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	Geologic Map of the Chelan 30 x 60 Minute Quadrangle, Washington \| USGS map I-1661
		In the middle ground is Chiwaukum Lake, a glacial tarn carved from Chiwaukum Schist of the Nason terrane.
		The distant peaks are underlain by the Mount Stuart batholith and rocks of the Ingalls Tectonic Complex.
		The Duncan Hill pluton intruded rocks of the Chelan Mountains terrane in the Middle Eocene.
	pubs.usgs.gov /imap/i1661 (323 words)

	Geologic Map of the Chelan 30 x 60 Minute Quadrangle, Washington \| US Geological Survey I Map I-1661 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In the middle ground is Chiwaukum Lake, a glacial tarn carved from Chiwaukum Schist of the Nason terrane.
		The distant peaks are underlain by the Mount Stuart batholith and rocks of the Ingalls Tectonic Complex.
		The Duncan Hill pluton intruded rocks of the Chelan Mountains terrane in the Middle Eocene.
	geopubs.wr.usgs.gov /i-map/i1661 (313 words)

	SummitPost - Big Chiwaukum -- Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering
		Chiwaukum is a Native American word meaning “place where many streams come together.” Knowing this, I guess I had better bring together my many streams of consciousness and coagulate my thoughts into a coherent page.
		The Chiwaukum Mountains are a large sub-range north of the higher and more rugged Stuart Range.
		The entirety of the divide and its lesser sub-divides to the east (such as McCue Ridge) drain to the Wenatchee River thence to the Columbia River.
	www.summitpost.org /mountain/rock/234729/big-chiwaukum.html (1291 words)

	THE CHELAN QUADRANGLE, CENTRAL WASHINGTON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Chelan Mountains terrane is dominated by the Chelan Complex of Hopson and Mattinson (1971) which is composed of migmatite and gneissic to tonalite of deep-seated igneous and metamorphic (Waters, 1938; Hopson, 1955; Hopson and Mattinson, 1971).
		The predominant rocks in the Chiwaukum Schist are garnet and staurolite- bearing graphite-biotite-quartz schist and subordinate muscovite paragneiss, siliceous hornblende schist, amphibolite, calc-silicate schist, and marble.
		Poikiloblastic mica schist-Along the northern margin of the Chiwaukum Schist from Chiwawa Ridge to Mount David [2] is the poikiloblastic mica schist unit characterized by considerable chlorite, muscovite, and microscopic albite poikiloblasts.
	www.noblegeorges.com /timeline/location/chelpama.htm (21147 words)

	Chiwaukum Summary - A & A Backpacking
		When we were up there {end of June} the snow melt and wet conditions made for excellent mosquito breeding grounds.There were several campsites here but i would definitely not reccommend it due to the wet ground and hourds of mosquitos.
		First is the Glacier Creek cutoff which continues south to a horsecamp and now the trail west is horse free.There are two creek crossings one with a bridge and the other with the bridge neatly piled up on the other side.
		Chiwaukum Lake is a great place to camp but as tempting as a swim may be, I would definetly advise against it.Personal experience.
	walk.to /aabackpacking - http://wa_backpackers.tripod.com/chiwaukum_s.htm (617 words)

	Chiwaukum Summary - A & A Backpacking
		First is the Glacier Creek cutoff which continues south to a horsecamp and now the trail west is horse free.There are two creek crossings one with a bridge and the other with the bridge neatly piled up on the other side.
		Chiwaukum Lake is a great place to camp but as tempting as a swim may be, I would definetly advise against it.Personal experience.
		A better idea would be to camp at Chiwaukum Lake and day hike to Larch And Cup Lakes....A total of five miles and 600ft elevation gain that can easily be hiked in a couple hrs.
	walk.to /aabackpacking - http://members.tripod.com/~WA_backpackers/chiwaukum_s.htm (617 words)

	Group 2: Leavenworth - Pacific NW Geology, Spring 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Leavenworth, Washington area is composed of the Nason terrane, the Ingalls terrane, the Chiwaukum Graben, the Chumstick Formation, the Swauk Formation, and theTeanaway basalt.
		The Ingalls terrane is thought to be Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous in age and was thrust onto the North American continent before the intrusion of the Mt. Stuart batholith in the Late Cretaceous (Tabor, et al, 1975).
		The Leavenworth Fault on the west and the Entiat Fault on the east border the Chiwaukum Graben.
	ol.scc.spokane.edu /ABuddington/g210spr04/g2/?p=4 (469 words)

