie Pass
Line Parent?: Mount Rainier(148 km away, at bearing 199 degrees)
Location: 48:06:43-121:06:55   48.11200-121.11533   10U 640280 5330466 (25 km NE of Monte Cristo).
Name Status: Official
Ranges: Pacific Cordillera / Cascade Range / Washington Cascades
Regions: North Cascades / Central Washington Cascades / Glacier Peak

First Ascent: 1898 Thomas Gerdine, Sam Strom, and party
Glacier Peak from Kennedy Ridge
This peak is #4 on the Height List for Washington . This peak is #5 in Prominence List for Washington . Volcanic, glaciated summit between Mount Baker and Mount Rainier on the volcanic arc through the Pacific Northwest. The standard route is along the Sitkum Glacier and the east ridge, a technically easy ascent.

Trip Reports
55 Glacier Peak via Frostbite Ridge Michael Stanton 

Subject Photos   View Thumbnails
21 Glacier Peak - North Side Don Funk
19 Glacier Peak from Image Lake Klaus Haring
13 Glacier Peak from Northeast Klaus Haring
10 Glacier Peak from Kennedy Ridge Michael Stanton
10 Glacier Peak Don Funk
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