Three Fingers

Three Fingers, or sgʷistalb in Lushootseed, is a 6,859-foot mountain in Washington’s Cascade Range whose three summits make it a distinctive landmark in northern Snohomish County and one of the state’s most prominent peaks. Its recorded climbing history began in 1929 with the first ascent by Darrington mountaineers Harry Bedal and Harold Engles. Bedal, Engles, and Frank Benesh later built a fire lookout on the southernmost summit, staffed seasonally from 1933 to 1942. Rebuilt by local mountaineering groups in the 1960s and 1980s after abandonment, the lookout was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. The peak remains a recreational climbing destination.

Washington · United States