Summary
Mount Angeles is located just south of Port Angeles, Washington in the Olympic National Park. It is the highest peak in the Hurricane Ridge area. The summit, which offers panoramic views of the Strait of Juan de Fuca and many of the peaks of the interior Olympic Mountains can be climbed from the Klahane Ridge trail.[3]
| Mount Angeles | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 6,454 ft (1,967 m) NGVD 29[1] |
| Prominence | 1,614 ft (492 m)[1] |
| Coordinates | 47°59′43″N 123°28′00″W / 47.995368°N 123.4665748°W[2] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Angeles | |
| Parent range | Olympic Mountains |
| Topo map | USGS Mount Angeles |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | Exposed Scramble, grade II, class 3-4 |
The southeast side of Mount Angeles drains into Morse Creek, thence into the Strait of Juan de Fuca a couple of miles east of Port Angeles. The northeast side of Mount Angeles drains into Ennis Creek, thence into Port Angeles Harbor. The north and west sides of Mount Angeles drain into the South Branch of Little River, thence into the Juan de Fuca Strait via the Elwha River, whose mouth is located in the Lower Elwha Indian Reservation, a few miles west of Port Angeles.
Climate edit
Mount Angeles is located in the marine west coast climate zone of western North America.[4]
Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel northeast toward the Olympic Mountains. As fronts approach, they are forced upward by the peaks of the Olympic Range, causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall (Orographic lift). As a result, the Olympics experience high precipitation, especially during the winter months in the form of snowfall.[4] During winter months, weather is usually cloudy, but, due to high pressure systems over the Pacific Ocean that intensify during summer months, there is often little or no cloud cover during the summer.
| Climate data for Mount Angeles 47°59′38″N 123°27′51″W / 47.9938°N 123.4642°W | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 31.4 (−0.3) |
32.4 (0.2) |
34.2 (1.2) |
40.0 (4.4) |
47.3 (8.5) |
52.5 (11.4) |
61.5 (16.4) |
62.3 (16.8) |
56.6 (13.7) |
45.9 (7.7) |
34.7 (1.5) |
30.3 (−0.9) |
44.1 (6.7) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 26.7 (−2.9) |
26.6 (−3.0) |
27.4 (−2.6) |
31.8 (−0.1) |
38.8 (3.8) |
43.8 (6.6) |
51.9 (11.1) |
52.8 (11.6) |
47.9 (8.8) |
38.8 (3.8) |
29.8 (−1.2) |
25.8 (−3.4) |
36.8 (2.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 22.1 (−5.5) |
20.8 (−6.2) |
20.6 (−6.3) |
23.5 (−4.7) |
30.3 (−0.9) |
35.2 (1.8) |
42.3 (5.7) |
43.3 (6.3) |
39.2 (4.0) |
31.6 (−0.2) |
24.8 (−4.0) |
21.3 (−5.9) |
29.6 (−1.3) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 13.59 (345) |
8.86 (225) |
10.59 (269) |
5.62 (143) |
3.16 (80) |
2.06 (52) |
1.11 (28) |
1.55 (39) |
2.20 (56) |
7.42 (188) |
15.50 (394) |
15.61 (396) |
87.27 (2,215) |
| Average dew point °F (°C) | 23.3 (−4.8) |
22.8 (−5.1) |
24.1 (−4.4) |
26.5 (−3.1) |
31.6 (−0.2) |
36.2 (2.3) |
40.3 (4.6) |
41.2 (5.1) |
36.5 (2.5) |
31.6 (−0.2) |
25.9 (−3.4) |
22.8 (−5.1) |
30.2 (−1.0) |
| Source: PRISM Climate Group[5] | |||||||||||||
Geology edit
The Olympic Mountains are composed of obducted clastic wedge material and oceanic crust, primarily Eocene sandstone, turbidite, and basaltic oceanic crust.[6] The mountains were sculpted during the Pleistocene era by erosion and glaciers advancing and retreating multiple times.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Mount Angeles, Washington". Peakbagger.com.
- ^ "Mount Angeles". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Mount Angeles, East Ridge". ClimbingWashington.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
- ^ a b McNulty, Tim (2009). Olympic National Park: A Natural History. Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press.
- ^ "30-year monthly normals at Latitude: 47.9938 Longitude: -123.4642 Elevation: 5758ft (1755m)". Prism.oregonstate.edu. Northwest Alliance for Computational Science & Engineering, based at Oregon State University. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
800m PRISM cells / not interpolated
- ^ Alt, D.D.; Hyndman, D.W. (1984). Roadside Geology of Washington. pp. 249–259. ISBN 0-87842-160-2.
Gallery edit
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North aspect -
Mount Angeles summit. Notice the steeply tilted layers of ocean floor sediments -
Mount Angeles seen from Eagle Point -
Mt. Angeles (left), Rocky Peak (right)
External links edit
- Mount Angeles weather: Mountain Forecast
- "Mount Angeles". SummitPost.org.