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Olympic Mountain 6500-foot Peaks

Ranked Peaks have 400 feet of Clean Prominence

Showing Duane Gilliland's first ascent dates for climbed peaks

RankPeak Elev-Ft
(Opt)
 Prom-Ft
(Opt)
Range (Level 5)Isol-MiAscent Date
1.Mount Olympus79697838Central Olympic Mountains108.02003-08-04
2.Mount Deception77884148North-Central Olympic Mountains21.72009-07-04
3.The Brothers68422722Eastern Olympic Mountains7.1 
4.Mount Stone66122172Eastern Olympic Mountains6.72003-06-28
5.Mount Elk Lick65172037Central Olympic Mountains4.1 
6.West Peak73652005Central Olympic Mountains7.8 
7.Mount Constance77561996Eastern Olympic Mountains5.7 
8.Mount Meany66951935Central Olympic Mountains4.1 
9.Mount Carrie69951715Central Olympic Mountains6.3 
10.Mount Claywood68361276North-Central Olympic Mountains2.4 
11.Inner Constance76671187Eastern Olympic Mountains.9 
12.Diamond Mountain68221182Central Olympic Mountains2.0 
13.Mount Mystery76391119North-Central Olympic Mountains1.3 
14.Chimney Peak69171037Central Olympic Mountains3.4 
15.Mount Mathias71561036Central Olympic Mountains1.0 
16.Mount Cameron71901030North-Central Olympic Mountains4.5 
17.Buckhorn Mountain69881028Eastern Olympic Mountains2.8 
18.Wellesley Peak6758998North-Central Olympic Mountains2.3 
19.Crystal Peak6896936Central Olympic Mountains2.0 
20.Elk Mountain6779859North-Central Olympic Mountains5.1 
21.Gray Wolf Ridge7218858North-Central Olympic Mountains2.72006-07-23
22.Warrior Peak7360800Eastern Olympic Mountains.8 
23.Mercury6950790Central Olympic Mountains1.1 
24.Bicentennial Peak6760760Central Olympic Mountains.7 
25.Mount Tom7076756Central Olympic Mountains2.3 
26.Copper Creek Peak6628748Eastern Olympic Mountains1.4 
27.Gray Wolf Pass NW7060740North-Central Olympic Mountains2.1 
28.Mount Anderson7321721Central Olympic Mountains.8 
29.Moose Peak6800720North-Central Olympic Mountains2.3 
30.North Petunia Peak6998718North-Central Olympic Mountains1.6 
31.Sentinel Peak6592692North-Central Olympic Mountains1.4 
32.Peak 68106810690North-Central Olympic Mountains1.9 
33.Gray Wolf Ridge-South Peak7076676North-Central Olympic Mountains1.2 
34.Peak 67596759639North-Central Olympic Mountains1.2 
35.Mount Clark7528608North-Central Olympic Mountains.3 
36.Baldy6827587North-Central Olympic Mountains1.2 
37.McCartney Peak6784584North-Central Olympic Mountains3.2 
38.Little Mystery6941581North-Central Olympic Mountains.6 
39.Boulder Ridge6852572Eastern Olympic Mountains.9 
40.Athena7365565Central Olympic Mountains1.1 
41.Mount Fairchild6950550Central Olympic Mountains.8 
42.Mount Fricaba7139539North-Central Olympic Mountains.7 
43.Mount Worthington6938538Eastern Olympic Mountains1.0 
44.Mount Johnson7720520North-Central Olympic Mountains1.3 
45.Point Harrah7080520Eastern Olympic Mountains.5 
46.Circe6847487Central Olympic Mountains.5 
47.Hawk Peak6545465Eastern Olympic Mountains1.0 
48.Petunia Peak6953433North-Central Olympic Mountains.6 
49.Hal Foss Peak7179419North-Central Olympic Mountains.6 
50.Aries6533413Central Olympic Mountains.6 
 Buckhorn Mountain-Northeast Peak6956396Eastern Olympic Mountains.3 
 Lost Peak6515395North-Central Olympic Mountains.8 
 Echo Rock7033393Central Olympic Mountains.4 
 Mount Walkinshaw7378378North-Central Olympic Mountains.9 
 Hermes6852372Central Olympic Mountains.6 
 Mount Olympus-Middle Peak7929369Central Olympic Mountains.6 
 The Thumb6920360Eastern Olympic Mountains.3 
 Ruth Peak6900350Central Olympic Mountains.9 
