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Review:
Summiting Eldorado Peak, located in North Cascades National Park (video), is more than just cresting a hill. The summit of this jagged mountain is also one of the most famous knife edge ridges in Washington State, and the adrenaline rush from carving out a trail that’s just wide enough for two feet along the peaked snowy edge of the summit is much of the reason that people enjoy climbing this mountain. This quality gives Eldorado Peak a beautiful shape from a distance, a shape that has an almost Himalayan feel to it. A round trip to the summit and back takes about 1-2 days and is about 8 miles long, with an elevation gain of 7,000 feet.
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