Mount Prophet
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Mount Prophet is a steep and remote mountain in the North Cascades
of Washington state. Located between several isolated valleys west of Ross Lake
and east of the Picket Range
, the mountain was named in reference to Tommy Rowland, a "religiously fanatic" prospector
who lived by the Skagit River
in the late 19th century. Because of its difficult-to-access location, few people have attempted to climb Mount Prophet.
Ringed by the separate valleys of the two Beaver Creeks and Arctic Creek, the mountain rises steeply from the valley floor, which gives it a prominence of over 4000 feet (1,219 m). It is the 18th most prominent peak in Washington state. Several trails lead to drainages near the mountain, the closest of which is the Little Beaver-Big Beaver Loop, a distance of roughly 26.5 miles (42.6 km).
North Cascades
The North Cascades are a section of the Cascade Range of western North America. They span the border between the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. state of Washington and are officially named in Canada as the Cascade Mountains...
of Washington state. Located between several isolated valleys west of Ross Lake
Ross Lake
Ross Lake is a large reservoir in the North Cascade mountains of northern Washington state, USA, and southwestern British Columbia, Canada. The lake runs approximately north-south, is 23 miles long, up to 1.5 miles wide, and the full reservoir elevation is 1,604 feet above sea level .The U.S...
and east of the Picket Range
Picket Range
The Picket Range is a small, extremely rugged subrange of the North Cascades in the northwestern part of the American state of Washington. It is entirely contained within North Cascades National Park. It is about long, running northwest-southeast, and is lies north of the Skagit River, west of...
, the mountain was named in reference to Tommy Rowland, a "religiously fanatic" prospector
Prospecting
Prospecting is the physical search for minerals, fossils, precious metals or mineral specimens, and is also known as fossicking.Prospecting is a small-scale form of mineral exploration which is an organised, large scale effort undertaken by mineral resource companies to find commercially viable ore...
who lived by the Skagit River
Skagit River
The Skagit River is a river in southwestern British Columbia in Canada and northwestern Washington in the United States, approximately 150 mi long...
in the late 19th century. Because of its difficult-to-access location, few people have attempted to climb Mount Prophet.
Ringed by the separate valleys of the two Beaver Creeks and Arctic Creek, the mountain rises steeply from the valley floor, which gives it a prominence of over 4000 feet (1,219 m). It is the 18th most prominent peak in Washington state. Several trails lead to drainages near the mountain, the closest of which is the Little Beaver-Big Beaver Loop, a distance of roughly 26.5 miles (42.6 km).