Pasayten Wilderness

Overview

More to come. Page was adopted on December 19, 2006.

The Pasayten Wilderness is one of the largest wildernesses in the state of Washington and one of the largest in the contiguous United States. It covers ____ acres in North-Central Washington. Here is a map showing its size and location:


The wilderness is characterized by rivers, creeks, divides, and spurs running in all sorts of directions but the predominate orientation of these are North-South. The "Pasayten Divide" runs East-West. Several notable rivers flow south of this divide, rivers such as the Chewuch.....

There are approximately ____ named or prominence peaks within the wilderness. The highest point is 9,066-ft Jack Mountain on the WSW boundary. The lowest point is ____ along the ____ River on the ___ boundary.

The northern tip of the Pacific Crest Trail runs through it....

Significant Peaks in the Pasayten

The Pasayten's 35-highest summits and 35-most-prominent summits.
Big Craggy (8470F, 3070P) lies just outside the wilderness boundary.
Desolation Peak (3222P) is just outside the wilderness in Ross Lake National Recreation Area.

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