Spider Mountain | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 8,317 ft (2,535 m)[1] |
Prominence | 970 ft (296 m)[1] |
Parent peak | Mount Formidable[1] |
Isolation | 1.33 mi (2.14 km)[1] |
Coordinates | 48°24′34″N 121°02′10″W / 48.409454°N 121.036096°W[2] |
Geography | |
Country | United States |
State | Washington |
County | Chelan |
Protected area | Glacier Peak Wilderness |
Parent range | North Cascades Cascade Range |
Topo map | USGS Cascade Pass |
Geology | |
Rock type | Schist |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1938, Calder Bressler, Ralph Clough, Bill Cox, Tom Myers[3] |
Easiest route | Scrambling Glacier travel |
Spider Mountain is an 8,317-foot (2,535-metre) mountain summit located in the Glacier Peak Wilderness in western Chelan County of Washington state.[4] It is part of the North Cascades, which is a subset of the Cascade Range. Meltwater from the Spider Glacier on the steep north face, and other surface runoff from the mountain drains into Flat Creek, which is a tributary of the Stehekin River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 4,200 feet (1,300 meters) above West Fork Flat Creek in one mile (1.6 km). The nearest higher neighbor is Mount Formidable 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the west.[2] The Middle Cascade Glacier lies between these two mountains and the Ptarmigan Traverse passes between the two.