Prusik Peak, Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Washington State

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South face of Prusik Peak 2,450m (8,040ft) from Leprechaun Lake 2,100m (6,890ft), with Viviane Lake 2,068m (6,785ft) below, Snow Lakes Basin of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area. FA: Fred Beckey, John Rupley, Don Gordon & Fred Ayres, May 1957. To climbers, Prusik Peak is the best-known of the "Cashmere Crags", the name that Fred Beckey gave to the high country of the Enchantments Range between Icicle Creek and Ingalls Creek, near Leavenworth, Washington. Okanogan–Wenatchee National Forest.

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Location: Snow Lakes Basin, Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Washigton State, USA
Photo credit: © Andrew Haliburton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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