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Mount Maude
Mount Maude
	North Face of Mount Maude seen from Seven Fingered Jack
Highest point
Elevation	9040+ ft (2755+ m) NGVD 29
Prominence	882 ft (269 m)
Coordinates	48°08′14″N 120°48′14″W / 48.1373508°N 120.8039882°W
Geography
	Mount Maude Location in Washington
Location	Chelan County, Washington, U.S.
Parent range	North Cascades, Entiat Mountains
Topo map	USGS Holden
Climbing
First ascent	August 19, 1932 by Hermann F. Ulrichs and John Burnett.
Easiest route	South slopes

Mount Maude is the 15th highest peak in Washington state. The peak is located in the Entiat Mountains, a subrange of the North Cascades. It is in the Glacier Peak Wilderness, at the headwaters of the Entiat River. The peak was given its name by Albert H. Sylvester in honor of Frederick Stanley Maude.^[3]

The mountain from the south side consists of mostly talus with small rocky outcroppings, often compared with mountains in the Colorado Rockies. The northeast side is much different, with a steep rocky summit sheltering the small Entiat Glacier. Most climbers will climb Maude, Seven Fingered Jack, and sometimes Mount Fernow in the same trip.

Geology edit

The mountain is made of Cretaceous Orthogneiss, and Tonalite. The flank of the mountain on the southwest side are made of Triassic Orthogneiss and Triassic to Permian Heterogeneous Metamorphic rock. While the northeast side also consist of Eocene Quartz Diorite, and small marble deposits. Many normal faults are present as well as one small strike-slip fault near Spectacle Buttes.^[4]

Routes edit

West Gully class 3
North Face class 3 very steep snow
South slopes class 2

References edit

^ ^a ^b "Mount Maude, Washington". Peakbagger.com.
^ "Mount Maude". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-06-13.
^ ^a ^b Majors, Harry M. (1975). Exploring Washington. Van Winkle Publishing Co. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-918664-00-6.
^ https://web.archive.org/web/20150626142445/https://fortress.wa.gov/dnr/geology/?Theme=wigm. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved July 2, 2015. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)