Mount Challenger
Mount Challenger rises to 2,501 m in Washington. Mount Shuksan stands 2,784 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Crooked Thumb Peak, a peak 0.7 miles away. Cascade Loop passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mount Challenger (8,207 feet (2,501 m)) is in North Cascades National Park in the U.S. state of Washington. A difficult peak to approach due to its isolation, one of the most common routes to the summit involves ascending the Challenger Glacier on the north slopes of the peak. Mount Challenger is one of the taller peaks of the Picket Range.
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Wikidata Q14713829, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,501 m
How to reach it
- 11.1 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
Overlooks nearby
- Diablo Lake Overlook · 14 mi
- Artist Point · 16 mi
- Nooksack Falls Viewpoint · 22 mi
- Viewpoint Dam · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Crooked Thumb Peak: 0.7 mi
- Phantom Peak: 1.2 mi
- Big Beaver Peak: 1.5 mi
- Mount Fury: 1.9 mi
- Whatcom Peak: 2.1 mi
- Depot Creek Falls: 10.1 mi
- Goat Falls: 10.5 mi
- Middle Berdeen Falls: 10.8 mi
- Sulphide Creek Falls: 11.0 mi
- Berdeen Falls: 11.1 mi
- Trillium Conservation Area: 17.5 mi
- Diobsud Creek Barbien/Jordan Conservation Easement: 18.3 mi
- Diobsud Creek Abel Conservation Area: 19.3 mi
- Cascade River South 1: 21.6 mi
- Cascade River South 2: 21.8 mi
- Winnies Slide: 12.5 mi
- Park Cliffs: 20.3 mi
- Roman Wall: 22.3 mi
- Rock Cabin Avalanche: 23.8 mi
- Lee Promontory: 24.0 mi
- "Old Number 6" Seattle City Light Locomotive: 12.1 mi
- Shadow of the Sentinels: 20.6 mi
- Austin Pass Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
- Shuksan Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
- Gorge Powerhouse Visitor Gallery: 12.0 mi
- Temple of Power: 12.1 mi
- Baker Hot Springs: 15.9 mi
- North Cascading: 16.9 mi
- Pressentin County Park: 22.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Mount Challenger. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Shuksan | W 268° | 2,784 m | 11.9 mi |
| Mount Spickard | NNE 27° | 2,734 m | 10.3 mi |
| Mount Redoubt | NNE 13° | 2,689 m | 8.6 mi |
| Ag Peak | NNE 27° | 2,689 m | 10.7 mi |
| Mount Custer | NNE 22° | 2,630 m | 11.3 mi |
| Northwest Mox Peak | NNE 25° | 2,592 m | 8.6 mi |
| Mount Rahm | NNE 24° | 2,580 m | 12.2 mi |
| Solitude Peak | NNE 26° | 2,562 m | 9.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:37 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:03 | 20:23 | 21:13 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 08:57 | 16:16 | 17:12 |
Local time (America/Vancouver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 38 | 42 | 49 | 56 | 60 | 66 | 66 | 61 | 50 | 41 | 36 |
| Precip in | 12.4 | 7.2 | 8.4 | 4.7 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 3.5 | 8.8 | 13.6 | 11.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newhalem, 12 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of North Cascades National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Dec and Mar; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/349028405
Day trips start here
- Mount Baker · 22 mi
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