{{short description|Mountain in Washington (state), United States}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox mountain | name = McClellan Butte | image = McClellan Butte seen from westbound Interstate 90.jpg | image_caption = McClellan Butte from westbound Interstate 90 | elevation_ft = 5162 | elevation_ref = {{navd88}}<ref name="ngs">{{cite ngs|SX1264|McClellan Butte 2}}</ref> | prominence_ft = 1442 | prominence_ref = <ref name="pb"> {{cite peakbagger | pid = 2216 | name = McClellan Butte, Washington | accessdate = 2009-02-03 }}</ref> | location = King County, Washington, U.S. | range = Cascade Range | coordinates = {{coord|47.406931772|N|121.622201319|W|type:mountain_region:US-WA_scale:100000_source:ngs|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | map = Washington#USA | range_coordinates = | coordinates_ref = <ref name="ngs"/> | topo = USGS ''Bandera'' | type = | age = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = Maintained Hiking Trail, Short final rock scramble }}
'''McClellan Butte''' is a prominent peak in the Cascade Range in King County, Washington 11 miles east of North Bend.<ref name="pb"/> The McClellan Butte hiking trail is a difficult trail known as an alternative to Mount Si's crowded trail.<ref> {{cite web | url = http://www.fs.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsinternet/!ut/p/c4/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3gDfxMDT8MwRydLA1cj72BTJw8jAwjQL8h2VAQAzHJMsQ!!/?navtype=BROWSEBYSUBJECT&recid=18002&actid=&navid=110000000000000&pnavid=&ss=110605&position=&ttype=recarea&pname=Mt.%2520Baker%2520-%2520McClellan%2520Butte%2520Trail%2520 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111005044343/http://www.fs.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsinternet/!ut/p/c4/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3gDfxMDT8MwRydLA1cj72BTJw8jAwjQL8h2VAQAzHJMsQ!!/?navtype=BROWSEBYSUBJECT&recid=18002&actid=&navid=110000000000000&pnavid=&ss=110605&position=&ttype=recarea&pname=Mt.%20Baker%20-%20McClellan%20Butte%20Trail%20 | url-status = dead | archive-date = October 5, 2011 | title = McClellan Butte Trail #1015 | publisher = US Forest Service | accessdate = 2011-01-03 }}</ref><ref> {{cite news | url = http://www.seattlepi.com/getaways/092498/hike24.html | author = Karen Sykes | title = Spectacular vistas are the reward for tackling "McClellan Brute" trail | publisher = Seattle Post-Intelligencer | date = 1998-09-24 }}</ref>
Avalanches can occur in winter months. In March 2018, two snowshoers were caught in an avalanche but both survived.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McCall |first1=Danna |title=Avalanches in Cascades claim five lives in one week; 'danger in many areas still high' |url=https://livingsnoqualmie.com/avalanches-cascades-claim-five-lives-one-week-danger-many-areas-still-high/ |access-date=28 July 2025 |work=Living Snoqualmie |date=5 March 2018}}</ref>
==Climate== thumb|left|Summit in winter McClellan Butte is located in the marine west coast climate zone of western North America.<ref name="Beckey, Fred W 2008">Beckey, Fred W. Cascade Alpine Guide, Climbing and High Routes. Seattle, WA: Mountaineers Books, 2008.</ref> Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel northeast toward the Cascade Mountains. As fronts approach, they are forced upward by the peaks of the Cascade Range, causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall onto the Cascades (Orographic lift). As a result, the west side of the Cascades experiences high precipitation, especially during the winter months in the form of snowfall. During winter months, weather is usually cloudy, but, due to high pressure systems over the Pacific Ocean that intensify during summer months, there is often little or no cloud cover during the summer.<ref name="Beckey 16">Beckey, p. 16</ref> Precipitation runoff from McClellan Butte drains into the Snoqualmie River.
==See also== * Mount Washington (Cascades) * Mount Kent
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==External links== * {{cite gnis | id = 1522865 | name = McClellan Butte | accessdate = 2009-02-03 }} {{Authority control}}
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