Sawtooth Mountain Backpacking

Sawtooth Mountain is a shield volcano, and part of the polygenetic Indian Heaven Volcanic Field in Washington, United States. It is located midway between Mount St. Helens and Mount Adams, and dates from the Pleistocene and Holocene. Sawtooth Mountain is the third highest point at 5,354 feet in this region. The mountain forms a series of welded volc…
Sawtooth Mountain is a shield volcano, and part of the polygenetic Indian Heaven Volcanic Field in Washington, United States. It is located midway between Mount St. Helens and Mount Adams, and dates from the Pleistocene and Holocene. Sawtooth Mountain is the third highest point at 5,354 feet in this region. The mountain forms a series of welded volcanic rock spires, an eroded remnant of an ancient shield volcano. Sawtooth Mountain is the third highest point in the Indian Heaven Wilderness Area. While Sawtooth Mountain is not the highest, its craggy appearance makes it one of the most namesake peaks in the Indian Heaven Volcanic Field.
  • Elevation: 5,354 ft (1,632 m)
  • Location: Skamania County, Washington, U.S.
  • Parent range: Cascade Range
  • Topo map: Lone Butte O46121a7 1:24,000
  • Rock age: Pleistocene
  • Mountain type: shield volcano
  • Volcanic arc: Cascade Volcanic Arc

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