	PNW Focus Page 9 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Throughout the Olympic Mountains layers of rock from the ocean floor are tilted to steep angles, folded, and faulted.
		On either side of the crystalline core of the North Cascade Mountains in Washington accreted terranes in the form of thrust sheets, are stacked one on top of another along large thrust faults.
		The Olympic Mountains as a whole have the appearance of an anticline that is plunging to the northeast.
	wvcweb.ctc.edu /rdawes/focuspages/PNWstructures.html (2773 words)

	ClimbingWashington.com - Books : Climbing Washington's Summits Big Chiwaukum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Big Chiwaukum is the highest of the Chiwaukum Mountains, a subrange of modestly craggy older peaks lying on the high divide separating Icicle Creek and the Nason Creek-Wenatchee River drainage, including Snowgrass Mountain.
		The mountain deserves to be more popular, not only because of its height and regional importance, but also because it is fairly easy to approach and is an interesting, rocky scramble despite some tedious meadow hiking.
		An ascent of Snowgrass Mountain via the steep snowfield on the NE face can be made from Upper Grace Lake as part of a traverse from Big Chiwaukum.
	climbingwashington.com /books/bigchiwaukum.htm (1540 words)

	ClimbingWashington.com - Books : Climbing Washington's Summits Big Chiwaukum
		Big Chiwaukum is the highest of the Chiwaukum Mountains, a subrange of modestly craggy older peaks lying on the high divide separating Icicle Creek and the Nason Creek-Wenatchee River drainage, including Snowgrass Mountain.
		The mountain deserves to be more popular, not only because of its height and regional importance, but also because it is fairly easy to approach and is an interesting, rocky scramble despite some tedious meadow hiking.
		An ascent of Snowgrass Mountain via the steep snowfield on the NE face can be made from Upper Grace Lake as part of a traverse from Big Chiwaukum.
	www.climbingwashington.com /books/bigchiwaukum.htm (1540 words)

	MountainZone.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Scottish Lakes area of the Chiwaukum Mountains is a perfect mixture of rolling hills, snow-covered alpine lakes, ope...
		Eagle Creek is an easy-access area with miles of roads for touring, open hillsides for cross-country descents, and endle...
		Moss-draped trees, rivers, waterfalls, and mountain goat viewing ensure an interesting tour on a motor-free route up the...
	www.mountainzone.com /trails/activity.asp?AreaID={799ACDE4-52CF-483B-BFB2-7600AB2E5637} (242 words)

	Wildernet - Leavenworth Ranger District
		Description - The Leavenworth Ranger District is located in the center of the Wenatchee National Forest and stretches from Stevens Pass and the Chiwaukum Mountains in the north to the Alpine Lakes wilderness in the south.
		Mountain bikers, hikers, motorcyclists, backpackers, hunters, fishermen, stock users, bird watchers and others are welcome in this area.
		Location - The Leavenworth Ranger District is located in the center of the Wenatchee National Forest and stretches from Stevens Pass and the Chiwaukum Mountains in the north to the Alpine Lakes wilderness in the south.
	www.wildernet.com /pages/area.cfm?areaid=061707&cu_id=1 (314 words)

	Chiwaukum Creek Snowshoe
		From the parking area, hike the Chiwaukum Creek Road for about a half mile to the trailhead.
		Chiwaukum is the native Wenatchee word meaning "many little creeks running into one big one." This is an apt definition as there are a number of tributaries in this area that all flow into the Wenatchee River.
		From Stevens Pass, travel Highway 2 East for 25.1 miles and go right on Chiwaukum Creek Road #7908 (if you reach the Tumwater Campground you've gone too far - turn around and go back about one mile).
	www.leavenworth.org /trails/snowshoe/chiwaukum.html (282 words)

	Chiwaukum Creek Trail beckons time and again (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Chiwaukum Creek Trail No. 1571 begins from the parking area at a gated road, elevation 1,800 feet.
		Old-growth forest is re-entered and the trail continues to a major junction at 5 1/2 miles (3,300 feet).
		Round trip from the trailhead to the Chiwaukum Lake/Larch Lake junction is 11 miles, with 1,500 feet elevation gain.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /getaways/062200/hike22.html (889 words)

