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Mount Fernow is a prominent high peak in Washington’s North Cascades, in the Glacier Peak Wilderness of the Wenatchee National Forest. At 9,249 feet, it is the state’s eighth-highest peak, the third-highest non-volcanic peak, and the highest point in the Entiat Mountains. Surrounded by rugged glaciated terrain and flanked by several glaciers, it also forms part of the headwaters of the Entiat River. Albert H. Sylvester named the mountain for forester Bernhard Fernow, who later worked in the United States Department of Agriculture’s Division of Forestry. Its first recorded ascent came in 1932, and it remains known as a remote major alpine summit.
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