 Cloudy Peak6974334Eastern Olympic Mountains.5 
 Iron Mountain6826306Eastern Olympic Mountains.3 
 Mount Fromme6705305North-Central Olympic Mountains.6 
 Grand Pass Peak6701301North-Central Olympic Mountains.7 
 Mount Watterson6650290Central Olympic Mountains.9 
 Mount Olympus-East Peak7762282Central Olympic Mountains.3 
 Point Smith-East Peak7360280Eastern Olympic Mountains.1 
 Warrior Peak-Northwest Peak7320280Eastern Olympic Mountains.1 
 Warrior Arm-The Brave6880280Eastern Olympic Mountains.2 
 Peak 65606600280Eastern Olympic Mountains.4 
 The Destroyer6560280Eastern Olympic Mountains.3 
 Charlia Lakes Peak6599269Eastern Olympic Mountains.6 
 Desperation Peak7120240Eastern Olympic Mountains.5 
 Point Schellin7040240Eastern Olympic Mountains.2 
 Tower 67006520240Eastern Olympic Mountains.2 
 Martin Peak7638238North-Central Olympic Mountains.5 
 Mount Stone-Middle Peak6600200Eastern Olympic Mountains.1 
 Point Harrah-South Peak7022182Eastern Olympic Mountains.3 
 C-141 Peak7339179Eastern Olympic Mountains.2 
 Panic Peak6809169Central Olympic Mountains1.2 
 Mount Olympus-False Summit7920160Central Olympic Mountains.1 
 Mount Constance-South Summit7600160Eastern Olympic Mountains.3 
 Gilhooley Tower7520160North-Central Olympic Mountains.3 
 Adelaide Peak7360160North-Central Olympic Mountains.3 
 Snifter Spire6880160North-Central Olympic Mountains.5 
 Andersons Thumb6720160Central Olympic Mountains.3 
 Mount Michael6800150Central Olympic Mountains.3 
 The Brothers-North Peak6650130Eastern Olympic Mountains.3 
 The Pyramid7560120Eastern Olympic Mountains.1 
 Gasp Pinnacle7560120North-Central Olympic Mountains.1 
 Stasis7480120Eastern Olympic Mountains.1 
 Sundial7240120North-Central Olympic Mountains.3 
 Athena II7240120Central Olympic Mountains.1 
 Alphabet Ridge6920120Eastern Olympic Mountains.2 
 Cats Ears6800120Eastern Olympic Mountains.1 
 Aeterna Tower6760120Eastern Olympic Mountains.4 
 Mount Stone-North Peak6560120Eastern Olympic Mountains.1 
 Mount Cameron-East Peak717090North-Central Olympic Mountains.3 
 Mount Mystery-North Peak764080North-Central Olympic Mountains.1 
 The Incisor748080North-Central Olympic Mountains.2 

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List Description

In many ways, the Olympic Mountains are a vast undiscovered country to Seattle-area hikers and climbers. The peaks are lower in elevation and harder to access than those in the Cascade Range, but they still offer a remarkable amount of ruggedness and wilderness.

This list shows the highest peaks in the range, all above an arbitrary 6500-foot cutoff. A peak only earns a rank if it has over 400 feet of clean prominence. Note that the Olympic Climber's Guide lists many named rock towers and spires in the Olympus, Constance, and Deception areas that have very low prominence values and are therefore not ranked.

Acknowledgements:

  • This list was first prepared in about 1998, using the Olympic Climber's Guide as a starting point and looking at paper topographic maps.
  • Many thanks to Paul Klenke, who prepared an exhaustive Olympic summit list (see link below) and helpfully pointed out several discrepancies and errors in this list.

Links

     The Olympics Range-Sorted by Elevation

Selected Guidebook(s) for this List

       Climber's Guide to the Olympic Mountains (Olympic Mountain Rescue)

Caution: These books feature many of the peaks on this list, but may not have information on all of them.

 


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