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Mount Shuksan is a glaciated peak in the North Cascades National Park of the United States. Shuksan lies in Whatcom County, Washington, immediately to the east of Mount Baker, just south of Canada.
Shuksan is composed of Shuksan Greenschist, oceanic basalt that was metamorphosed when the Easton terrane smashed into the west coast of North America, approximately 120 million years ago.
The mountain is often photographed from the Mount Baker Ski Area. Good views and photographs can be taken near the small lakes and Heather Meadows at the end of the Mount Baker Highway (Washington State Highway 542). The road is kept open during the winter to support the ski area, and in the late summer, the road to Artist Point allows visitors to travel a few miles higher.
North Cascades National Park located in Washington state. The park complex consists of 685,000 acres (2,772 km²) of the Cascade Range in four separate, yet adjoined, units: North Cascades National Park North Unit, North Cascades National Park South Unit, the Ross Lake and Lake Chelan National Recreation Areas which are managed together with the park.
Several national wilderness areas and British Columbia parkland also adjoin the National Park. The park features rugged mountain peaks. Approximately 93 percent of the park was designated as wilderness in the Washington Wilderness Act of 1988, which also set aside wilderness areas in Mount Rainier National Park and Olympic National Park. Wikipedia |
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