mount shuksan

bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2\|Mount Shuksan
lign=center colspan=2\|300px Mount Shuksan from the west.
gcolor=#e7dcc3\|Elevation:	9,127 ft (2,782 m)
gcolor=#e7dcc3\|Latitude:	48° 49′ 53.58″ N
gcolor=#e7dcc3\|Longitude:	121° 36′ 11.41″ W
gcolor=#e7dcc3\|Location:	Washington State, USA
gcolor=#e7dcc3\|Topo map:	USGS Mount Shuksan
gcolor=#e7dcc3\|Range:	Cascades
gcolor=#e7dcc3\|Type:	Metamorphic schist
gcolor=#e7dcc3\|Age of rock:	Cretaceous
gcolor=#e7dcc3\|First ascent:	1908 by Asahel Curtis and party
gcolor=#e7dcc3\|Easiest route:	rock/ice climb

Mount Shuksan is a peak in the North Cascades National Park of the USA.Shuksan lies in Whatcom County, Washington, immediately to the east of Mount Baker, just south of Canada. Shuksan is composed of Shuksan Greenschist, oceanic basalt that was metamorphosed when the Easton terrane smashed into the west coast of North America, approximately 120 million years ago.

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Shuksan, Mount

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