Mount Worthington (Washington)

Mount Worthington is a 6,938-foot (2,115-metre) elevation double-summit mountain located in the eastern Olympic Mountains in Jefferson County of Washington state. It is set within Buckhorn Wilderness, on land managed by the Olympic National Forest. Its nearest higher peak is Buckhorn Mountain, 1.3 mi (2.1 km) to the southwest. Precipitation runoff from Mount Worthington drains south into the Big Quilcene River, or north into Copper Creek which is a tributary of the Dungeness River. This mountain was first known as Copper Peak, but was renamed by Jack Christensen for the William J. Worthington family, pioneers of nearby Quilcene.[1][4] Copper was mined in the Tubal Cain mine at the northern base of this mountain in the early 1900s. In the same vicinity of the abandoned mine are the remains of a modified B-17 plane that crashed on January 19, 1952, when returning from a search-and-rescue mission.

Mount Worthington
North aspect. Northeast peak left, summit to right
Highest point
Elevation6,938 ft (2,115 m) [1]
Prominence498 ft (152 m) [1]
Parent peakBuckhorn Mountain (6,988 ft)[2]
Isolation1.04 mi (1.67 km) [2]
Coordinates47°50′14″N 123°06′00″W [1]
Geography
Mount Worthington
Location of Mt. Worthington in Washington
Mount Worthington
Mount Worthington (the United States)
LocationBuckhorn Wilderness
Jefferson County, Washington, US
Parent rangeOlympic Mountains
Topo mapUSGS Mount Townsend
Geology
Age of rockEocene
Climbing
Easiest routeclass 3 scramble[3]

Climate
View from Mount Constance with Mt. Worthington in upper right corner

Mount Worthington is located in the marine west coast climate zone of western North America.[5] 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 in the form of snowfall. 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 avalanche danger.

Geology

The Olympic Mountains are composed of obducted clastic wedge material and oceanic crust, primarily Eocene sandstone, turbidite, and basaltic oceanic crust.[6] The mountains were sculpted during the Pleistocene era by erosion and glaciers advancing and retreating multiple times.

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See also

References
Mt. Worthington (left), Buckhorn Mountain (right) seen from Tubal Cain Trail
  1. "Mount Worthington". Peakbagger.com.
  2. ""Mount Worthington" - 6,938' WA". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
  3. Climber's Guide to the Olympic Mountains, Olympic Mountain Rescue, Third Edition, 1988, The Mountaineers Books, page 127
  4. Mount Worthington, Summitpost.org
  5. Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L. & McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.
  6. Alt, D.D.; Hyndman, D.W. (1984). Roadside Geology of Washington. pp. 249–259. ISBN 0-87842-160-2.
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