Saska Peak

Saska Peak
Saska Peak, south aspect
Highest point
Elevation	8,404 ft (2,562 m)[1]
Prominence	644 ft (196 m)[1]
Parent peak	Emerald Peak 8,422 ft[2]
Isolation	0.65 mi (1.05 km)[2]
Coordinates	48°06′44″N 120°38′33″W / 48.112242°N 120.64246°W / 48.112242; -120.64246[1]
Geography
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Location	Chelan County Washington, U.S.
Parent range	Chelan Mountains North Cascades Cascade Range
Topo map	USGS Saska Peak
Geology
Type of rock	hornblende quartz diorite, granodiorite
Climbing
Easiest route	class 3 scrambling[2] South ridge

Saska Peak is an 8,404 ft (2,560 m) mountain summit located in the Chelan Mountains, in Chelan County of Washington state.^[3] The mountain is situated in Glacier Peak Wilderness of the North Cascades, on land managed by Wenatchee National Forest. Saska Peak ranks as the third-highest peak in the Chelan Mountains, and 74th-highest summit in Washington state.^[1] Its nearest higher neighbor is Emerald Peak, 0.66 mi (1.06 km) to the east-northeast, and Cardinal Peak is positioned 1.52 mi (2.45 km) to the east-southeast.^[1] These three highest peaks of the Chelan Mountains enclose the head of North Fork Entiat River valley. Precipitation runoff from the peak drains into the Entiat River drainage basin. The mountain's name honors Shil-how-Saskt (Silico Saska), Tribal chief of the Entiat people, and was applied by Albert Hale Sylvester (1871-1944), a pioneer surveyor, topographer, and forest supervisor who named thousands of geographic features in the Cascades.^[4][5] In the Columbia-Moses language (Salishan), this name means "Standing in the middle of the sky."^[6]