Mount Spickard
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Mount Spickard with Silver Glacier and Silver Lake
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 8,980 ft (2,737 m) NAVD 88 |
| Prominence | 4,779 ft (1,457 m) |
| Coordinates | 48°58′11″N 121°14′26″W / 48.969672003°N 121.240514444°WCoordinates: 48°58′11″N 121°14′26″W / 48.969672003°N 121.240514444°W |
| Geography | |
 Mount Spickard
Location in Washington
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| Location | North Cascades National Park, Whatcom County, Washington, U.S. |
| Parent range | North Cascades, Skagit Range |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Tertiary |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1904 by Walter Raeburn |
Mount Spickard (pronounced SPICK' erd) is a 8,980-foot (2,740 m) mountain peak in the North Cascades, a mountain range in the U.S. state of Washington. Located just 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the Canada–US border, it is part of the Chilliwack Group, a subrange of the Skagit Range which is part of the North Cascades. It is composed mainly of gneiss and is part of two major drainage basins: that of the Skagit River and Fraser River.
With a topographic prominence of over 4,700 feet (1,400 m), Mount Spickard is one of the most prominent peaks in the state, and has two minor summits. The mountain was named for a climber who fell to his death while ascending another nearby mountain peak. However, the first to ascend Mount Spickard was Walter B. Reaburn, in 1904.
Mount Spickard rises to 8,980 feet (2,740 m) in the northernmost extreme of North Cascades National Park, making it the 5th highest peak in the park and the 16th highest in the state. Its prominence of 4,779 feet (1,457 m) is the ninth-greatest in the state and makes it the 70th-most prominent peak in the United States. It is located 19 miles (31 km) northwest of Jack Mountain, the nearest higher peak.
The main summit of Spickard has two sub-peaks. The taller of the two is a 8,824-foot (2,690 m) summit, with a prominence of 304 feet (93 m), 0.3 miles (0.48 km) to the northeast of the true summit. The shorter is located 0.5 miles (0.80 km) southwest of the main peak and rises to 8,405 feet (2,562 m), but has 364 feet (111 m) of prominence. In his popular climbing guide, Fred Beckey uses the name "Peak 8824" for the northeast sub-peak.
High ridges connect Mount Spickard to other peaks. A ridge to the southwest connects Spickard with Twin Spires (also called Mox Peaks) and the Ridge of Gendarmes. The high ridges to the southeast of Mount Spickard are somewhat broken up by glacier-couloirs but connect Spickard with summits known as Tombstone Peak and Peak 7153. Another high ridge extends to the northeast. The ridge to the northwest is broken by a saddle point but otherwise extends several miles, curving north and east, around Silver Lake to Mount Custer Ridge, Mount Rahm, and Devils Tongue.
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