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Sherpa Peak, Washington
Prominence: 405 ft, 124 m
Elevation: 8605 feet, 2623 meters
True Isolation: 0.41 mi, 0.65 km
Elevation Info:
NAVD88 Elevation
: 8610 ft / 2624 m
Subpeaks
Sherpa Balanced Rock
(8605 ft/2623 m)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)
47° 28' 19'' N, 120° 53' 20'' W
47.471845, -120.888871 (Dec Deg)
659078 E 5259761 N, Zone 10 (UTM)
Country
United States
State/Province
Washington
County/Second Level Region
Chelan
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Sherpa Peak at SummitPost.org
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Lists that contain Sherpa Peak:
Smoot's "Climbing Washington's Mountains" 100 Peaks
(Rank #25)
Washington State Top 100 Peaks
(Rank #43)
Washington Bulger List
(Rank #41)
Wenatchee Mountains "Back Court" Top 100
(Rank #5)
Washington State Top 200 Peaks
(Rank #43)
Mid-State Milers
(Rank #5)
Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak:
Climbing Washingtons Mountains (Smoot)
Summit Routes: Washington's 100 Highest Peaks (Stephenson, Bongiovanni)
Cascade Alpine Guide, Vol. 1 (Beckey)
Washington's Highest Mountains: Basic Alpine and Glacier Routes (Goldman)
Ascent Info
Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users:
173
Show all viewable ascents/attempts
(Total: 176)
Selected Trip Reports:
2008-08-31 by Joshua Ricardi
2009-09-26 by Monty VanderBilt
2011-06-25 by Bri Wilson (Unsuccessful)
2011-08-06 by Milda Tautvydas
2011-09-16 by Andy Dewey
2012-07-24 by Sean Albert
2012-08-31 by Chad Painter (GPS Track)
2014-06-15 by Priti Wright
2015-06-27 by Jaime McCandless (GPS Track)
2015-07-11 by Patty Cokus
2015-08-23 by Matt Lemke
2016-05-25 by Michael Lewis (Unsuccessful)
2016-08-13 by Stephen Sugiyama
2017-06-18 by Stephen Bobick (Unsuccessful)
2017-07-16 by Susan Shih
2017-08-20 by Eric Gilbertson
2017-09-02 by Connor McEntee (Unsuccessful) (GPS Track)
2018-06-23 by Tyler Stockdale
2018-06-23 by Scott Rice (GPS Track)
2018-06-24 by Stephen Bobick
2018-08-10 by Fred Newman
2018-08-31 by Jake Robinson
2019-06-15 by Johnny Petraborg (GPS Track)
2019-07-07 by Lily Qian (Unsuccessful)
2019-07-14 by Krista Morris
2019-09-02 by Marcus Peinado
2019-09-03 by Alden Ryno
2020-06-27 by Eric Wentworth (Unsuccessful)
2020-07-26 by Ryan Stoddard (GPS Track)
2020-09-06 by Eric Wentworth
2021-07-01 by Melanie Stam (GPS Track)
2022-02-05 by Eric Gilbertson
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The consensus among climbers is that the main Sherpa Peak is slightly higher than the nearby "Balanced Rock".
Sherpa Peak and the amazing nearby balanced rock. Photo by
Eric Noel
.
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Prominence
Key Col Page
(Detailed prominence information)
Clean Prominence
: 405 ft/124 m
Optimistic Prominence
: 445 ft/136 m
Line Parent
:
Mount Stuart-False Summit
Key Col
: 8200 ft/2499 m
Isolation
Isolation Page
(Detailed isolation information)
Distance: 0.41 mi/0.65 km
Isolation Limit Point
: 47.4725, -120.8975
Nearest Higher Neighbor
in the
PBC database
:
Mount Stuart-False Summit
(W)
Ranges
Continent:
North America
Range2:
Pacific Ranges
Range3:
Cascade Range
Range4:
South Washington Cascades
Range5:
Wenatchee Mountains
Range6:
Stuart Range
Drainage Basins
Wenatchee
Columbia
Pacific-Western USA
Pacific Ocean
Ownership
Land: Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
Wilderness/Special Area: Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area
Topo Map
Mount Stuart O47120d8 1:24,000
Data Source
1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
Dynamic Map
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Other Photos
Looking east from Sherpa Peak at the famous "Balanced Rock" formation (2012-07-24). Photo by
Sean Albert
.
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Jeff Wright summit of Sherpa Balanced Rock (the true summit!) (2019-06-15). Photo by
Johnny Petraborg
.
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