Davis Peak is a mountain just north of Diablo Lake in North Cascades National Pa
rk, in the US state of Washington. It is situated just south of the Picket variety. While not of predominantly high altitude, even for the North Cascades, it is prominent for its large, steep local respite, and in particular for its huge Northeast Face, which drops 5,250 ft (1,600 m) in one parallel mile (1.6 km). This is one of the two largest perpendicular drops in one horizontal mile in the adjacent United States, the other being the North Face of Kinnerly Peak. Davis Peak is named for the early homesteading family of Lucinda Davis, who built and ran a roadhouse for trappers, miners and other travelers at the base of the peak, near present day Diablo, prior to the influx of roads or rail, circa 1900.
Whether you are coming from the east or the west on I-90, you need to depart at Cle Elum. Look for SR 903 as it heads from Cle Elum to Rosyln. It is about 19 miles to Salmon La Sac and just before the campground and a bridge you would cross if you went too far, there is a road that angles up to the right and 1.7 miles of bumpy washboarded road will bring you to the signed exit for Davis Peak. Go left (north) and in fewer than a half mile the road descends to the TH. An extra area for parking is found just above the lower parking area and if you can't find polite parking, back track up the road to this nicer area to park. From the TH, descend to a crossing of a nice bridge that gets you nicely over the Cle Elum River.
rk, in the US state of Washington. It is situated just south of the Picket variety. While not of predominantly high altitude, even for the North Cascades, it is prominent for its large, steep local respite, and in particular for its huge Northeast Face, which drops 5,250 ft (1,600 m) in one parallel mile (1.6 km). This is one of the two largest perpendicular drops in one horizontal mile in the adjacent United States, the other being the North Face of Kinnerly Peak. Davis Peak is named for the early homesteading family of Lucinda Davis, who built and ran a roadhouse for trappers, miners and other travelers at the base of the peak, near present day Diablo, prior to the influx of roads or rail, circa 1900.Whether you are coming from the east or the west on I-90, you need to depart at Cle Elum. Look for SR 903 as it heads from Cle Elum to Rosyln. It is about 19 miles to Salmon La Sac and just before the campground and a bridge you would cross if you went too far, there is a road that angles up to the right and 1.7 miles of bumpy washboarded road will bring you to the signed exit for Davis Peak. Go left (north) and in fewer than a half mile the road descends to the TH. An extra area for parking is found just above the lower parking area and if you can't find polite parking, back track up the road to this nicer area to park. From the TH, descend to a crossing of a nice bridge that gets you nicely over the Cle Elum River.
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