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Mount Fernow is a tall peak in the North Cascades in the U.S. state of Washington and within the Glacier Peak Wilderness of the Wenatchee National Forest. At in elevation it is the eighth highest peak in Washington and the state's third highest non-volcanic peak.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher= Peakware.com )〕 It is also the highest peak of the Entiat Mountains, a sub-range of the Cascades.〔 Mount Fernow's prominence is , making it the 60th most prominent peak in Washington. The nearest higher peak is Bonanza Peak, to the north.〔 Mount Fernow is flanked by several glaciers. Other large glaciated peaks are nearby, such as Seven Fingered Jack to the south. The headwaters of the Entiat River rise from the south slopes of Mount Fernow and the east slopes of Seven Fingered Jack.〔USGS topographic maps accessed from USGS GNIS website〕 ==History== Mount Fernow was named by Albert H. Sylvester in honor of Bernhard Fernow, a German forester who moved to the United States and worked for the Division of Forestry in the United States Department of Agriculture in the late 19th century.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher= Tacoma Public Library )〕 Mount Fernow was first summited in 1932 by a party including Oscar Pennington and Hermann Ulrichs. A small unnamed lake sits on the northwestern slopes of Fernow. Travelling here requires crossing loose boulder fields 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mount Fernow」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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