Davis Peak (Washington)

Davis Peak is a mountain just north of Gorge Lake in North Cascades National Park, in the US state of Washington. It is located just south of the Picket Range. While not of particularly high elevation, even for the North Cascades, it is notable for its large, steep local relief, and in particular for its huge Northeast Face, which drops 5,250 ft (1,600 m) in one horizontal mile (1.6 km).[4] This is one of the two largest vertical drops in one horizontal mile in the contiguous United States, the other being the North Face of Kinnerly Peak.[4]

Davis Peak
Davis Peak behind Diablo Lake, August 2011
Highest point
Elevation7,055 ft (2,150 m)  NAVD 88[1]
Prominence1,771 ft (540 m) [2]
Coordinates48°43′46″N 121°12′10″W [1]
Geography
LocationWhatcom County, Washington, U.S.
Parent rangeNorth Cascades
Topo mapUSGS Diablo Dam
Climbing
First ascent1904 by David Ledgerwood, Walter B. Reaburn[3]
Easiest routeSouth Ridge (bushwhack/scramble)[3]

Davis Peak had been known as Stetattle Peak until the Reaburn climbing party of 1904 renamed it in honor of the early homesteading family of Lucinda Davis.[3] The Davis family had built and ran a roadhouse for trappers, miners and other travelers at the base of the peak, near present-day Diablo, prior to the arrival of roads or rail, circa 1900.

References
  1. "Davis". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey.
  2. "Davis Peak, Washington". Peakbagger.com.
  3. Beckey, Fred W. (1995). Cascade Alpine Guide: Rainy Pass to Fraser River. The Mountaineers. p. 91. ISBN 978-0-89886-423-6.
  4. Fry, Stephen (August 1991). "Washington's Highest Mountains and Steepest Faces". The Mountaineer: 52. ISSN 0027-2620..


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