Colfax Peak map

Colfax Peak

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2 879 m

Elevation

Elevation is the altitude of a place
above sea level.

139 m

Prominence

Peak’s prominence is the least
vertical to be covered to get from the
summit to any other higher terrain.

Glacier

A mountain with a glacier on the crests and / or slopes.

About

The Black Buttes, also known historically as the Sawtooth Rocks, make up an extinct stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc in Whatcom County, Washington, United States. Glacially eroded remnants of this volcano rise above the Deming Glacier, part of the glacier system of the nearby volcano, Mount Baker. There are three major peaks — Colfax, Lincoln, and Seward — all of which can be climbed.

The volcano was last active during the mid-Pleistocene from 495,000 to 288,000 years ago. Mount Baker, a much younger volcano, sits on top of lava erupted from Black Buttes Volcano.

By elevation Colfax Peak is

# 56 out of 4345 in the Cascade Range
# 5 out of 227 in Whatcom County
# 7 out of 463 in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
# 39 out of 3673 in Washington
# 5 out of 69 in Mount Baker Wilderness
# 5 out of 269 in the Skagit Range

By prominence Colfax Peak is

# 24 out of 69 in Mount Baker Wilderness