Mount Carrie, Mountain summit in Clallam County, United States
Mount Carrie is a 6,995-foot (2,132-metre) summit in the Bailey Range of Olympic National Park, the highest point of that subrange. Its northeast cirque holds the Carrie Glacier and its east slope the Fairchild Glacier, both fed by heavy winter snowfalls. The mountain can be seen from the Hurricane Ridge visitor center in clear weather.
Arthur Dodwell and Theodore Rixon mapped most of the Olympic Peninsula's topography between 1898 and 1900. In 1899 Mount Carrie was among the last unnamed peaks of the range, and Rixon named it for his wife Caroline "Carrie" Jones Rixon. The Rixons lived on a 160-acre homestead she called Fairholme at the west end of Lake Crescent until they moved to Teahwhit Head in 1916.
Theodore Rixon named the mountain after his wife Caroline, who taught music to children and developed artistic talents in painting and singing.
This summit requires advanced mountaineering skills and is accessible only to experienced hikers comfortable with alpine terrain. Visitors should prepare for rapidly changing weather and potential glacier crossing hazards.
Precipitation from Mount Carrie flows into two major water systems, contributing to both the Elwha River and Hoh River tributaries.
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