Notes
This section provides a chronological list of first ascents of “Peaks, Pinnacles and Summits with >200 feet of Prominence” in what is now the North Cascades National Park. Most NCNP/NOCA summits were climbed before the National Park was established on October 2, 1968.
Some summits were likely climbed by unknown USGS surveyors (with or without helicopter approach), prospectors, miners, road surveyors, Native Americans, Forest Service, Outward Bound, NOLS groups, geologists, trappers, fishermen, hunters, shepherds, and all manner of independent explorers.
New routes on previously climbed peaks and first winter ascents are not included.
Symbols, sources, and initials of contributors used on the First Ascent Chronology master list are provided here.
Symbols:
(b): before this date
(?): unconfirmed
(~): approximate
(+): peak could be up to 40-feet higher on 7.5-minute map
(nepa): no evidence of previous ascent was found
(epa): evidence of previous ascent was found
(‘): Unofficial name
(h): helicopter used
(Pmn): mean prominence
(Pcl): clean prominence (mbe?): map-boundary error?
Sources:
Fred Beckey (FB) Cascade Alpine Guides (CAG), green Volume 2 & red Volume 3 (primary sources), Range of Glaciers
Harry Majors (HM): Exploring Washington, Northwest Discovery, personal communication re his personal research with numbered notes following.
National Geodetic Survey data sheets (NGS) http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_quads.prl
The Mountaineer: https://www.mountaineers.org/about/history/the-mountaineer-annuals
Lookout data per Rex Kamstra: http://www.firelookout.com
Personal communications (pc)
Contributors’ Initials:
FB Fred Beckey
HM Harry Majors
JR John Roper
SF Steve Fry
RT Rowland Tabor
RK Rex Kamstra
JF Joan Firey
IBC International Boundary Commission
Initials on NGS-National Geodetic Survey data are those of surveyor on that station
| The North Cascades National Park is covered by 28 7.5-min quadrangles. Quad abbreviations used in the table below are identified here in terms of north-south orientation, with the northern-most quads listed in the first line, and each subsequent line indicating the next group to the south. |
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| Mt Sefrit (MSe), Copper Mtn (CpM), Mt Redoubt (MRe), Mt Spickard (MSp), Hozomeen Mtn (Hoz) |
| Shuksan Arm (ShA), Mt Shuksan (MSh), Mt Blum (MBl), Mt Challenger (MCh), Mt Prophet (MPr), Pumpkin Mtn (Pum) |
| Bacon Pk (BaP), Damnation Pk (DaP), Mt Triumph (MTr), Diablo Dam (DiD), Ross Dam (RoD), Crater Mtn (CrM) |
| Marblemount (Mar), Big Devil Pk (BDP), Eldorado Pk (Eld), Forbidden Peak (FoP), Mt Logan (MLo), Mt Arriva (MAr) |
| Sonny Boy Lk (SBL), Cascade Pass (CaP), Goode Mtn (Goo), McGregor Mtn (McG), McAlester Mtn (McA) |
NCNP – First Ascent Chronology
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