Editing North Cascades National Park (section)

=== Mountains ===
{{main|North Cascades}}
[[File:Mount Degenhardt 26001.JPG|thumb|View from the south of Mount Terror (left skyline), Inspiration Peak (center) and McMillan Spires (right center), major summits in the southern portion of the Picket Range|alt=A range of sharp mountain peaks. The lower reaches have snow on them. In the foreground, a wooded slope descends from left to right.]]
The tallest mountain in North Cascades National Park is [[Goode Mountain]] at {{convert|9220|ft|abbr=on}}.<ref name=student>{{cite web|title=North Cascades Student Guide|url=http://www.nps.gov/noca/forkids/upload/Student%20Brochure%20Final.pdf|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 30, 2018}}</ref> It lies in a remote backcountry region of the southern section of the park.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Smoot|first1=Jeff|title=Climbing Washington's Mountains|date=January 1, 2002|publisher=FalconGuides|isbn=978-0762710867|page=89}}</ref> Nearby are several other peaks that exceed {{convert|9000|ft|abbr=on}}, including [[Buckner Mountain]] ({{convert|9114|ft|abbr=on}})<ref>{{cite book|last1=Smoot|first1=Jeff|title=Climbing Washington's Mountains|date=January 1, 2002|publisher=FalconGuides|isbn=978-0762710867|page=86}}</ref> and [[Mount Logan (Washington)|Mount Logan]] ({{convert|9087|ft|abbr=on}}).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Smoot|first1=Jeff|title=Climbing Washington's Mountains|date=January 1, 2002|publisher=FalconGuides|isbn=978-0762710867|pages=93–97}}</ref> At about {{convert|9000|ft|abbr=on}}, about {{convert|5|mi}} northeast of Goode Mountain, is [[Black Peak (Washington)|Black Peak]] ({{convert|8970|ft|abbr=on}}). Other prominent peaks in the southern section of the park include [[Boston Peak]] ({{convert|8894|ft|abbr=on}}),<ref>{{cite book|last1=Beckey|first1=Fred|title=Cascade Alpine Guide: Climbing and High Routes: Stevens Pass to Rainy Pass|date=January 15, 2003|publisher=The Mountaineers Books|isbn=978-0898868388|page=331|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-ukAUElJXPIC&pg=PA331}}</ref> [[Eldorado Peak]] ({{convert|8868|ft|abbr=on}})<ref>{{cite gnis|1519242|Eldorado Peak}}</ref> and [[Forbidden Peak]] ({{convert|8815|ft|abbr=on}}).<ref>{{cite gnis|1519683|Forbidden Peak}}</ref>

The northern region of the park contains the [[Picket Range]], a subrange of the [[Skagit Range]], which is in turn a subrange of the North Cascades.<ref name=beckey>{{cite book|last1=Beckey|first1=Fred|title=Cascade Alpine Guide; Rainy Pass to Fraser River|date=June 1, 2008|publisher=The Mountaineers Books|isbn=978-1594854309|pages=96–100|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5S0EVRXtK6YC&pg=PA96}}</ref> The Picket Range has numerous spires with ominous names such as [[Mount Fury]], [[Mount Challenger (Washington)|Mount Challenger]], [[Poltergeist Pinnacle]], [[Mount Terror (Washington)|Mount Terror]], [[Ghost Peak]] and [[Phantom Peak]], all of which exceed {{convert|8000|ft|abbr=on}}. The Picket Range is only {{convert|6|mi|abbr=on}} long yet contains 21 peaks over {{convert|7500|ft|abbr=on}}.<ref name=beckey/> North of the Picket Range and near the border with Canada lie [[Mount Redoubt (Washington)|Mount Redoubt]] ({{convert|8969|ft|abbr=on}}), [[Mount Spickard]] ({{convert|8979|ft|abbr=on}}) and the spires of the [[Mox Peaks]] ({{convert|8630|ft|abbr=on}}).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Goldman|first1=Peggy|title=Washington's Highest Mountains: Basic Alpine and Glacier Routes|date=March 30, 2004|publisher=Wilderness Press|isbn=978-0899972909|pages=43–49}}</ref> Isolated and dominating the northwestern reaches of the park lies the oft photographed [[Mount Shuksan]] ({{convert|9131|ft|abbr=on}}), which towers more than {{convert|8400|ft|abbr=on}} above [[Baker Lake (Washington)|Baker Lake]] only {{convert|6|mi|abbr=on}} to the south.<ref name=rivers>{{cite web|title=Rivers and streams|url=http://www.nps.gov/noca/naturescience/rivers.htm|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 30, 2018}}</ref>