Mount Saul | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 7,293 ft (2,223 m)[1] |
Prominence | 1,360 ft (410 m)[2] |
Parent peak | Mount David (7,420 ft)[3] |
Isolation | 3.1 mi (5.0 km)[3] |
Coordinates | 48°00′07″N 121°01′24″W / 48.00194°N 121.02333°W[2] |
Geography | |
Country | United States |
State | Washington |
County | Chelan |
Protected area | Glacier Peak Wilderness |
Parent range | North Cascades Cascade Range |
Topo map | USGS Glacier Peak East |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Late Cretaceous[4] |
Type of rock | Tonalitic plutons[4] |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | Hiking[5] |
Mount Saul is a prominent 7,293-foot (2,223-metre) mountain summit located in Chelan County of Washington state.[1] The mountain is situated in the Glacier Peak Wilderness, on land managed by the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest. Mount Saul is the fourth-highest point on Wenatchee Ridge, a subrange which also includes Indian Head Peak, Whittier Peak, Mount David, and Mount Jonathan.[2] Its nearest higher neighbor is Mount David, 3.1 mi (5.0 km) to the south-southeast.[2] Precipitation runoff from Mount Saul drains into tributaries of the White River. Although modest in elevation, relief is significant since the south aspect of Mt. Saul rises 4,000 feet above the Indian Creek Valley in a little more than one mile. This peak was named for the biblical Saul because of its gloomy appearance by Albert Hale Sylvester, a pioneer surveyor, explorer, topographer, and forest supervisor in the Cascades who named thousands of natural features.[5]
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