Bacon Peak

Bacon Peak

Bacon Peak (right skyline) and Mount Shuksan (left skyline)
Highest point
Elevation 7,070 ft (2,150 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence 2,505 ft (764 m)[2]
Coordinates 48°39′46″N 121°31′14″W / 48.66271154°N 121.52050258°W / 48.66271154; -121.52050258Coordinates: 48°39′46″N 121°31′14″W / 48.66271154°N 121.52050258°W / 48.66271154; -121.52050258[1]
Geography
Location North Cascades National Park
Whatcom County, Washington
Parent range North Cascades
Topo map USGS Bacon Peak
Climbing
First ascent R.B. Robertson, Eugene Logan (1905, possibly)[3]

Bacon Peak is a mountain in the Cascade range in the U.S. state of Washington. Its glaciers cover 1.2 square miles (3.2 km2); the three main glaciers are Diobsud Creek Glacier (south-east, 1.6 miles (2.5 km) wide), Green Lake Glacier (north-east, 1.3 miles (2.1 km) wide) and Noisy Creek Glacier (north-west, 0.9 miles (1.4 km) long).[3]

Nearby peaks

References

  1. 1 2 "Bacon". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  2. "Bacon Peak, Washington". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  3. 1 2 Beckey, Fred (2009). Cascade Alpine Guide: Rainy Pass to Fraser River. The Mountaineers Books. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-59485-136-0.

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