Mount Index
Mount Index rises to 1,826 m in Washington. Gunnshy Peak stands 1,895 m to the east-northeast, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Middle Index, a peak 0.4 miles away. JCT WOODS CREEK RD NEAR MONROE TO JCT US 97 NEAR PESHASTIN passes 2.5 miles off.
The story
Mount Index is a peak in the central part of the Cascade Range in King County, Washington, United States. It lies just south of the Skykomish River and U.S. Route 2, at the western edge of the Cascades. Mount Index features a low elevation relative to peaks higher in the Cascades, and a topographic prominence. It comprises three pointed spires which rise steeply from a very low base. The main peak is the southernmost of the three, while the North Peak rises even more steeply above the valley. For example, it rises more than 4,250 ft (1,300 m) above the lower slopes on the northeast side in less than 1 horizontal mile (1.6 km).
The first recorded ascent of Mount Index (the main peak) was on October 29, 1911, by H. B. Hinman, Ernest Martin, Lee Pickett, George E. Wright. However, they found a flagpole already on the summit, so theirs was certainly not the first ascent. A much earlier ascent by Native Americans is likely. The first ascent of the steeper, more difficult North Peak was in 1929, by Lionel Chute and Victor Kaartinen, by the North Face Route. The standard route on the main peak climbs the east side of the peak from Lake Serene. The standard route on the North Peak is the North Face Route, which is a long, moderately technical climb (Grade III, Class 5.6). Mount Index was once known as West Index Mountain, and Baring Mountain was known as Mount Index instead. They were both renamed in 1917.
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Wikidata Q6921414, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1826 m
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the JCT WOODS CREEK RD NEAR MONROE TO JCT US 97 NEAR PESHASTIN
- 2.5 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
- 2.5 mi off the Stevens Pass Greenway, National
- 19.2 mi off the JCT SR 522 TO JCT SR 90 VIC NORTH BEND
Overlooks nearby
- Lunch Rock · 1 mi
- Valley Overlook · 1 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls viewpoint · 3 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls Viewpoint · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Middle Index: 0.4 mi
- North Index: 0.6 mi
- Philadelphia Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Mount Persis: 1.8 mi
- Frozen Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Logjam Falls: 0.9 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls-Upper Cascade: 1.0 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls-Mine Cascade: 1.2 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls-Lower East Cascade: 1.3 mi
- Sunset Falls: 2.5 mi
- Heybrook Ridge Park: 3.0 mi
- Baring Community Park: 4.3 mi
- Big Eddy River Access: 5.6 mi
- Reiter Foothills Park: 7.1 mi
- Wallace Falls State Park Campground: 7.8 mi
- Monte Cristo: 17.0 mi
- Goat Farm: 17.3 mi
- Vintage Big Carousel: 17.6 mi
- Northwest Canoe Adventure: 17.6 mi
- Giant Swing: 17.6 mi
- Apex Mine Lower Tram Terminal & Mill ruins: 6.1 mi
- Apex Mine Equipment Relics: 6.3 mi
- Old Skykomish Hotel: 11.2 mi
- Bus: 12.5 mi
- E2: 13.2 mi
- Axelilia: 13.7 mi
- The Red Goblet: 18.6 mi
- Sounding: 19.0 mi
- Soaring Moon: 20.4 mi
- Poet's Path: 20.4 mi
- Lower Town Wall: 3.0 mi
- Index Town Wall: 3.5 mi
- Index Town Wall: 3.6 mi
- Peanuts Gallery: 3.6 mi
- Index Town Wall: 3.6 mi
- South Fork Tolt Reservoir Watershed: 5.7 mi
- Moss Lake Natural Area: 13.8 mi
- Henry M. Jackson Hydroelectric Project: 14.0 mi
- Chinook Bend Natural Area: 17.5 mi
- Stillwater Natural Area: 18.2 mi
- Heybrook Lookout Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
- Nighthawk Site: 14.1 mi
- Bear Creek Site: 14.1 mi
- Group Picnic Shelter: 15.3 mi
- Camp Brown Day Use Area: 15.9 mi
- Skykomish Historical Society: 11.2 mi
- Great Northern and Cascade Railways: 11.2 mi
- Skykomish Historical Society: 11.3 mi
- Camlann Medieval Village: 16.2 mi
- Monroe Historical Society: 18.9 mi
- Sultan Materials: 11.3 mi
- Kokopelli Gardens: 17.8 mi
- Duvall Food Forest: 18.9 mi
- Julia V. Morris Centennial Garden: 19.3 mi
- Heritage Garden: 24.9 mi
- Alpine: 16.5 mi
- Monte Cristo: 17.0 mi
- Scenic: 20.2 mi
- Wellington: 21.5 mi
- Garland Mineral Springs: 13.6 mi
- Scenic Hot Springs: 21.1 mi
- Goldmyer Hot Springs: 22.2 mi
- Normandy Beach: 8.2 mi
- Duvall Beach: 19.1 mi
- Iron Goat Rest Area: 19.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Mount Index. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gunnshy Peak | ENE 59° | 1,895 m | 6.5 mi |
| Spire Mountain | NE 52° | 1,893.7 m | 10.3 mi |
| Gunn Peak | ENE 65° | 1,887 m | 6.8 mi |
| Merchant Peak (Northwest) | ENE 75° | 1,863 m | 7.2 mi |
| Baring Mountain | E 87° | 1,858 m | 6.7 mi |
| Townsend Mountain | E 79° | 1,809 m | 8.9 mi |
| Lennox Mountain | SE 146° | 1,789 m | 8.9 mi |
| Tailgunner | ENE 67° | 1,781 m | 6.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:38 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 20:21 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:53 | 15:24 | 16:17 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 39 | 43 | 48 | 55 | 59 | 64 | 65 | 60 | 50 | 42 | 36 |
| Precip in | 16.7 | 10.6 | 11.9 | 8.4 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 4.8 | 12.3 | 18.1 | 14.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Baring, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Monroe · 19 mi
- Snoqualmie · 20 mi
- North Bend · 22 mi
- Stevens Pass · 23 mi
- King County · 24 mi
- Redmond · 26 mi
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