Bacon Peak
| Bacon Peak | |
|---|---|
 Bacon Peak (right skyline) and Mount Shuksan (left skyline) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 7,070 ft (2,155 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°WCoordinates: 48°39′46″N 121°31′14″W / 48.66271154°N 121.52050258°W [1] |
| Geography | |
| 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 located 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 (southeast, 1.6 miles (2.5 km) wide), Green Lake Glacier (northeast, 1.3 miles (2.1 km) wide) and Noisy Creek Glacier (northwest, 0.9 miles (1.4 km) long).[3]
Nearby peaks
- Electric Butte
- Mount Watson
- Logger Butte
- Canadian Bacon
- Mount Despair
References
- 1 2 "Bacon". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ↑ "Bacon Peak, Washington". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- 1 2 Beckey, Fred (2009). Cascade Alpine Guide: Rainy Pass to Fraser River. The Mountaineers Books. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-59485-136-0.
External links
- "Bacon Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
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