Mount Shuksan - Definition and Overview

Mount Shuksan
Mount Shuksan from the west.
Elevation:	9,127 ft (2,782 m)
Latitude:	48° 49′ 53.58″ N
Longitude:	121° 36′ 11.41″ W
Location:	Washington State, USA
Topo map:	USGS Mount Shuksan
Range:	Cascades
Type:	Metamorphic schist
Age of rock:	Cretaceous
First ascent:	1908 by Asahel Curtis and party
Easiest route:	rock/ice climb

Mount Shuksan is a peak in the North Cascades National Park of the USA.Shuksan lies in Whatcom County, Washington, immediately to the east of Mount Baker, just south of Canada.

Shuksan is composed of Shuksan Greenschist, oceanic basalt that was metamorphosed when the Easton terrane smashed into the west coast of North America, approximately 120 million years ago.

External links

• Mount Shuksan at Peakbagger.com (http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=1630)
• Mount Shuksan on Bivouac.com (http://bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=6189)
• Maps and aerial photos
  • Topographic map from Topozone (http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=48.83155&lon=-121.60317&s=200&size=m&layer=DRG100)
  • Aerial photograph from Terraserver (http://terraservice.net/map.aspx?t=1&s=14&lon=-121.60317&lat=48.83155&w=750&h=500)
  • Surrounding area map from Census Bureau (http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapgen?lat=48.83155&lon=-121.60317&wid=.5&ht=.5&iht=400&iwd=600&mlat=48.83155&mlon=-121.60317&msym=bigdot&n=CITIES,GRID,majroads,states,counties,places,water,shorelin,miscell)
  • Location in US from Census Bureau (http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapgen?lat=36.0000&lon=-97.0000&wid=50&ht=28&iwd=550&iht=260&mlat=48.83155&mlon=-121.60317&on=GRID&off=BACK&msym=smalldot)