Mount Degenhardt, Mountain summit in North Cascades National Park, United States
Mount Degenhardt is a peak in the Picket Range of North Cascades National Park, Washington, rising above 8,000 feet (2,440 m). It stands 0.30 mi (0.48 km) southeast of Mount Terror, 0.28 mi (0.45 km) west of Inspiration Peak, and 0.75 mi (1.21 km) west of McMillan Spire. The Terror Glacier lies on its southeast slopes.
Mount Degenhardt lies in the northern Picket Range of North Cascades National Park, 0.30 mi (0.48 km) southeast of Mount Terror and 0.75 mi (1.21 km) west of McMillan Spire. It is named after William Degenhardt, an early 20th-century mountain climber. The Terror Glacier lies on its southeast slopes.
Mount Degenhardt is named after William Degenhardt, an early 20th-century mountain climber; the name appears on maps of the Picket Range in North Cascades National Park. The peak stands 0.30 mi (0.48 km) southeast of Mount Terror and 0.75 mi (1.21 km) west of McMillan Spire, so climbers planning a Picket Range traverse use it as a named landmark between those summits.
Mount Degenhardt lies in the northern Picket Range, 0.30 mi (0.48 km) southeast of Mount Terror and 0.75 mi (1.21 km) west of McMillan Spire, inside North Cascades National Park. The Terror Glacier covers its southeast slopes, so the approach crosses glacier terrain. Weather fronts from the Pacific bring heavy snowfall and high avalanche danger in winter; summers are often clear.
The summit is part of the Picket Range, where glacial erosion during the Pleistocene created deep U-shaped valleys visible from above. This geological shaping demonstrates the immense power of ice that formed the landscape over thousands of years.
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