Goat Rocks Wilderness

Goat Rocks Wilderness is a U.S. wilderness area in Washington, United States, consisting of of Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest and Gifford Pinchot National Forest on the crest of the Cascade Range south of U.S. Highway 12. Its central feature is a number of rugged peaks, the Goat Rocks, that are named after the numerous mountain goats that live in the area.Extinct for some two million years, a volcano with an elevation of 12000ft once dominated this landscape. The eroded remnant of this volcano consists of rugged peaks that average over 7000ft elevation. The highest point among them is Gilbert Peak, at 8184ft with a prominence of 3664ft. On the shaded northern slopes of the major peaks are the Packwood, McCall, Conrad, and Meade glaciers. The wilderness is drained by the North and South Forks of the Tieton, Cispus, and Cowlitz rivers and their tributaries. The lowest point in the wilderness is near Packwood Lake at 2,920 feet (890 m).