Spectacle Buttes

Spectacle Buttes
Spectacle Buttes from west. South butte (right)
Highest point
Elevation	8,392 ft (2,558 m)[1]
Prominence	1,072 ft (327 m)[1]
Parent peak	Mount Maude (9040+ ft)[2]
Isolation	1.89 mi (3.04 km)[1]
Coordinates	48°07′36″N 120°45′36″W / 48.126634°N 120.759946°W / 48.126634; -120.759946[1]
Geography
Spectacle Buttes Location in Washington Show map of Washington (state) Spectacle Buttes Spectacle Buttes (the United States) Show map of the United States
Country	United States
State	Washington
County	Chelan
Protected area	Glacier Peak Wilderness
Parent range	Entiat Mountains North Cascades
Topo map	USGS Holden
Geology
Rock type	Gneissic
Climbing
First ascent	1953
Easiest route	class 3 Scrambling[2]

Spectacle Buttes are a pair of mountain summits located in the Entiat Mountains, a sub-range of the North Cascades, in Chelan County of Washington state.^[3] The pyramid-shaped south summit is 8,392-foot (2,558-metre) in elevation, and the lower north butte is 8,080-foot (2,460-metre) in elevation. Spectacle Buttes are situated 77 miles northeast of Seattle in the Glacier Peak Wilderness, on land managed by the Wenatchee National Forest. Spectacle Buttes ranks 78th on Washington's highest 100 peaks, 81st on the "Bulger List", and seventh-highest in the Entiat Mountains.^[1] The nearest higher peak is Marmot Pyramid on Mount Maude, 1.9 miles (3.1 km) to the west-northwest.^[1] Precipitation runoff from the peaks drains into headwaters of the Entiat River. The first ascent of the south peak was made by Rowland Tabor and Dwight Crowder on August 20, 1953.^[4][5]