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Big Kangaroo is an 8,326-foot summit in Washington’s Methow Mountains, forming the high point of Kangaroo Ridge near Washington Pass. Though close to the valley, it rises steeply, gaining about 3,500 feet above Early Winters Creek in a mile and giving the mountain strong local relief. Its granitic summit is part of the rugged North Cascades landscape, shaped by uplift, faulting, and repeated glaciation. Runoff drains to Early Winters Creek, a tributary of the Methow River. The first recorded ascent came on June 21, 1942, when Helmy and Fred Beckey, with Walt Varney, climbed it, linking the peak to the North Cascades’ exploratory mountaineering tradition.
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