Mount Fernow
Mount Fernow | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 9,249 ft (2,819 m)[1] |
Prominence | 2,811 ft (857 m)[1] |
Coordinates | 48°9′43″N 120°48′29″W / 48.16194°N 120.80806°W[2] |
Naming | |
Etymology | Bernhard Fernow |
Geography | |
Location | Washington, United States |
Parent range | North Cascades |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1932 |
Mount Fernow is a tall peak in the
Mount Fernow is flanked by several glaciers. Other large glaciated peaks are nearby, such as Seven Fingered Jack to the south. The headwaters of the Entiat River rise from the south slopes of Mount Fernow and the east slopes of Seven Fingered Jack.[4]
History
Mount Fernow was named by Albert H. Sylvester in honor of Bernhard Fernow, a German forester who moved to the United States and worked for the Division of Forestry in the United States Department of Agriculture in the late 19th century.[3][5]
Mount Fernow was first summited in 1932 by a party including Oscar Pennington and Hermann Ulrichs.[6]
A small unnamed lake sits on the northwestern slopes of Fernow. Travelling here requires crossing loose boulder fields.
See also
- List of highest mountain peaks in Washington
- Mount Fernow (King County, Washington)
References
- ^ a b c d "Mount Fernow, Washington". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
- ^ "Mount Fernow". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ a b c "Mount Fernow". Peakware.com. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
- GNISwebsite
- ^ "Washington Place Names Database". Tacoma Public Library. Archived from the original on 9 March 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
- ISBN 0-89886-838-6.
External links
- "Mount Fernow". SummitPost.org. Retrieved 2011-05-07.