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Alta Mountain, Washington
Prominence: 520 ft, 159 m
Elevation: 6240+ feet, 1902+ meters
True Isolation: 1.14 mi, 1.83 km
Elevation Info:
Elevation range: 6240 - 6280 ft
(40-foot closed contour)
NAVD88 Elevation
: 6244 ft / 1903 m
(Range 6244 - 6284 ft)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)
47° 26' 28'' N, 121° 19' 55'' W
47.441131, -121.331964 (Dec Deg)
625764 E 5255536 N, Zone 10 (UTM)
Country
United States
State/Province
Washington
County/Second Level Region
Kittitas
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Lists that contain Alta Mountain:
Mountaineers Snoqualmie Peak Pin-All
(Rank #7)
Smoot's "Climbing Washington's Mountains" 100 Peaks
(Rank #83)
Mountaineers Snoqualmie Peak Pin-Second Ten
(Rank #4)
Alpine Lakes "Home Court" Top 100
(Rank #33)
Mid-State Milers
(Rank #108)
Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak:
Climbing Washingtons Mountains (Smoot)
Cascade Alpine Guide, Vol. 1 (Beckey)
Ascent Info
Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users:
578
Show all viewable ascents/attempts
(Total: 539)
Selected Trip Reports:
2005-09-11 by Greg Slayden (GPS Track)
2008-08-02 by josh Welbaum
2008-10-19 by Matt B
2009-08-02 by Greg Chappell
2010-07-25 by Wouter van Wageningen
2011-06-21 by Susan Shih (Unsuccessful)
2011-08-18 by Tim Hagan (GPS Track)
2011-10-02 by Ashwin #
2012-07-07 by Josh Phanco
2012-09-22 by Chad Straub
2013-07-14 by Evan L
2013-07-21 by Patty Cokus
2013-07-21 by Sean Albert
2013-07-31 by Sarah Holt
2014-10-19 by Cindy Lin (Unsuccessful)
2015-08-16 by Aaron Wilson
2015-09-11 by Mark Hadland (GPS Track)
2015-10-04 by Jeff Heidel (GPS Track)
2015-10-24 by Dan Conley (GPS Track)
2015-10-24 by James Barlow (GPS Track)
2016-07-24 by Jeremy Benezra
2017-07-04 by Ben Sidhom (Unsuccessful) (GPS Track)
2017-09-17 by Sergey Lazutin (GPS Track)
2017-11-05 by Nick 🏞️ (Unsuccessful)
2018-06-23 by Joanne Najdzin (GPS Track)
2018-07-14 by Ananth Maniam (GPS Track)
2018-07-31 by Joel Panttila
2018-09-02 by Lucas Peterson (GPS Track)
2018-10-13 by Luca Baradel (GPS Track)
2018-10-13 by Karen Altergott (GPS Track)
2018-10-13 by Lawrence Kuracina
2018-10-14 by Mark Hadland (GPS Track)
2018-10-20 by Nancy Lloyd
2019-07-21 by Tim Martino (GPS Track)
2019-07-27 by Ben Sidhom (GPS Track)
2019-09-14 by Bulent Elmaci (GPS Track)
2020-07-04 by John Franklin Crenshaw
2020-08-07 by Imran Rahman (GPS Track)
2020-08-11 by Jeff Ziegler (GPS Track)
2020-08-23 by Bill Goodgion (GPS Track)
2020-08-30 by Nicholas de Steiguer (GPS Track)
2020-09-05 by Ryan Stoddard (GPS Track)
2021-07-25 by Reed Russell (GPS Track)
2021-08-29 by Rick Teudt (GPS Track)
2021-10-17 by Kristin Ellis (Unsuccessful)
2022-09-04 by Darcy Barry (GPS Track)
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Alta Mtn, with one of the Rampart Lakes in the foreground (2015-10-04). Photo by
Jeff Guderian
.
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Prominence
Key Col Page
(Detailed prominence information)
Clean Prominence
: 520 ft/159 m
Optimistic Prominence
: 600 ft/183 m
Key Col
: 5720 ft/1743 m
Isolation
Isolation Page
(Detailed isolation information)
Distance: 1.14 mi/1.83 km
Isolation Limit Point
: 47.4375, -121.3083
Nearest Higher Neighbor
in the
PBC database
:
Box Ridge - Northwest Peak
(ESE)
Ranges
Continent:
North America
Range2:
Pacific Ranges
Range3:
Cascade Range
Range4:
South Washington Cascades
Range5:
Alpine Lakes Area
Range6:
Chikamin-Keechelus
Drainage Basins
Yakima
Columbia
Pacific-Western USA
Pacific Ocean
Ownership
Land: Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
Wilderness/Special Area: Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area
Topo Map
Chikamin Peak O47121d3 1:24,000
Data Source
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Other Photos
Looking to the false summit (2017-09-04).
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View from the summit of Alta looking NW (2012-08-19). Photo by
M Wisener
.
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