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Eldorado Peak is an 8,872.9-foot mountain in Washington’s North Cascades, about 27 miles east of Concrete, rising in North Cascades National Park near Marble Creek, Inspiration Glacier, and the Eldorado and McAllister glaciers. Its position beside these icefields places it next to the largest continuous non-volcanic ice sheet in the lower 48 states. Ranked 25th among Washington’s highest mountains, it is noted for its sharply different profiles on each side and for a popular climbing route via the south and east. Eldorado also shows the effects of climate change, as melting has lowered its once ice-capped summit to a rocky high point below the former ice surface.
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