Wenatchee Mountains

Among the range's significant features he describes are Mount Stuart, the second highest non-volcanic peak in Washington and one of the largest single granitic mountains in the United States, the Cashmere Crags, the Lost World Plateau, Edward Plateau, and Dragontail Plateau, the Enchantment Lakes Basin ("one of the most marvelous examples of an ice-sculpted wilderness in the Cascade Range″), Icicle Creek and its narrow, U-shaped valley over 6,000 feet (1,800 m) deep, one of the deepest in the Cascades, and the Wenatchee River's unusual winding Tumwater Canyon gorge.[3] Partial list of peaks: Download coordinates as: The Wenatchee Mountains are in the rain shadow of the main Cascade Range and hence are drier and have fewer trees.This comparative lack of trees offers good wildflower displays and wide views.Serpentine soils are found within the Wenatchee Mountains, modifying the plant communities in those areas.[25] The Wenatchee Mountains are home to a number of rare, endemic, or disjunct plant species, including Androsace nivalis var.
Dragontail Peak from a meadow on Cashmere Mountain
Mount Stuart from the south
Lewisiopsis tweedyi on Tronsen Ridge, Wenatchee Mountains
Bills PeakMount StuartElevationCoordinatesWashingtonChelanKittitasParent rangeCascade RangeUnited States of Americadrainage basinsYakima RiverWenatchee RiverFred BeckeyStevens PassEnchantment Lakes BasinIcicle CreekU.S. Route 2WenatcheeColumbia RiverInterstate 90Cle ElumRoslynCle Elum LakeCle Elum RiverChiwaukum MountainsStuart RangeIngalls PeakEntiat MountainsBlewett PassDragontail PeakColchuck PeakCannon MountainSherpa PeakEnchantment PeakWitches TowerCashmere MountainArgonaut PeakLittle AnnapurnaMcClellan PeakEightmile MountainThe CradleHawkins MountainGranite MountainEarl PeakMac PeakThree BrothersTrico MountainThunder MountainLewisiopsis tweedyirain shadowSerpentine soilsendemicdisjunctAndrosace nivalisClaytonia megarhizaDelphinium viridescensTrifolium thompsoniiWenatchee Mountains checkermallowLeavenworth, Washingtonendangered speciesAlbert Hale SylvesterList of mountain ranges in WashingtonBeckey, FredThe MountaineersGeographic Names Information SystemUnited States Geological SurveyUnited States Department of the Interior