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Mount Thielsen, Oregon


Prominence: 3342 ft, 1019 m

Elevation: 9182 feet, 2799 meters


True Isolation: 50.42 mi, 81.14 km
Elevation Info:NAVD88 Elevation: 9187 ft / 2800 m
SubpeaksMount Thielsen - South Peak (8457 ft/2578 m)
Peak TypeVolcano
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)43° 9' 10'' N, 122° 3' 59'' W
43.152769, -122.066502 (Dec Deg)
575899 E 4778203 N, Zone 10 (UTM)
CountryUnited States
State/ProvinceOregon
County/Second Level RegionDouglas (Highest Point)
Klamath (Highest Point)
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Other Web Sites
     Mount Thielsen at SummitPost
     Thielsen; Mount at ListsOfJohn
     Mount Thielsen at Mountain-Forecast.com
     Mount Thielsen at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio)
     CoHP.org Trip Report for Douglas, OR by Ken Jones
     CoHP.org Trip Report for Douglas, OR by Edward Earl
     CoHP.org Trip Report for Douglas, OR by Ron Tagliapietra
     CoHP.org Trip Report for Douglas, OR by Dean Molen
     CoHP.org Trip Report for Douglas, OR by Adam Helman

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Lists that contain Mount Thielsen:
     Chemeketan Eighteen Northwest Peaks Award (Rank #12)
     Cascade Volcanoes Peak Pin (Rank #14)
     USA Lower 48 Drainage Basin High Points (Rank #20)
     High Points of Counties Crossed by the Pacific Crest Trail (Rank #27)
     Cascade Range 9000-foot Peaks (Rank #24)
     Top 10 County High Points Grid for U.S. States (Rank #112)
     2000-foot Prominence CoHPs - 48 States (Rank #127)
     Top 10 Isolation Grid for U.S. States (Rank #127)
     U.S. National Forest High Points (Rank #60)
     Counties with Largest Area (Rank #34)
     USA Lower 48 Top 400 Peaks by Prominence (Rank #271)
     Oregon County High Points (Rank #12)
     Oregon County Prominence Peaks (Rank #15)
     Western States Climbers Star Peaks (Rank #105)
     USA Lower 48 Range5 High Points (Rank #241)
     Western Contiguous USA CoHPs (Rank #201)
     Oregon Peaks with 25 Miles of Isolation (Rank #6)
     Western USA Peaks with 25 miles of Isolation (Rank #83)
     Oregon 9000-foot Peaks (Rank #22)
     Western USA CoHPs (Rank #215)
(Peak is on over 20 lists; Not all shown here.)

Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak:
       Climbing the Cascade Volcanoes (Smoot)
       Oregon High: A Climbing Guide to Nine Cascade Volcanoes (Thomas)

Ascent Info

Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 451
     Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 409)

Selected Trip Reports:
     1979-08-03 by Greg Bramlet
     1992-08-19 by Greg Slayden (GPS Track)
     1994-06-01 by Micah Stiegler
     1998-09-20 by Don Gilman
     2003-07-05 by Bob Bolton
     2003-08-25 by Patrick Shannon
     2006-10-01 by Caleb Morris
     2011-01-15 by Matt Varney (GPS Track)
     2012-07-22 by James Barlow (GPS Track)
     2013-07-11 by Mark Smith
     2013-07-21 by jeff carr
     2013-08-30 by Steven Shipman (GPS Track)
     2014-07-05 by Richard Hensley
     2014-07-21 by Vic Hanson
     2014-07-29 by Michael Wanberg
     2014-09-21 by Samuel Hahn
     2016-07-12 by Dave Covill
     2016-07-23 by Ted Glick (GPS Track)
     2016-09-08 by David Sanger (GPS Track)
     2017-09-30 by Tomoko Nakajima (GPS Track)
     2018-06-09 by Ted Ehrlich
     2018-08-30 by Lane Johnson
     2018-09-22 by Grant Schoepper (GPS Track)
     2019-07-20 by Jeremy Fuerst
     2019-07-24 by Adam Dunn
     2020-08-01 by Caleb Morris
     2021-05-29 by Mihai Giurgiulescu (GPS Track)
     2021-07-02 by Mike Black (GPS Track)
     2021-08-22 by Rob W
     2022-06-25 by Serguei Okountsev (GPS Track)
     2022-07-06 by Josh Super
     2022-07-13 by Jason O'Connell (GPS Track)
     2022-08-01 by Rob Woodall (GPS Track)
     2022-08-04 by Ananth Maniam (GPS Track)
     2022-08-04 by Jackie Gerard (GPS Track)
     2022-08-20 by Kayla Brown
     2022-10-04 by Jun Okano

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Mount Thielsen is one of the "pointiest" mountains in the world, but the firm rock of the summit pinnacle makes it an easy climb (1992-08-19).
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ProminenceKey Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)
  Clean Prominence: 3342 ft/1019 m
  Optimistic Prominence: 3382 ft/1031 m
  Line Parent: Mount McLoughlin
  Key Col: 5840 ft/1780 m
IsolationIsolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)
   Distance: 50.42 mi/81.14 km
   Isolation Limit Point: 42.445634, -122.314729
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
    Mount McLoughlin  (SSW)
RangesContinent: North America
Range2: Pacific Ranges
Range3: Cascade Range
Range4: Oregon Cascades
Range5: Crater Lake Area (Highest Point)
Drainage Basins
Klamath
Pacific-Western USA
Pacific Ocean
Umpqua (HP)
Pacific-Western USA
Pacific Ocean
OwnershipLand: Fremont-Winema National Forest (Highest Point)/Umpqua National Forest (Highest Point)
Wilderness/Special Area: Mount Thielsen Wilderness Area (Highest Point)
Topo MapMount Thielsen O43122b1 1:24,000
Route #1 Scramble
Trailhead: 5250 ft/1600 m
Vertical Gain: 3932 ft/1199 m
Distance (one way): 4.25 mi/6.84 km
Data Source1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

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Summit of Mt.Thielsen (2014-09-13). Photo by Lia Smaka.
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Looking at the summit spire from a point just about a quarter-mile east of the PCT junction (2016-07-23). Photo by Ted Glick.
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Getting close to the summit block (2016-07-23). Photo by Ted Glick.
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From a small ledge to the east of Chicken Point, looking at the summit block with the north end of Diamond Lake in the distance to the west (2016-07-23). Photo by Ted Glick.
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My pal Dennis at the base of the summit spire (2016-07-23). Photo by Ted Glick.
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Looking up at the summit spire from Chicken Point. The red line is roughly the route I use to climb it (2016-07-23). Photo by Ted Glick.
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