Mount Pershing
Mount Pershing (left) seen from West Seattle
(Jefferson Peak to the right)
Highest point
Elevation6,154 ft (1,876 m)[1]
Prominence1,114 ft (340 m)[1]
Parent peakMount Washington (6,260 ft)[2]
Isolation1.53 mi (2.46 km)[2]
Coordinates47°33′08″N 123°15′22″W / 47.552125°N 123.255973°W / 47.552125; -123.255973[1]
Naming
EtymologyJohn J. Pershing
Geography
Mount Pershing is located in Washington (state)
Mount Pershing
Mount Pershing
Location of Mount Pershing in Washington
Mount Pershing is located in the United States
Mount Pershing
Mount Pershing
Mount Pershing (the United States)
LocationMason County, Washington, US
Parent rangeOlympic Mountains
Topo mapUSGS Mount Skokomish
Geology
Age of rockEocene
Type of rockpillow basalt
Climbing
First ascent1939 by Don Dooley, Robert Henderson, Walt Ingalls, and Bob Mandelhorn[3]
Easiest routeclass 3 scrambling via South Ridge[3]

Mount Pershing is a 6,154 ft massif in the Olympic Mountains and is located in Mason County of Washington state.[4] It is situated in the Mount Skokomish Wilderness on land managed by Olympic National Forest. The mountain's name honors General of the Armies John J. Pershing (1860–1948).[5] The nearest higher neighbor is Mount Washington, 1.45 mi (2.33 km) to the south-southeast.[1] Precipitation runoff drains into the Hamma Hamma River.

Climate

Mount Pershing is located in the marine west coast climate zone of western North America.[6] Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel northeast toward the Olympic Mountains. As fronts approach, they are forced upward by the peaks of the Olympic Range, causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall (Orographic lift). As a result, the Olympics experience high precipitation, especially during the winter months. During winter months, weather is usually cloudy, but, due to high pressure systems over the Pacific Ocean that intensify during summer months, there is often little or no cloud cover during the summer. Because of maritime influence, snow tends to be wet and heavy, resulting in high avalanche danger. The months May through August offer the most favorable weather for viewing or climbing this mountain.[3]

Geology

The Olympic Mountains are composed of obducted clastic wedge material and oceanic crust, primarily Eocene sandstone, turbidite, and basaltic oceanic crust.[7] The mountains were sculpted during the Pleistocene era by erosion and glaciers advancing and retreating multiple times.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Mount Pershing". Peakbagger.com.
  2. 1 2 "Pershing, Mount - 6,154' WA". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  3. 1 2 3 Mount Pershing, climbersguideolympics.com
  4. ↑ "Mount Pershing". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2018-08-03.
  5. ↑ Olympic Mountain Rescue, Olympic Mountains: A Climbing Guide, 4th Edition, 2006, Mountaineers Books, ISBN 9780898862065, page 60.
  6. ↑ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN 1027-5606.
  7. ↑ Alt, D.D.; Hyndman, D.W. (1984). Roadside Geology of Washington. pp. 249–259. ISBN 0-87842-160-2.
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