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North Twin, Washington
Prominence: 680 ft, 207 m
Elevation: 6640+ feet, 2024+ meters
True Isolation: 0.74 mi, 1.19 km
Elevation Info:
Elevation range: 6640 - 6680 ft
(40-foot closed contour)
NAVD88 Elevation
: 6644 ft / 2025 m
(Range 6644 - 6684 ft)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)
48° 42' 56'' N, 121° 59' 54'' W
48.715468, -121.998392 (Dec Deg)
573676 E 5396310 N, Zone 10 (UTM)
Country
United States
State/Province
Washington
County/Second Level Region
Whatcom
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North Twin at SummitPost.org
North Twin at ListsOfJohn.com
North Twin at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio)
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Lists that contain North Twin:
Smoot's "Climbing Washington's Mountains" 100 Peaks
(Rank #74)
Mountaineers Baker's Dozen
(Rank #17)
Southwest British Columbia-Gunn Scrambles
(Rank #110)
Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak:
Climbing Washingtons Mountains (Smoot)
Ascent Info
Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users:
230
Show all viewable ascents/attempts
(Total: 212)
Selected Trip Reports:
1994-07-23 by Brian Friedrich
1995-04-16 by Brian Friedrich (Unsuccessful)
1995-05-20 by Brian Friedrich
1995-07-15 by John Anholm (Unsuccessful)
2000-07-29 by Brian Friedrich
2009-08-19 by Jan Triska
2010-02-06 by Evan Muirow
2011-07-23 by Bri Wilson
2013-06-28 by Natasha Walker
2015-05-30 by Susan Shih (Unsuccessful)
2015-06-06 by George Burgess (GPS Track)
2016-05-01 by Jason Pfannenstiel
2016-05-10 by Susan Shih
2016-05-13 by Steve Brown (GPS Track)
2016-05-13 by Bent Wiencke (GPS Track)
2017-06-03 by Patty Cokus
2018-09-03 by Abrahm Rollins
2019-05-11 by Amrit Panda (GPS Track)
2019-05-18 by Julia Syi
2019-05-18 by Susan Shih
2020-05-09 by Jonathan Koberstein
2020-06-03 by Amy Zamora (Unsuccessful)
2020-06-21 by Jaime McCandless (Unsuccessful) (GPS Track)
2020-07-19 by Jason Curtis
2020-07-19 by Jaime McCandless (GPS Track)
2020-09-07 by Ivan Mitloshuk (GPS Track)
2021-05-22 by Luca Baradel (GPS Track)
2021-07-10 by Karthik Krish (GPS Track)
2021-07-12 by Nick Magill
2022-05-01 by Aaron Minton
2022-07-09 by Sara Holzknecht
2022-07-30 by Mi Ka (Unsuccessful)
2022-08-05 by Robyn Pryor
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The SE ridge of the North Twin can be seen here. Picture taken from an approach trail, on the ridge start, at about 1400 m altitude.(August 2009) (2009-08-19). Photo by
Jan Triska
.
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Prominence
Key Col Page
(Detailed prominence information)
Clean Prominence
: 680 ft/207 m
Optimistic Prominence
: 760 ft/231 m
Line Parent
:
South Twin
Key Col
: 5960 ft/1817 m
Isolation
Isolation Page
(Detailed isolation information)
Distance: 0.74 mi/1.19 km
Isolation Limit Point
: 48.7067, -121.9892
Nearest Higher Neighbor
in the
PBC database
:
South Twin
(SE)
Ranges
Continent:
North America
Range2:
Pacific Ranges
Range3:
Cascade Range
Range4:
North Cascades
Range5:
Skagit Range
Range6:
Twin Sisters-Foothills
Drainage Basins
Nooksack
Strait of Georgia
Pacific Ocean
Ownership
Land: Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
Wilderness/Special Area: Mount Baker Wilderness Area
Topo Map
Twin Sisters Mountain O48121f8 1:24,000
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Other Photos
North Twin Peak from the logging road. West Ridge is on the right. Snow descent connects the obvious snow patches (2020-07-19). Photo by
Jason Curtis
.
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The obelisk tower and the false summit behind it from the W ridge of North Twin Sister. The climbing route goes on the right just below the tower (2021-07-10). Photo by
Karthik Krish
.
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Descending the steep NW face late season (2022-08-05). Photo by
Robyn Pryor
.
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