Eagle Cap, Mountain summit in Wallowa Mountains, Oregon, US.
Eagle Cap is a 9,577-foot (2,919 m) peak in the Wallowa Mountains of Wallowa–Whitman National Forest, Oregon. It stands within Eagle Cap Wilderness above Mirror Lake, with the Benson Glacier along the east flank of its summit ridge. Its summit is the highest point in Union County.
Eagle Cap takes its name from the shape early observers saw in the summit ridge, and the peak was long treated as the highest point in the Wallowa Mountains. It is the highest point in Union County, at 9,577 feet (2,919 m), and the Benson Glacier lies along the east flank of the summit ridge.
The peak gives its name to the Eagle Cap Wilderness, the largest wilderness area in Oregon at over 360,000 acres. The name comes from the summit's shape, which resembles an eagle's head. The wilderness is home to mountain goats and bighorn sheep.
Eagle Cap stands at 9,577 feet (2,919 m) in the Eagle Cap Wilderness of Wallowa–Whitman National Forest, and the summit is the highest point in Union County. The peak rises above Mirror Lake, with the Benson Glacier along the east flank of the summit ridge. Approach from a trailhead in the Wallowa Mountains and plan for high-altitude conditions near the summit ridge.
Eagle Cap's summit is the highest point in Union County, Oregon, at 9,577 feet. The Benson Glacier runs along the east flank of the summit ridge, and the peak towers over Mirror Lake in the Eagle Cap Wilderness.
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