Mount Stuart

Mount Stuart is a prominent granite summit in Washington’s central Cascades and the highest peak in the Stuart Range, notable for being the state’s second-highest non-volcanic mountain and for its dramatic relief and topographic prominence. George B. McClellan named it in September 1853 for Captain James Stuart, a close friend who had died in Oregon two years earlier, giving the mountain a memorial significance. Its rugged faces, three north-side glaciers, and uncertain early climbing history add to its importance. By the late nineteenth century it had been climbed, and today its standard and technical routes make it one of Washington’s classic alpine objectives.

Leavenworth, Washington · United States