Fifes Peaks

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Fifes Peaks
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Fifes Peaks - Central Peak seen from Mather Memorial Highway
Highest point
Elevation 6,880 ft (2,097 m) [1]
Prominence 440 ft (134 m) [1]
Coordinates 46°58′28″N121°19′44″W / 46.974535°N 121.328783°W / 46.974535; -121.328783
Geography
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Fifes Peaks
Location of Fifes Peaks in Washington
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Fifes Peaks
Fifes Peaks (the United States)
CountryUnited States
State Washington
County Yakima
Protected area Norse Peak Wilderness
Parent range Cascades
Topo map USGS Goose Prairie
Geology
Type of rock Andesite lava
Climbing
Easiest route Scrambling class 2

Fifes Peaks [2] is a compact group of summits and spires from an eroded volcanic cone located in Yakima County in Washington state. Fifes Peaks is situated in the Cascade Range on the east side of the crest, within the Norse Peak Wilderness. The Fifes Peaks are remnants of a now extinct caldera which exploded 25 million years ago with volcanic activity extending from 20 to 30 million years ago. [3] [4]

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Principal summits

History

Fifes Peaks were named for Thomas X. Fife (1853–1922), a placer miner. [7] Thomas, his brothers, and their father, John, mined in the area near Chinook Pass. Tom homesteaded at Goose Prairie, near Bumping Lake. Camp Fife, the Boy Scout Camp at Goose Prairie, also honors Tom Fife because he willed the land to the Boy Scouts.

Climate

Fifes Peaks are located east of the Cascade crest. Most weather fronts originating in the Pacific Ocean travel northeast toward the Cascade Mountains. As fronts approach, they are forced upward by the peaks of the Cascade Range (orographic lift), causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snow onto the Cascades. As a result, the east side of the Cascades experiences less precipitation than the west side of the crest. 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. [7] Precipitation runoff from Fifes Peaks drains into tributaries of the American River and Naches River. [1]

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References

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