Bacon Peak

Bacon Peak
Bacon Peak in winter seen from Oakes Peak
Highest point
Elevation7,070 ft (2,155 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence2,505 ft (764 m)[2]
Coordinates48°39′46″N 121°31′14″W / 48.66271154°N 121.52050258°W / 48.66271154; -121.52050258[1]
Geography
Parent rangeNorth Cascades
Topo mapUSGS Bacon Peak
Climbing
First ascentR.B. Robertson, Eugene Logan (1905, possibly)[3]
Bacon Peak (right skyline) and Mount Shuksan (left skyline)

Bacon Peak is a mountain located in North Cascades National Park, in the Cascade Range in the U.S. state of Washington. Its glaciers cover 1.2 square miles (3.2 km2); the three main glaciers are Diobsud Creek Glacier (southeast, 1.6 miles (2.5 km) wide), Green Lake Glacier (northeast, 1.3 miles (2.1 km) wide) and Noisy Creek Glacier (northwest, 0.9 miles (1.4 km) long).[3]

  1. ^ a b "Bacon". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  2. ^ "Bacon Peak, Washington". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  3. ^ a b Beckey, Fred (2009). Cascade Alpine Guide: Rainy Pass to Fraser River. The Mountaineers Books. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-59485-136-0.