Prusik Peak
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Prusik Peak rises to 2,439 m in Washington. Mount Stuart stands 2,871 m to the west, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is High Priest, a peak 0.4 miles away. JCT SR 10 VIC ELLENSBURG TO JCT SR 2 VIC PESHASTIN passes 6.0 miles off.
The story
Prusik Peak is an 8,008-foot (2,441-metre) granite summit located at the west end of The Temple in Chelan County of Washington state. Prusik Peak is part of The Enchantments within the Alpine Lakes Wilderness and is often the iconic photographic image of both areas. Prusik Peak belongs to the Stuart Range which is a subset of the Cascade Range. The toponym honors Dr. Karl Prusik (1896–1961) who was an Austrian mountaineer, known as the inventor of the prusik, a rope knot which happened to be used to gain access to the summit horn during the first ascent by Fred Beckey in 1948. Precipitation runoff drains into Icicle Creek which is a tributary of the Wenatchee River.
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Wikidata Q49064328, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2439 m
How to reach it
- 6.0 mi off the JCT SR 10 VIC ELLENSBURG TO JCT SR 2 VIC PESHASTIN
- 6.0 mi off the JCT SR 970 VIC VIRDEN TO JCT SR 2 VIC PESHASTIN
- 7.7 mi off the JCT WOODS CREEK RD NEAR MONROE TO JCT US 97 NEAR PESHASTIN
- 7.7 mi off the Stevens Pass Greenway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Peshastin Lookout · 9 mi
- Echo Point · 12 mi
- Windy Point Viewpoint · 23 mi
- Twin Tunnels landmark · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- High Priest: 0.4 mi
- The Temple: 0.7 mi
- Enchantment Peak: 0.9 mi
- Lighthouse Tower: 1.0 mi
- McClellan Peak: 1.2 mi
- Lions Club Park: 9.3 mi
- Front Street Park: 9.4 mi
- John Simpson Memorial Park: 14.5 mi
- Natatoruim Park: 14.7 mi
- Railroad Park: 14.9 mi
- Watershed Bell: 6.5 mi
- Icicles: 6.5 mi
- Shaman Salmon: 6.5 mi
- Fountain of Dreams: 6.5 mi
- Granite Salmon: 6.6 mi
- Etienne Creek Mining Area: 5.8 mi
- Blewett Stamp Mill: 7.2 mi
- Der Ritter: 9.0 mi
- Casland: 16.8 mi
- old bus: 17.5 mi
- Hatchery Park Ampitheater: 7.0 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Blind: 7.3 mi
- Alpine Ascent Climbing Wall: 8.6 mi
- Rocky Pond Estate Winery Leavenworth Tasting Room: 8.7 mi
- Kestrel Vintners: 9.1 mi
- Culver Springs: 6.7 mi
- Deer Park Spring: 8.0 mi
- Cougar Spring: 15.7 mi
- Mission Spring: 17.4 mi
- Lion Rock Springs: 18.9 mi
- Lizard Wall: 2.1 mi
- Spineless Prow: 3.2 mi
- Snow Creek Wall: 4.2 mi
- Icicle Buttress: 4.5 mi
- Stones Throw: 4.5 mi
- Dog Beach: 7.7 mi
- Shore Street River Access: 7.9 mi
- Deer Beach: 8.8 mi
- Rafters Beach: 8.9 mi
- Enchantment Beach: 9.0 mi
- Greater Leavenworth Museum: 9.4 mi
- Nutcracker Museum & Store: 9.4 mi
- Cashmere Museum and Pioneer Village: 15.5 mi
- Roslyn Historical Museum: 20.8 mi
- Carpenter Museum: 21.3 mi
- Viviane Falls: 0.5 mi
- Upper Snow Creek Falls: 0.7 mi
- Drury Falls: 10.5 mi
- Pea Soup Falls: 19.7 mi
- Whinnimic Falls: 23.2 mi
- Mountain Home Ridge (CDLT): 7.4 mi
- Peshastin Pinnacles State Park: 12.8 mi
- Liberty Recreation Site: 17.5 mi
- Suncadia Conservancy: 21.9 mi
- Porter's Pond Nature Area: 22.7 mi
- Royal Bavarian Kanzlers Rose Garden: 9.3 mi
- E. Lorene Young Community Garden: 9.7 mi
- Ohme Gardens: 21.4 mi
- Okanogan Avenue Community Garden: 22.5 mi
- Xeriscape Demonstration Garden: 22.6 mi
- Nason Creek Rest Area: 19.3 mi
- Indian John Hill Rest Area, I-90 Westbound: 22.7 mi
- Indian John Hill Rest Area, I-90 Eastbound: 22.7 mi
- Iron Goat Rest Area: 23.4 mi
- Blewett: 7.4 mi
- Scenic: 23.2 mi
- Wellington: 23.9 mi
- Swiftwater Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
- Day Use Area: 17.4 mi
- Turkey Gulch Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
- Scenic Hot Springs: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Prusik Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Stuart | W 261° | 2,871 m | 5.5 mi |
| Dragontail Peak | WSW 256° | 2,695 m | 2.3 mi |
| Pandora's Box | WSW 252° | 2,658 m | 2.5 mi |
| Colchuck Peak | WSW 258° | 2,653 m | 3.0 mi |
| Cannon Mountain | NW 322° | 2,637 m | 1.3 mi |
| Enchantment Peak | W 278° | 2,597 m | 0.9 mi |
| Witches Tower | WSW 249° | 2,597 m | 2.0 mi |
| Cashmere Mountain | NNW 329° | 2,595 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:35 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 20:17 | 21:05 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:22 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 15:22 | 16:15 |
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 | 26 | 32 | 39 | 47 | 55 | 62 | 69 | 69 | 60 | 48 | 35 | 27 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 4.1 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Leavenworth 3 S, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/348974816
Day trips start here
- Leavenworth · 9 mi
- Cashmere · 15 mi
- Wenatchee · 22 mi
- Stevens Pass · 23 mi
- East Wenatchee · 24 mi
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