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 Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington and ...

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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–south ...

, the mountain was named in reference to Tommy Rowland, a "religiously fanatic"

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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 (state), Washington in the United States, approximately 150 mi (240 km) long. The river and its tributaries drain an area of 1.7&nbs ...

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

* Mount Terror * Mount Fury *

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 ...

* Genesis Peak

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* Mountains of Whatcom County, Washington North Cascades of Washington (state) North Cascades National Park {{WhatcomCountyWA-geo-stub