Observation Rock, Washington

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 8369 ft / 2550 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	46° 54' 6'' N, 121° 48' 24'' W 46.901603, -121.806685 (Dec Deg) 590888 E 5194921 N, Zone 10 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	Washington
County/Second Level Region	Pierce
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Observation Rock":      Wikipedia Search      Microsoft Bing Search      Google Search      Yahoo Search Other Web Sites      Observation Rock at SummitPost.org      Observation Rock at ListsOfJohn.com Weather and Snow      National Weather Service Forecast      NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Observation Rock:      Smoot's "Climbing Washington's Mountains" 100 Peaks (Rank #28)      Washington State Top 100 Peaks (Unranked)      Mountaineers 100 Peaks at Mount Rainier N.P. (Rank #6)      Washington State Top 200 Peaks (Unranked)      Scramble Peaks at Mount Rainier N.P. (Rank #4)      Mountaineers Irish Cabin Peaks (Rank #1) Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak:        Climbing Washingtons Mountains (Smoot)
Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 380      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 348) Selected Trip Reports:      2004-09-05 by John Anholm      2010-07-24 by Sean Albert      2010-07-25 by Brandon Plubell      2012-08-05 by Craig Weiland (GPS Track)      2012-08-19 by Andrew Holman      2012-09-16 by Sean Albert      2013-08-04 by Kevin DeFields      2014-08-28 by Kristian Kalsing (GPS Track)      2014-09-08 by Adam Walker      2014-09-14 by Patty Cokus      2015-09-05 by Sonja Serwold      2016-09-25 by Sean Albert      2016-10-02 by Emanuela Agosta      2016-10-02 by Jacob Wolniewicz      2017-07-16 by Alison Fent (Unsuccessful)      2018-07-13 by Rick Teudt (GPS Track)      2018-08-04 by Luca Baradel (GPS Track)      2018-09-29 by Andrew Yi      2018-10-20 by Rikki-Rachelle Hinz      2019-07-28 by Audun Holland-Goon      2019-10-06 by Paul Brown (GPS Track)      2020-08-01 by Ananth Maniam (GPS Track)      2020-08-01 by Rick Teudt (GPS Track)      2020-08-02 by Julia Syi      2020-08-15 by Eric Geissinger      2020-08-16 by Turner Bluechel      2020-09-06 by Audun Holland-Goon (GPS Track)      2020-10-15 by Fabien Le Gallo (GPS Track)      2021-07-24 by Karthik Krish (GPS Track)      2021-08-01 by Paul Kallmann      2021-08-01 by Nicholas de Steiguer (GPS Track)      2021-08-08 by Robert Jenner (GPS Track)      2021-08-09 by Jacob Whitbeck (GPS Track)      2021-08-09 by Brandon Harker (GPS Track)      2021-08-20 by Sara Holzknecht (Unsuccessful)      2021-10-02 by Adam Dunn      2021-10-09 by Albert Sidelnik
Nearby Peak Searches:      Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Observation Rock      Elevation Ladder from Observation Rock      Prominence Ladder from Observation Rock

One pitch of ice at the top of the North Face (2014-08-28). Photo by Kristian Kalsing. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 244 ft/74 m   Optimistic Prominence: 284 ft/86 m   Line Parent: Liberty Cap   Key Col: 8120 ft/2475 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 0.41 mi/0.66 km    Isolation Limit Point: 46.8967, -121.8017 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Liberty Cap  (SE)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Pacific Ranges Range3: Cascade Range Range4: South Washington Cascades Range5: Mount Rainier Area Range6: Mount Rainier Massif
Drainage Basins	Puyallup Puget Sound Strait of Juan de Fuca Pacific Ocean
Ownership	Land: Mount Rainier National Park Wilderness/Special Area: Mount Rainier Wilderness Area
Topo Map	Mowich Lake O46121h7 1:24,000
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

Echo left and Observation right Photo by Chris Pribbernow. Click here for larger-size photo.

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