Mount Clark is a mountain
summit
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located within
Olympic National Park in
Jefferson County of
Washington
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state.
[
] Its nearest higher peak is
Sweat Spire (7,580 ft) on
Mount Johnson, to the southwest, and
Mount Walkinshaw
Mount Walkinshaw is a 7,378-foot (2,249 m) mountain summit located in the Olympic Mountains, in Jefferson County, Washington, Jefferson County of Washington (U.S. state), Washington state. It is situated within Olympic National Park, and is the n ...
is set to the north.
It is the second highest peak in
The Needles range, which is a subrange of the
Olympic Mountains
The Olympic Mountains are a mountain range on the Olympic Peninsula of the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The mountains, part of the Pacific Coast Ranges, are not especially high – Mount Olympus is the highest at ; however, the easter ...
, and seventh highest in the Olympic Mountains.
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/ref> The climbing routes on Mt. Clark start at Class 3 scrambling and range up to Class 5.5 via the central South Face.[ Precipitation ]runoff
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from the mountain drains into tributaries of the Dungeness River.
History
The first ascent
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of the mountain was made on August 21, 1940, by George R. Martin and Elvin Johnson who dubbed the peak ''Mt. Belvedere''.Seattle
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conservationist and leader in the establishment of Olympic National Park.
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification
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, Mount Clark is located in the marine west coast climate zone of western North America.avalanche
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danger. During winter months weather is usually cloudy, but due to high pressure systems over the Pacific Ocean that intensify during summer months, there is often little or no cloud cover during the summer.[ The months of July through September offer the most favorable weather for climbing.
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Gallery
File:Mts Johnson, Clark.jpg, Mount Clark centered, with Sweat Spire and Mt. Johnson (left)
File:The Needles and Mount Clark, Olympic National Park, date unknown.jpg, The Needles and Mount Clark
See also
* Adelaide Peak
* Sundial (Olympic Mountains)
* Geology of the Pacific Northwest
References
External links
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* Mount Clark weather
Mountain Forecast
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Olympic Mountains
Mountains of Washington (state)
Landforms of Olympic National Park
North American 2000 m summits
Mountains of Jefferson County, Washington