Mount Maude is the 15th highest peak in

Washington state Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is often referred to as Washington State to distinguish it from the national capital, both named after George Washington ...

. The peak is located in the

Entiat Mountains The Entiat Mountains, or Entiat Range, is a mountain range in the U.S. state of Washington (U.S. state), Washington. Located west of the Columbia River, north of the Wenatchee River, and south of the Entiat River, the range is part of the North Ca ...

, a subrange of the

North Cascades The North Cascades are a section of the Cascade Range of western North America. They span the border between the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington and ...

. It is in the Glacier Peak Wilderness, at the headwaters of the

Entiat River The Entiat River is a tributary of the Columbia River, joining the Columbia near Entiat. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) lists two variant names for the Entiat River: ''En-ti-at-kwa River'' and ''Entiatqua River''. The river's name is ...

. The peak was given its name by Albert H. Sylvester in honor of Frederick Stanley Maude. The mountain from the south side consists of mostly talus with small rocky outcroppings, often compared with mountains in the Colorado Rockies. The northeast side is much different, with a steep rocky summit sheltering the small Entiat Glacier. Most climbers will climb Maude, Seven Fingered Jack, and sometimes Mount Fernow in the same trip.

Geology

The mountain is made of Cretaceous Orthogneiss, and

Tonalite Tonalite is an igneous rock, igneous, plutonic (Intrusive rock, intrusive) rock (geology), rock, of felsic composition, with phaneritic (coarse-grained) texture. Feldspar is present as plagioclase (typically oligoclase or andesine) with alkali fe ...

. The flank of the mountain on the southwest side are made of Triassic Orthogneiss and Triassic to Permian Heterogeneous Metamorphic rock. While the northeast side also consist of Eocene Quartz Diorite, and small marble deposits. Many normal faults are present as well as one small strike-slip fault near Spectacle Buttes.

Routes

*West Gully *North Face very steep snow *South slopes

References

Gallery

File:Mt Maude Entiat Range.jpg File:375 Mt Maude & Entiat glacier, Okanogan Wenatchee Nat'l Forest (35404461713).jpg, Mt. Maude & Entiat Glacier File:Maude and Upper Ice Lake.jpg, Maude and Upper Ice Lake

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