Tolmie Peak

{{short description|Mountain in Washington (state), United States}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Tolmie Peak | image = Tolmie_Peak.jpg | image_caption = View along ridgeline from summit | elevation = {{convert|5920|ft|-1|abbr=on|disp=preunit|+}} | elevation_ref = {{ngvd29}}<ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger|2278|Tolmie Peak, Washington}}</ref> | prominence = {{convert|760|ft|-1|abbr=on}} | prominence_ref = <ref name="pb"/> | location = Mount Rainier National Park, Pierce County, Washington, U.S. | range = Cascade Range | coordinates = {{coord|46.9581611|N|121.8773262|W|type:mountain_region:US-WA_scale:100000_source:gnis|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | range_coordinates = | coordinates_ref = <ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis|1527284|Tolmie Peak}}</ref> | topo = USGS Golden Lakes | type = | age = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = }}

'''Tolmie Peak''' is a {{convert|5920|ft|-1|adj=on|disp=preunit|+}} peak in the Mount Rainier area of the Cascade Range, in the U.S. state of Washington. It is located {{convert|2|mi}} northwest of Mowich Lake, in the northwest part of Mount Rainier National Park.

Streams that drain the slopes of Tolmie Peak, including Tolmie Creek and Ranger Creek, join the Carbon River, which flows into the Puyallup River and Puget Sound. Just south of Tolmie Peak, in a basin carved by glaciers, lies Eunice Lake.<ref name="beckey">{{cite book |last=Beckey |first=Fred W. |authorlink=Fred Beckey |title=Cascade Alpine Guide, Vol. 1, Columbia River to Stevens Pass |edition=3rd |year=2000 |publisher=Mountaineers Books |isbn=0-89886-577-8 |page=133}}</ref> To the northwest is Howard Peak.

Tolmie Peak is named for William Fraser Tolmie.<ref name=majors>{{Cite book| last = Majors | first = Harry M. | title = Exploring Washington | publisher = Van Winkle Publishing Co | year = 1975 | page = 125 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CoWrPQAACAAJ| isbn = 9780918664006}}</ref> In August 1833, employed by Hudson's Bay Company and stationed at the newly built Fort Nisqually, Tolmie made the first recorded exploration of the Mount Rainier area. Unable to summit Rainier itself, Tolmie and two Indian guides, Lachalet and Nuckalkat, summited one of the snowy peaks near the Mowich River headwaters. Although Tolmie Peak is named for this event, it is not known exactly which peak was climbed.<ref>{{cite book |last=Morgan |first=Murray |title=Puget's Sound: A Narrative of Early Tacoma and the Southern Sound |url=https://archive.org/details/pugetssoundnarra00mor_x19 |url-access=registration |year=1979 |publisher=University of Washington Press |location=Seattle |isbn=0-295-95842-1 |pages= [https://archive.org/details/pugetssoundnarra00mor_x19/page/30 30–36]}}</ref>

==See also== *Eunice Lake

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{cite summitpost|150593|Tolmie Peak}}

Category:Mount Rainier National Park Category:Mountains of Washington (state) Category:Mountains of Pierce County, Washington