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North America / United States / Washington / Cache Col
Record SL-846600 · Wikidata Q55886409

Cache Col

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Elevation
2,104 m
6,903 ft
Prominence
Isolation
Coordinates
48.4485° N, 121.0529° W
Grid ref
Cache Col
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Description

Wikipedia

Cache Col is a gap in a high ridge between Magic Mountain and Mix-up Peak. It's located at the highest part of Cache Glacier, on the shared boundary of Skagit County and Chelan County in Washington state. Cache Col is situated south of Cascade Pass on the shared border of North Cascades National Park and Glacier Peak Wilderness. Cache Col and the Cache Glacier are at the northern end of the Ptarmigan Traverse which is mountaineering route that provides access to remote peaks such as Mount Formidable and Dome Peak. Precipitation runoff on the north side of the col drains into the Stehekin River, while precipitation drains into the Cascade River from the south side.

Best months

Rows beneath each bar: mean temperature, monthly precipitation. Highest-scoring month in red.

Neighbouring summits

Name Elevation Bearing Distance
Mix-up Peak 2,204 m NW 317° 0.8 km
Magic Mountain 2,298 m E 110° 0.9 km
Pelton Peak 2,156 m E 89° 1.5 km
Hurry-up Peak 2,381 m SE 146° 2.0 km
The Triplets 2,159 m NW 313° 2.1 km
Arts Knoll 2,186 m S 159° 2.1 km

Climbing routes

nearest first
Route Area Grade From summit
East Face Mix Up Peak 1+ 895 m
Northeast Face Direct Mt. Formidable 4c 3.7 km
Sahale Glacier Sahale Peak 2- 4.9 km
Quien Sabe Glacier Sahale Peak 1 4.9 km
Northwest Ridge Boston Peak 4b 5.3 km
Southeast Ridge Sharkfin Tower 2- 5.9 km
Southeast Face Sharkfin Tower 6a 5.9 km
Northeast Ridge (1963 Route) Johannesberg Mountain 5a 6.4 km
Northeast Buttress Johannesberg Mountain 1+ 6.4 km
North Ridge Aiguille de l'M 1 6.5 km
South Ridge Aiguille de l'M 4c 6.5 km
East Ridge Direct Forbidden Peak 5b 7.0 km
Northwest Face Forbidden Peak 5b 7.0 km
West Ridge Forbidden Peak 4c 7.0 km
North Ridge Forbidden Peak 4c 7.0 km
Torment-Forbidden Traverse Mount Torment 4c 7.3 km
South Ridge Mount Torment 4a 7.3 km