Snow Capped Majesty

by Cheryl Rose

Title

Snow Capped Majesty

Artist

Cheryl Rose

Medium

Photograph - Photography

Description

This is Mount Baker an active glaciated andesitic stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc and the North Cascades of Washington state. In the U.S. Mount Baker has the second-most thermally active crater in the Cascade Range after Mount Saint Helens. About 31 miles (50 km) due east of the city of Bellingham, Whatcom County, Mount Baker is the youngest volcano in the Mount Baker volcanic field.

After Mount Rainier, Mount Baker is the most heavily glaciated of the Cascade Range volcanoes; the volume of snow and ice on Mount Baker, 0.43 cu mi (1.79 km3) is greater than that of all the other Cascades volcanoes (except Rainier) combined. It is also one of the snowiest places in the world; in 1999, Mount Baker Ski Area, set the world record for recorded snowfall in a single season -- 1,140 in (2,900 cm).

At 10,781 ft (3,286 m), it is the third-highest mountain in Washington State and the fifth-highest in the Cascade Range, if Little Tahoma Peak, a subpeak of Mount Rainier, and Shastina, a subpeak of Mount Shasta, are not counted. Located in the Mount Baker Wilderness, it is visible from much of Greater Victoria, Nanaimo, and Greater Vancouver in British Columbia and, to the south, from Seattle (and on clear days Tacoma) in Washington.

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HONORS:
Featured in Uplifting Art -1 per Day group on 2/6/2017, Thank you!
Featured in Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group on 2/24/2017, Thank you!

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January 31st, 2017

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