| Old Baldy Mountain | |
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.jpg) Old Baldy Lookout in 1942 | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 7,854 ft (2,394 m) NAVD 88 |
| Prominence | 1,444 ft (440 m) |
| Isolation | 4.46 mi (7.18 km) to Clark Peak |
| Coordinates | 48°35′23″N 119°57′22″W / 48.58972°N 119.95611°W / 48.58972; -119.95611 (Old Baldy Mountain) |
| Geography | |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| County | Okanogan County |
| Parent range | |
| Baldy Pass | |
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| Elevation | 6,375 ft (1,943 m) |
| Range |
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| Coordinates | 48°35′55″N 119°56′38″W / 48.59861°N 119.94389°W / 48.59861; -119.94389 (Baldy Pass) |
Old Baldy Mountain is a peak in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, in Okanogan County, Washington, 10 miles northwest of Conconully. The height is listed at modern sources as 7,844 ft or 7,849 ft or 7,854 ft. Older government maps showed 7,870 feet elevation. There is a geodetic survey benchmark at 7,848 ft near the summit. Some sources show the mountain in the Okanogan Range.
Baldy Pass is a 6,375-foot (1,943 m) pass about one kilometer northeast of the peak, and is traversed by Forest Service Road 37. The Golden Stairway multipurpose motorcycle/biking/hiking trail (not to be confused with the Golden Stairs on Alaska's Chilkoot Trail) leads to Old Baldy.
Government maps as of 1963 showed a fire lookout tower on the peak, but it was not mentioned in the National Geodetic Survey in 1956. Part of the mountain was burned in the 2006 Tripod Complex Fire, and the area between Old Baldy and Tripod Peak burned in the Cub Creek 2 Fire in late July, 2021.
The name of the United States Geological Survey 7.5 minute series topographic quadrangle map containing Old Baldy Mountain is "Old Baldy, WA".
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Old Baldy
- ^ Peakbagger
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Baldy Pass
- Landes 1917, p. 214.
- ^ Okanogan, NM 11-10 (Map) (1963 ed.). 1:250:000. United States Geological Survey. 1954.
- Okanogan National Forest (N.F.), Granite Mountain Analysis Area, Proposed Pebble and Little Granite Timber Sales Environmental Impact Statement 1993
- Marshall 1914, p. 166.
- ^ "OLD BALDY", NGS benchmark datasheets, National Geodetic Survey, PID TP1368
- Peakbagger - Okanogan Range (map)
- USFS topo via Lists of John
- Washington Atlas and Gazetteer (Map) (Sixth ed.). DeLorme. 2002. p. 114. ISBN 0-89933-329-X.
- ^ Romano 2008.
- "Golden Stairway". Washington Trails Association.
- "Cub Creek 2 Progression Map". Inciweb fire incident information system. USDA, US Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, et al. August 6, 2021.
- OLD BALDY, WA 1:24,000. United States Geological Survey. January 1, 2001. ISBN 978-0-607-92697-2. Map 106957 Alternate ID: TWA1732.
Sources
- Romano, Craig (2008). "Golden Stairway". Day Hiking North Cascades: Mount Baker / Mountain Loop Highway / San Juan Islands. The Mountaineers Books. ISBN 978-1594852565.
- John Kirk (2020), "Old Baldy WA", Lists of John Lists of Peaks, Colorado
- Landes, Henry (1917). A Geographic Dictionary of Washington (PDF). Washington Geological Survey, Bulletin No. 17. Olympia: Frank M. Lamborn Public Printer.
- Marshall, Robert Bradford (1914). Results of Spirit Leveling in the State of Washington, 1896 to 1913, Inclusive. United States Geological Survey/Government Printing Office. Bulletin 557.
Further reading
- Granite Mountain Wilderness Evaluation (PDF), US Forest Service, 2009
External links
- Old Baldy Mountain Lookout Site (Will White Web)
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