	Wildernet - Leavenworth Ranger District, Wenatchee National Forest, Washington
		Description - The Leavenworth Ranger District is located in the center of the Wenatchee National Forest and stretches from Stevens Pass and the Chiwaukum Mountains in the north to the Alpine Lakes wilderness in the south.
		Mountain bikers, hikers, motorcyclists, backpackers, hunters, fishermen, stock users, bird watchers and others are welcome in this area.
		Location - The Leavenworth Ranger District is located in the center of the Wenatchee National Forest and stretches from Stevens Pass and the Chiwaukum Mountains in the north to the Alpine Lakes wilderness in the south.
	areas.wildernet.com /pages/area.cfm?areaID=061707&CU_ID=127 (335 words)

	Geology of North Cascades National Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The rocks are now mostly mica schist, hornblende-mica schist, and amphibolite, and have been called the Chiwaukum Schist after exposures in the Chiwaukum Mountains, southeast of Stevens Pass (south of the area covered by this site).
		Large tracts of the Nason terrane are gneisses derived from the Chiwaukum Schist and metamorphosed granitic materials.
		Geologists do not know for sure the age of the original fan deposits that make up the Nason terrane, but some evidence indicates that the fans were deposited about 210 million years ago (Triassic).
	www.crowdingtherim.org /docs/parks/noca/t6nason.html (210 words)

	W.O.W. Washington Online Weather - "Hike of the Week" Sponsored by Green Trails
		Larch Lake, perched high (6,000 ft) in a remote corner of the Chiwaukum Mountains, is one of the best spots in the entire Cascade Range for witnessing this performance.
		You'll be greeted by a flank of larches upon entering the basin containing this wilderness lake.
		The hike to Larch Lake is via the Chiwaukum Creek and North Fork Chiwaukum Creek Trails, a 12 mile trek through old-growth forests and quiet valleys.
	www.wowweather.com /gt/archive/Larch_Lake.htm (397 words)

	PHOTO GALLERY
		The central peak is Mount Whitney, the tallest peak in the 48 contiguous states.
		Photomicrograph of an andalusite porphyroblast in the Chiwaukum Schist taken from the contact aureole of the Mount Stuart Batholith in the central Cascades, Washington (scale 5mm).
		silliminite) porphyroblasts in the Chiwaukum Schist taken from the contact aureole of the Mount Stuart Batholith in the central Cascades, Washington (scale 5mm).
	home.mctc.mnscu.edu /~taylorni/field_trips.htm (194 words)

	PHOTO GALLERY
		The central peak is Mount Whitney, the tallest peak in the 48 contiguous states.
		Photograph of a Marmot in the Cascade Mountains of Washington state.
		Photomicrograph of an andalusite porphyroblast in the Chiwaukum Schist taken from the contact aureole of the Mount Stuart Batholith in the central Cascades, Washington (scale 5mm).
	home.minneapolis.edu /~taylorni/field_trips.htm (194 words)

	Jerry Magloughlin Vita
		Magloughlin, J.F., Edwards, R. Geochemistry of the Chiwaukum Schist, Washington: evidence for a back-arc basin and island arc complex, the accretion of a juvenile oceanic terrane, and geochemical stability during metamorphism.
		Magloughlin, J.F. Migmatite to fault gouge: fault rocks and the structural and tectonic evolution of the Nason Terrane, North Cascade Mountains.
		A cryptic shear zone from the North Cascade Mountains: New 40Ar/39Ar dates, thermobarometry, and textural evidence for offset along the Rock Lake Shear zone.
	www.cnr.colostate.edu /geo/fac-staff/vitas/jerrym.html (1018 words)

	Geol.map Chelan quad7
		Getsinger, J.S., 1978, A structural and petrologic study of the Chiwaukum Schist on Nason Ridge, northeast of Stevens Pass, north Cascades, Washington: Seattle, Wash., University of Washington, M.S. thesis, 151 p.
		Willis, C.L., 1950, Geology of N.E. quarter of the Chiwaukum quadrangle, Washington: Seattle, Wash., University of Washington, Ph.D. thesis, 158 p.
		Yeats, R.S., 1958, Geology of the Skykomish area in the Cascade Mountains of Washington: Seattle, Wash.,University of Washington, Ph.D, thesis, 249 p.
	wrgis.wr.usgs.gov /docs/wgmt/pacnw/nc/chelan7.html (3200 words)

