At 6040 feet, Mount Wow is tied for 122nd place on the height chart for Washington mountains. Located just inside the southwest boundary of Mount Rainier National Park, the name apparently arises from the involuntary expression that climbers give out when they take in the view from the summit ridge.
It isn't a heavily visited mountain, mostly due to the lack of trails in the area. I haven't been there yet, but I believe I'd like to see it.
It isn't a heavily visited mountain, mostly due to the lack of trails in the area. I haven't been there yet, but I believe I'd like to see it.
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Here is the origin of the Mount Wow place name, from Gary Reese Fuller's Place Names of Mount Rainier National Park: "Wow" is a corruption of a Yakima Indian word meaning "goat" and early tourists often saw mountain goats on the slopes of this mountain. (Grater, p. 42). (Pierce County).
Regards, J. Antonelis-Lapp
Thanks Jeff.
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