Gilbert Peak ( is located in the

Goat Rocks Goat Rocks is an Volcano#Extinct, extinct stratovolcano in the Cascade Range, located between Mount Rainier and Mount Adams (Washington), Mount Adams in southern Washington (state), Washington, in the United States. Part of the Cascade Volcan ...

on the border of the

Yakama Indian Reservation The Yakama Indian Reservation (spelled Yakima until 1994) is a Native American reservation in Washington state of the federally recognized tribe known as the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation. The tribe is made up of Klikitat ...

and

Yakima County Yakima County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 256,728. The county seat and most populous city is Yakima, Washington, Ya ...

, in the

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. Situated partly in the

Goat Rocks Wilderness Goat Rocks Wilderness is a U.S. wilderness area in Washington, United States, comprising of Okanagan–Wenatchee National Forest and Gifford Pinchot National Forest on the crest of the Cascade Range south of U.S. Highway 12. Its central feat ...

, Gilbert Peak is the highest summit in the Goat Rocks, which are the eroded remnants of an extinct

stratovolcano A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a typically conical volcano built up by many alternating layers (strata) of hardened lava and tephra. Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are characterized by a steep profile with ...

Meade Glacier Meade Glacier is located in the Goat Rocks region in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington. The glacier is within the Goat Rocks Wilderness of Snoqualmie National Forest, south of Conrad Glacier and immediately east of Gilbert Peak (Wa ...

is located on the southeastern slopes of the peak, while Conrad Glacier is on the north slope.

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