Mount Terror (Washington)

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Mount Terror
Mount Terror is the higher peak on the right
Elevation	8,151 ft (2,484 m) NGVD 29[1]
Prominence	1,911 ft (582 m) [1]
Location
Location	Whatcom County, Washington, USA
Range	Picket Range, North Cascades
Coordinates	48°46′27″N 121°17′58″W / 48.7742935°N 121.2995734°W / 48.7742935; -121.2995734Coordinates: 48°46′27″N 121°17′58″W / 48.7742935°N 121.2995734°W / 48.7742935; -121.2995734[2]
Topo map	USGS Mount Challenger
Climbing
First ascent	1932 by William Degenhardt and Herbert Strandberg
Easiest route	rock climb or scramble

Mount Terror is a mountain of the Cascade Range, located in the northwestern corner of Washington state in Whatcom County. The peak is in North Cascades National Park, about 15.7 miles (25.3 km) south of the Canadian border.

Nearby mountains

• Mount Triumph
• Mount Despair
• Mount Shuksan
• Mount Blum
• Mount Prophet

Mount Terror is the highest peak of the southern Picket Range. The Pickets, north and south, are considered the most Alpine region of the Cascades. Mount Terror was first climbed in 1932 by William Degenhardt and Herbert Strandberg of the Seattle Mountaineers.^[3] Thirty years later Ed Cooper led the first ascent of the more challenging north face.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Mount Terror, Washington". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=1657. 
2. ^ "Mount Terror". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1527016. 
3. ^ Majors, Harry M. (1975). Exploring Washington. Van Winkle Publishing Co. p. 28. ISBN 9780918664006. http://books.google.com/books?id=CoWrPQAACAAJ. 

External links

• "Southern Pickets topography". Cascade Climbers. http://cascadeclimbers.com/plab/showphoto.php?photo=1635&size=big&cat=&sort=1.