The Three Fingers is a mountain which is located in
Snohomish County,
Washington
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. At a height of , it is the
12th most prominent peak of the state, and is also part of the
Cascade Range
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."Three Fingers" refers to the mountain's three summits. The Three Fingers is a prominent and recognizable landmark in northern Snohomish County.
The first ascent of the mountain came in 1929, by
Darrington-based mountaineers Harry Bedal and Harold Engles.
A fire lookout was built on the southernmost peak by Bedal, Engels, and Frank Benesh, and was seasonally staffed from 1933 until 1942. Supposedly, the top of the southern peak was blasted for the cabin, lowering the mountain's height in the process.
It was abandoned and later rebuilt by local mountaineering groups in the 1960s and 1980s. The lookout was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1987, alongside other structures in the
Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.
The mountain is used for recreational climbing, with a round-trip trail originating on the east side at a
trailhead
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on the
Mountain Loop Highway
The Mountain Loop Highway is a highway in the U.S. state of Washington. It traverses the western section of the Cascade Range within Snohomish County. The name suggests it forms a full loop, but it only is a small portion of a loop, which is com ...
.
See also
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Queest-alb Glacier
References
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Mountains of Washington (state)
Cascade Range
Mountains of Snohomish County, Washington
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