Mount Angeles

{{short description|Mountain in Washington (state), United States}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Angeles | image = Mount Angeles1.jpg | image_caption = | elevation_ft = 6454 | elevation_ref = {{ngvd29}}<ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger|906|Mount Angeles, Washington}}</ref> | prominence_ft = 1614 | prominence_ref = <ref name="pb"/> | location = Clallam County, Washington, U.S. | range = Olympic Mountains | map = USA Washington | coordinates = {{coord|47.995368|N|123.4665748|W|type:mountain_region:US-WA_scale:100000_source:gnis|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | range_coordinates = | coordinates_ref = <ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis|1515900|Mount Angeles}}</ref> | topo = USGS ''Mount Angeles'' | type = | age = | easiest_route = Exposed Scramble, grade II, class 3-4 }}

'''Mount Angeles''' is located just south of Port Angeles, Washington in the Olympic National Park. It is the highest peak in the Hurricane Ridge area. The summit, which offers panoramic views of the Strait of Juan de Fuca and many of the peaks of the interior Olympic Mountains can be climbed from the Klahane Ridge trail.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mount Angeles, East Ridge |publisher=ClimbingWashington.com |url=http://www.climbingwashington.com/classics/mountangeles.htm |access-date=2011-01-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708164935/http://www.climbingwashington.com/classics/mountangeles.htm |archive-date=2011-07-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The southeast side of Mount Angeles drains into Morse Creek, thence into the Strait of Juan de Fuca a couple of miles east of Port Angeles. The northeast side of Mount Angeles drains into Ennis Creek, thence into Port Angeles Harbor. The north and west sides of Mount Angeles drain into the South Branch of Little River, thence into the Juan de Fuca Strait via the Elwha River, whose mouth is located in the Lower Elwha Indian Reservation, a few miles west of Port Angeles.

==Climate== Mount Angeles is located in the marine west coast climate zone of western North America.<ref name=mcnulty>{{cite book|last=McNulty|first=Tim|title=Olympic National Park: A Natural History|year=2009|publisher=University of Washington Press|location=Seattle, Washington}}</ref> thumb|left|Mt. Angeles in winter Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel northeast toward the Olympic Mountains. As fronts approach, they are forced upward by the peaks of the Olympic Range, causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall (Orographic lift). As a result, the Olympics experience high precipitation, especially during the winter months in the form of snowfall.<ref name=mcnulty/> 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. {{Weather box | width = auto | collapsed = yes | single line = yes | trace = | location = Mount Angeles {{Coord|47.9938|-123.4642}} | temperature colour = | Jan high F = 31.4 | Feb high F = 32.4 | Mar high F = 34.2 | Apr high F = 40.0 | May high F = 47.3 | Jun high F = 52.5 | Jul high F = 61.5 | Aug high F = 62.3 | Sep high F = 56.6 | Oct high F = 45.9 | Nov high F = 34.7 | Dec high F = 30.3 | year high F = | Jan mean F = 26.7 | Feb mean F = 26.6 | Mar mean F = 27.4 | Apr mean F = 31.8 | May mean F = 38.8 | Jun mean F = 43.8 | Jul mean F = 51.9 | Aug mean F = 52.8 | Sep mean F = 47.9 | Oct mean F = 38.8 | Nov mean F = 29.8 | Dec mean F = 25.8 | year mean F = | Jan low F = 22.1 | Feb low F = 20.8 | Mar low F = 20.6 | Apr low F = 23.5 | May low F = 30.3 | Jun low F = 35.2 | Jul low F = 42.3 | Aug low F = 43.3 | Sep low F = 39.2 | Oct low F = 31.6 | Nov low F = 24.8 | Dec low F = 21.3 | year low F = | Jan dew point F = 23.3 | Feb dew point F = 22.8 | Mar dew point F = 24.1 | Apr dew point F = 26.5 | May dew point F = 31.6 | Jun dew point F = 36.2 | Jul dew point F = 40.3 | Aug dew point F = 41.2 | Sep dew point F = 36.5 | Oct dew point F = 31.6 | Nov dew point F = 25.9 | Dec dew point F = 22.8

| source = PRISM Climate Group<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://prism.oregonstate.edu/explorer/ |title=30-year monthly normals at Latitude: 47.9938 Longitude: -123.4642 Elevation: 5758ft (1755m) |website=Prism.oregonstate.edu |publisher=Northwest Alliance for Computational Science & Engineering, based at Oregon State University |access-date=19 March 2024 |no-pp=y |quote=800m PRISM cells / not interpolated}}</ref> }}

==Geology==

The Olympic Mountains are composed of obducted clastic wedge material and oceanic crust, primarily Eocene sandstone, turbidite, and basaltic oceanic crust.<ref name=Alt>{{cite book|last=Alt|first=D.D.|author2=Hyndman, D.W.|year=1984|title=Roadside Geology of Washington|pages=249–259|isbn=0-87842-160-2}}</ref> The mountains were sculpted during the Pleistocene era by erosion and glaciers advancing and retreating multiple times.

==See also== {{Portal|Mountains}} * Olympic Mountains * Geology of the Pacific Northwest * Geography of Washington (state)

== References == {{reflist}}

==Gallery==

<gallery mode="packed-hover" heights="200"> File:Mount Angeles, north aspect.jpg|North aspect File:Mount Angeles tilted layers.jpg|Mount Angeles summit. Notice the steeply tilted layers of ocean floor sediments File:Mount Angeles from Eagle Point.jpg|Mount Angeles seen from Eagle Point File:Mt. Angeles, Rocky Peak.jpg|Mt. Angeles (left), Rocky Peak (right) </gallery>

== External links == * Mount Angeles weather: [https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Angeles/forecasts/1967 Mountain Forecast] * {{cite summitpost|151878|Mount Angeles}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Angeles}} Category:Mountains of Washington (state) Category:Mountains of Clallam County, Washington Category:Olympic Mountains Category:Landforms of Olympic National Park

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