Monte Cristo Peak

Monte Cristo Peak
Monte Cristo Peak with Kyes Peak to the right from Blanca Lake
Elevation	7,136 ft (2,175 m) NGVD 29[1]
Prominence	576 ft (176 m) [1]
Location
Monte Cristo Peak Snohomish County, Washington, USA
Range	Cascade Range
Coordinates	47°58′17″N 121°20′28″W / 47.9714964°N 121.3412177°W / 47.9714964; -121.3412177Coordinates: 47°58′17″N 121°20′28″W / 47.9714964°N 121.3412177°W / 47.9714964; -121.3412177[2]
Topo map	USGS Blanca Lake
Climbing
First ascent	1923 by James M. Keyes and W. Zerum [3]

Monte Cristo Peak is a mountain peak in the Henry M. Jackson Wilderness in Washington state. Together with Columbia Peak and Kyes Peak it forms a basin that contains Columbia Glacier and Blanca Lake.^[4] The 1918 edition of The Mountaineer called the mountain "a huge pile of red rock."^[3]

Monte Cristo is named for the mining boom town of Monte Cristo,^[3] which dates from the late 19th and early 20th centuries and which is situated on the mountain's northwestern flank. The town was owned by J. D. Rockefeller for a few years. A railroad and cable tramway was built to move materials.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Monte Cristo Peak, Washington". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=1810. 
2. ^ "Monte Cristo Peak". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1523332. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} Beckey, Fred W. (2003). Cascade Alpine Guide: climbing and high routes, Vol. 2, Stevens Pass to Rainy Pass (3rd ed.). Mountaineers Books. p. 79. ISBN 9780898868388. 
4. ^ "Area around Monte Cristo Peak" (map). Acme Mapper. http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=47.97073,-121.36751&z=13&t=T. 

External links

• "Monte Cristo Peak". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1523332. 
• "Monte Cristo Peak". SummitPost.org. http://www.summitpost.org/page/152819. 
• "Smoot's "Climbing Washington's Mountains" 100 Peaks". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/list.aspx?lid=5005.