Spectacle Buttes
| Spectacle Buttes | |
|---|---|
Spectacle Buttes from west. South butte (right) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 8,392 ft (2,558 m) |
| Prominence | 1,072 ft (327 m) |
| Parent peak | Mount Maude (9040+ ft) |
| Isolation | 1.89 mi (3.04 km) |
| Coordinates | 48°07′36″N 120°45′36″W / 48.126634°N 120.759946°W |
| Geography | |
| Interactive map of Spectacle Buttes | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| County | Chelan |
| Protected area | Glacier Peak Wilderness |
| Parent range | Entiat Mountains North Cascades |
| Topo map | USGS Holden |
| Geology | |
| Rock type | Gneissic |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1953 |
| Easiest route | class 3 Scrambling |
Spectacle Buttes are a pair of mountain summits located in the Entiat Mountains, a sub-range of the North Cascades, in Chelan County of Washington state. The pyramid-shaped south summit is 8,392-foot (2,558-metre) in elevation, and the lower north butte is 8,080-foot (2,460-metre) in elevation. Spectacle Buttes are situated 77 miles northeast of Seattle in the Glacier Peak Wilderness, on land managed by the Wenatchee National Forest. Spectacle Buttes ranks 78th on Washington's highest 100 peaks, 81st on the "Bulger List", and seventh-highest in the Entiat Mountains. The nearest higher peak is Marmot Pyramid on Mount Maude, 1.9 miles (3.1 km) to the west-northwest. Precipitation runoff from the peaks drains into headwaters of the Entiat River. The first ascent of the south peak was made by Rowland Tabor and Dwight Crowder on August 20, 1953.