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Chikamin Peak is a 6,994-foot summit on Chikamin Ridge in Washington’s Cascade Range, within the Alpine Lakes Wilderness and the Okanogan–Wenatchee National Forest. About six miles northeast of Snoqualmie Pass, it is the highest point on the ridge. Its name comes from Chinook Jargon, where chikamin means “money” or “metal,” and Edmond S. Meany submitted the name, which the U.S. Board on Geographic Names officially adopted in 1916. The peak stands in a rugged landscape of craggy ridges, glacial valleys, granite walls, and many mountain lakes, with the Pacific Crest Trail crossing its southwest slope. Runoff drains to tributaries of the Yakima River.
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