Mount Prophet is a steep and remote mountain in the
North Cascades
The North Cascades are a section of the Cascade Range of western North America. They span the border between the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. state of Washington and are officially named in the U.S. and Canada as the C ...
of
Washington
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state. Located between several isolated valleys west of
Ross Lake and east of the
Picket Range
The Picket Range is a small, extremely rugged subrange of the North Cascades in the northwestern part of the American state of Washington. It is entirely contained within North Cascades National Park. It is about long, running northwest–sou ...
, the mountain was named in reference to Tommy Rowland, a "religiously fanatic"
prospector
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Space exploration
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who lived by the
Skagit River
The Skagit River ( ) is a river in southwestern British Columbia in Canada and northwestern Washington in the United States, approximately 150 mi (240 km) long. The river and its tributaries drain an area of 1.7 million acres (690,000 ...
in the late 19th century. Because of its difficult-to-access location, few people have attempted to climb Mount Prophet.
Ringed by the separate valleys of the two Beaver Creeks and Arctic Creek, the mountain rises steeply from the valley floor, which gives it a prominence of over . It is the 18th most prominent peak in Washington state. Several trails lead to drainages near the mountain, the closest of which is the Little Beaver-Big Beaver Loop, a distance of roughly .
Nearby mountains
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Mount Terror
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Mount Fury
Mount Fury, elevation , is in North Cascades National Park in the U.S. state of Washington. Several small glaciers are on the slopes of Mount Fury, and it is the highest peak in the Picket Range . A theodolite survey of West and East Fury on Oct ...
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Mount Blum
Mount Blum, or Mount Bald, is a summit of the North Cascades range in Washington state, on the western edge of North Cascades National Park. It is the highest summit of a string of mountain peaks located east of Mount Shuksan and west of the Pi ...
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Genesis Peak
Genesis Peak is a mountain summit located in the North Cascades, in Whatcom County of Washington, United States. It is situated within North Cascades National Park and Stephen Mather Wilderness. The nearest higher neighbor is Mount Prophet, ...
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Mountains of Whatcom County, Washington
Mountains of Washington (state)
North Cascades of Washington (state)
North Cascades National Park
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