Bacon Peak
Bacon Peak is a mountain located in North Cascades National Park, in the Cascade range in the U.S. state of Washington. Its glaciers cover 1.2 square miles (3.2 km2); the three main glaciers are Diobsud Creek Glacier (southeast, 1.6 miles (2.5 km) wide), Green Lake Glacier (northeast, 1.3 miles (2.1 km) wide) and Noisy Creek Glacier (northwest, 0.9 miles (1.4 km) long).
Bacon Peak | |
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Bacon Peak in winter seen from Oakes Peak | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 7,070 ft (2,155 m) NAVD 88 |
Prominence | 2,505 ft (764 m) |
Coordinates | 48°39′46″N 121°31′14″W |
Geography | |
Bacon Peak North Cascades National Park Whatcom County, Washington | |
Parent range | North Cascades |
Topo map | USGS Bacon Peak |
Climbing | |
First ascent | R.B. Robertson, Eugene Logan (1905, possibly) |
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