Mount Carru

Mount Carru
Mount Carru, southeast aspect
Highest point
Elevation8,595 ft (2,620 m)[1]
Prominence955 ft (291 m)[1]
Parent peakMount Lago[2]
Isolation0.79 mi (1.27 km)[2]
ListingHighest Peaks in Washington
Coordinates48°49′55″N 120°33′12″W / 48.8320831°N 120.5534402°W / 48.8320831; -120.5534402[3]
Geography
Mount Carru is located in Washington (state)
Mount Carru
Mount Carru
Location of Mount Carru in Washington
Mount Carru is located in the United States
Mount Carru
Mount Carru
Mount Carru (the United States)
CountryUnited States
StateWashington
CountyOkanogan
Protected areaPasayten Wilderness
Parent rangeOkanogan Range
North Cascades
Cascade Range
Topo mapUSGS Mount Lago
Climbing
First ascent1933 by Hermann Ulrichs and Richard Alt[4]
Easiest routeScrambling class 3[2] south slope

Mount Carru is an 8,595-foot (2,620-metre) mountain summit located in western Okanogan County in Washington state. It is the seventh-highest peak of the Okanogan Range, which is a sub-range of the North Cascades.[5] The mountain is situated in the Pasayten Wilderness on land administered by the Okanogan–Wenatchee National Forest. The nearest higher peak is Mount Lago, 0.8 mile (1.3 km) to the east, and Osceola Peak rises one mile (1.6 km) west.[1] The mountain has a steep north face, but the south slope is covered in scree which allows a nontechnical climbing ascent. Precipitation runoff from Mount Carru drains north into Lease Creek which is a tributary of the Pasayten River, or south into Eureka Creek, which is part of the Methow River drainage basin.

  1. ^ a b c "Mount Carru, Washington". Peakbagger.com.
  2. ^ a b c "Carru, Mount - 8,595' WA". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
  3. ^ "Mount Carru". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  4. ^ "Mount Carru". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-07-08.
  5. ^ Okanogan Range, Peakbagger.com