Osceola Peak

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Osceola Peak is a mountain in western Okanogan County, Washington. It rises to 8,587 feet (2,617 meters) and sits in the Pasayten Wilderness within the Okanogan–Wenatchee National Forest. It’s the 10th highest peak in the Okanogan Range, a sub-range of the North Cascades, and ranks 50th on Washington’s top 100 peaks and 48th on the Bulger List.

The peak lies about 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Mount Carru. The easiest way up is a class 2 scramble on the south slope; the north face is steep.

Osceola Peak was first climbed in 1933 by Hermann Ulrichs and Richard Alt. The name was officially adopted in 1972.

Drainage from the mountain flows north into the Similkameen River system or south into Eureka Creek in the Methow River basin.

Weather and geology: Weather usually comes from the Pacific Ocean and drops a lot of precipitation on the Cascades, especially in winter. Winters are often cloudy; summers are frequently clear due to Pacific high pressure. The North Cascades are very rugged, with sharp peaks and deep valleys, shaped by millions of years of plate movement and by glaciers during the last ice ages, which carved U-shaped valleys.