Boston Peak, Washington

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 8899 ft / 2712 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	48° 29' 44'' N, 121° 2' 9'' W 48.495692, -121.035951 (Dec Deg) 645097 E 5373260 N, Zone 10 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	Washington
County/Second Level Region	Skagit
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Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 163      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 153) Selected Trip Reports:      2007-08-23 by Fred Beavon      2009-09-16 by Milda Tautvydas      2012-08-11 by Joshua Ricardi      2012-08-25 by Vineeth Madhusudanan (GPS Track)      2014-07-21 by Sean Albert (GPS Track)      2016-09-16 by Eric Gilbertson      2017-08-09 by Dustin Wittmier      2017-09-04 by Charles Sidlinger      2018-06-17 by Fred Newman      2018-07-20 by Stephen Sugiyama (GPS Track)      2018-07-22 by Chandler Haberlack      2018-07-29 by Evan Barbre      2018-08-05 by Petro Ksondzyk (GPS Track)      2018-08-25 by Eric Gilbertson      2019-05-12 by Ian Culhane (Unsuccessful)      2019-08-16 by Alden Ryno      2020-08-02 by Albert Sidelnik      2020-08-11 by Val Kung      2020-08-15 by Eric Wentworth      2020-08-15 by Alex Hannum      2020-08-25 by Brad Hefta-Gaub      2020-08-25 by Ryan Stoddard (GPS Track)      2020-08-29 by Thomas Garrett      2020-09-05 by Brett Murrey      2020-10-03 by Tom Perkow      2020-10-04 by Josh Emery      2020-10-04 by Brad Wagenaar (GPS Track)      2021-08-03 by Krista Morris      2022-07-30 by Karthik Krish (GPS Track)      2022-09-24 by Alden Ryno
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View of Boston Peak (high point) from Sahale Peak, Sharkfin Tower to the left of ridge (2016-08-20). Photo by Curt Baxstrom. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 854 ft/260 m   Optimistic Prominence: 894 ft/272 m   Line Parent: Mount Buckner   Key Col: 8040 ft/2451 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 1.62 mi/2.6 km    Isolation Limit Point: 48.4942, -121.0008 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Mount Buckner  (E)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Pacific Ranges Range3: Cascade Range Range4: North Cascades Range5: Central North Cascades Range6: Buckner-Boston Massif
Drainage Basins	Skagit Puget Sound Strait of Juan de Fuca Pacific Ocean Chelan Columbia Pacific-Western USA Pacific Ocean
Ownership	Land: North Cascades National Park Wilderness/Special Area: Stephen Mather Wilderness Area
Topo Map	Cascade Pass O48121d1 1:24,000
First Ascent	July 28, 1938     Bressler, Calder     Clough, Ralph     Cox, Bill     Myers, Tom
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

Summit of Boston Peak, Eldorado and Forbidden in background (2016-08-19). Photo by Curt Baxstrom. Click here for larger-size photo.

Boston Peak summit (2010-08-14). Photo by Chris Schaening. Click here for larger-size photo.

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