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Summit Name: Three Fingers Mountain

Location: Cascade Range, Washington State

Elevation: 6,859 ft. 

Date: August 5th, 2020

Time/Orientation: 5:01AM/South Face

Edition: 1/1

Three Fingers mountain is part of the Cascade Range and it is the 12th most prominent peak in Washington State. First climbed in 1929 by local climbers Harry Bedal and Harold Engles. Theres a fire lookout on the southernmost peak, originally built over a three-year period between 1930-32. 

I took this image during a two day solo backpacking trip to the summit of Vesper peak about 30 miles south of Three Fingers. For me personally, Vesper peak is one of the best views in the state of Washington. At 6,858 ft. you can see a wild range of peaks in seemingly perfect succession from this summit. 

It was a windless and relatively clear night under a full moon on my ledge below the summit. I woke the following morning at 3am to the pings of climbers ice axe hitting granite, and unzipped my tent to see this scene before me. The following eight hours of hiking and photography was the epitome of a perfect backpacking trip, and a story Ill look back on fondly for the rest of my life. 