Big Four Mountain
Big Four Mountain rises to 1,880 m in Washington. Sloan Peak stands 2,388 m to the east, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Hall Peak, a peak 1.5 miles away. Stevens Pass Greenway passes 15 miles off.
The story
Big Four is a 6,160+ feet (1,880+ m) mountain summit in the Cascade Range, located about 20 miles (32 km) east of Granite Falls, Washington. It is situated 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Barlow Pass along the Mountain Loop Highway, near the Monte Cristo area, on land administered by the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. Debris piles on the mountain's northern flank form as a result of avalanche activity. These fields of disturbed snow are able to remain year round in the shadow of the mountain. During the summer months snow-melt streams flow beneath the debris piles and cause caves to form in the ice. The Big Four Ice Caves vary in size from season to season and are unpredictably dangerous. The mountain is open to the public and a large snowfield can be reached by a short trail, but the snowfield itself is off-limits due to cave-ins and slides which have killed hikers in incidents in 1998, 2010, and 2015.
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Wikidata Q4905733, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1880 m
How to reach it
- 14.9 mi off the Stevens Pass Greenway, National
- 14.9 mi off the JCT WOODS CREEK RD NEAR MONROE TO JCT US 97 NEAR PESHASTIN
- 14.9 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
Overlooks nearby
- Canyon Falls Viewpoint · 16 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls Viewpoint · 16 mi
- View of railroad bridge · 16 mi
- Skykomish River Viewpoint · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hall Peak: 1.5 mi
- Little Chief Peak: 1.5 mi
- Wolf Peak: 1.8 mi
- Vesper Peak: 2.0 mi
- Sperry Peak: 2.0 mi
- White Chuck Overlook Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
- Richardson Bridge: 12.0 mi
- Backman County Park: 13.1 mi
- Sky Valley Sportsman's Park: 13.7 mi
- Reiter Foothills Park: 13.8 mi
- Buck Creek Falls: 2.7 mi
- Perry Creek Falls: 3.9 mi
- Mackintosh Falls: 7.8 mi
- Lower North Fork Falls: 7.9 mi
- North Fork Sauk Falls: 8.1 mi
- Hotel Fireplace Remains: 1.8 mi
- Lodge: 7.2 mi
- Ore Concentrator: 7.4 mi
- Bus: 8.7 mi
- Mackinaw Shelter: 15.3 mi
- Moai: 15.0 mi
- Index Town Wall: 15.0 mi
- Index Town Wall: 15.1 mi
- Peanuts Gallery: 15.1 mi
- Index Town Wall: 15.2 mi
- Granite Falls Historical Museum: 20.7 mi
- Skykomish Historical Society: 24.2 mi
- Great Northern and Cascade Railways: 24.2 mi
- Monroe Historical Society: 24.3 mi
- Skykomish Historical Society: 24.3 mi
- Bear Creek Site: 5.5 mi
- Nighthawk Site: 5.8 mi
- Hemple Creek Day Use Area: 10.6 mi
- Heybrook Lookout Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
- Monte Cristo: 7.2 mi
- Cut Log: 12.4 mi
- Granite Falls and Fish Ladder: 20.3 mi
- Lewis Street River Access: 24.7 mi
- Garland Mineral Springs: 13.5 mi
- Sulphur Creek Hot Springs: 21.6 mi
- Gamma Hot Springs: 22.6 mi
- Falls Mural: 20.8 mi
- One choice mural.: 20.8 mi
- Monte Cristo: 7.1 mi
- Normandy Beach: 15.5 mi
- Sultan Materials: 16.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Big Four Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sloan Peak | E 90° | 2,388 m | 8.5 mi |
| Cadet Peak | ESE 116° | 2,191 m | 9.0 mi |
| North Cadet Peak | ESE 114° | 2,182 m | 8.8 mi |
| Columbia Peak | SE 126° | 2,175 m | 9.3 mi |
| Wilmans Peaks | ESE 123° | 2,098 m | 8.8 mi |
| Foggy Peak | ESE 113° | 2,076 m | 7.9 mi |
| South Gemini Peak | ESE 112° | 2,072 m | 6.7 mi |
| North Gemini Peak | ESE 110° | 2,054 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:38 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 20:21 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 15:22 | 16:16 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 42 | 45 | 50 | 56 | 60 | 65 | 65 | 60 | 52 | 45 | 40 |
| Precip in | 8.9 | 5.9 | 6.8 | 5.9 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 3.5 | 7.1 | 9.8 | 8.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Startup 1 E, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1516509 — Big Four Mountain, Snohomish County, Washington.
OpenStreetMap element node/356544304
Day trips start here
- Granite Falls · 21 mi
- Monroe · 24 mi
- North Cascades · 25 mi
- Snohomish · 28 mi
- Stevens Pass · 29 mi
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