Mount Washington Wilderness
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The Mount Washington Wilderness is a wilderness area located on and around Mount Washington in the central Cascade Range of Oregon in the United States. The wilderness was established in 1964 and comp
On the route to a winter ascent of Mount Washington
Mount Washington
Belknap Crater
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Belknap Crater is a shield volcano in the Cascade Range in the U.S. state of Oregon. Located in Linn County, it is associated with lava fields and numerous subfeatures including the Little Belknap and
Mount Washington Wilderness
…by the U.S. Forest Service. Mount Washington is a shield volcano rising above 75 square miles (190 km2) of lava-strewn plains. The wilderness includes Belknap Crater, a 6,873-foot (2,095 m) cinder and ash volcanic cone. Vegetation consists primarily of lodgepole pine, other species of pine, and mountain hemlock…
Belknap shield volcano with lava flows in foreground
Small stands of trees near Belknap Crater
Belknap formed on the lower slopes of Mount Washington (seen on the right)
Belknap viewed from space in 1973