	Alpenglow Ski History - Free Snow, 1990-99
		The point, I think, is that the great thing about mountaineering of any kind is that every day is a new set of circumstances to be seen for the first time.
		She hiked up and telemarked down St Helens in 1987, not long after the mountain was re-opened to climbing, in a red chiffon dress.
		A photo of her--one edge of her chiffon skirt tied to her wrist in the fashion of ladies at ballroom dances--made the front page of The Seattle Times." Since 1987, the last Sunday before permits are required each spring--typically Mother's Day--has become a date for costumed climbers and skiers to converge on Mt St Helens.
	www.alpenglow.org /ski-history/notes/period/freesnow/freesnow-1990-99.html (1361 words)

	Washington Lakes
		Nestled at 5,210 feet (1) to the east of the Chiwaukum Mountains in the northeast corner of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness of the Wenatchee National Forest, this alpine lake may be reached via Trail #1571 or #1574.
		The WDFW reports rainbow and cutthroat also (2); yet none of the fishermen I spoke to had caught any and nor did I: it is very possible they have been overrun by the brookies (which average 8 inches).
		A word of caution: reaching Chiwaukum requires a 3,000-foot elevation gain, and many of the surrounding lakes are “cross-country” access only.
	washingtonlakes.com /ReportList.aspx?id=237 (400 words)

	NWsource: Travel: Scottish Lakes cabins open the door to superb backcountry snow trails
		Though it was foggy, wands (3- to 4-foot-long bamboo garden stakes with flags attached) made it easy to follow the route to this large lake in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, one of many gems nestled in the Chiwaukum mountains.
		We were surprised to find that the loggers in the area work through the winter, apparently because of fire hazards in the dry summer months.
		McCue Ridge is scenic with rock outcroppings and trees etched with rime as the trail parallels the National Forest boundary.
	www.nwsource.com /travel/scr/tf_story.cfm?st=15090 (1202 words)

	Washington Peaks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		USGS peak Aeneas Mountain (5114 ft, Tunk Mountain quad, in Okanogan county, NAD27 48.5133/-119.1811)
		USGS peak Amphitheater Mountain (8358 ft, Remmel Mountain quad, in Okanogan county, NAD27 48.9769/-120.1908)
		USGS peak Apex Mountain (8297 ft, Remmel Mountain quad, in Okanogan county, NAD27 48.9617/-120.1439)
	www.climber.org /data/peaks/WApeaks.html (5967 words)

	Chiwaukum Mountains, Washington: Chiwaukum Mountains, Washington Latitude and Longitude (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Chiwaukum Mountains, Washington: Chiwaukum Mountains, Washington Latitude and Longitude
		Chiwaukum Mountains, WA Chiwaukum Mountains is a range in Chelan County, Washington.
		No representation is made or warranty given as to its content.
	www.lat-long.com /Washington/Chiwaukum-Mountains_1517733.html (58 words)

	Central Washington Encyclopedia Article, History, Biography @ Local Color Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Information about Central Washington - Central Washington is a region of the United States defined as the western half of Eastern Washington, or those counties lying east of the Cascade Mountains but west of the 119th meridian.
		Central Washington is a region of the United States defined as the western half of Eastern Washington, or those counties lying east of the
		Cascade Mountains but west of the 119th meridian.
	www.karr.net /search/encyclopedia/Central_Washington (264 words)

	SCOTTISH LAKES HIGH CAMP - Fri-Sun, March 30 - April 1 \| SkiBuddies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Where I’m talking about is Scottish Lakes High Camp in the Chiwaukum Mountains.
		The only access is via an 8-mile private road, using 4-wheel drive vehicles in the fall and snowcats and snowmobiles during the winter.
		Of course, skiers who wish to ride down the mountain in one of their snowcats always have that option.
	www.skibuddies.org /?q=node/46 (528 words)

	Washington Peaks (starting with S)
		USGS peak Sauk Mountain (5537 ft, Sauk Mountain quad, in Skagit county, NAD27 48.5228/-121.5986)
		USGS peak Shull Mountain (7830 ft, Shull Mountain quad, in Whatcom county, NAD27 48.8575/-120.7731)
		USGS peak Snowgrass Mountain (7993 ft, Chiwaukum Mountains quad, in Chelan county, NAD27 47.6839/-120.9347)
	www.climber.org /data/peaks/WApeaksS.html (3787 words)

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