Location: West Granite Mountain (unofficial name)

AKA: Tusk O' Granite
Elevation: 5,566 feet
Clean Prominence: 406 feet
Next Higher Peak: Granite Mountain
State: Washington State
County: King County
In areas: Alpine Lakes Wilderness, South Fork Snoqualmie Drainage
USGS quad: Snoqualmie Pass
UTM: 10T 613830E 5253157N (NAD27)

Trip Reports and References

Winter guide book: Backcountry Skiing Snoqualmie Pass
Book: Seattle Outdoors: Hiking & Cycling-Puget Sound and Cascades
yellowleaf.org: West Granite Peak
yellowleaf.org: Granite and West Granite Mountains
yellowleaf.org: West Granite Mountain and Granite Mountain loop
yellowleaf.org: West Granite Mountain from south

Name origin

"... John's proposal to 'name' this summit Tusk 'O Granite, to signify the way it rises like a tooth from the side of Granite Mountain. There was a nice bit of word play to this, since the alternative spelling, Tuscogranite, acacurately defines its location on a line between Granite's main summit and (Lower) Tuscohatchie Lake." - Jeff Howbert in the March 1995 issue of Pack & Paddle.

Maps

Online USGS map of West Granite Mountain: Google Maps
USGS quad: Snoqualmie Pass
Greentrails map: Snoqualmie Pass

In These Peak Lists

#37 in the Middle Fork Snoqualmie Drainage Peaks list

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Hemlock Peak (5,560'+)
The Tooth (5,604')
Bryant Peak (5,801')
Denny Mountain (5,520'+)
Chair Peak (6,238')
Kaleetan Peak (6,259')
Ski Acres Hill (4,200'+)
Mount Roosevelt (5,835')
Mount Defiance (5,584')
Humpback Mountain (5,174')
Rockdale Ridge (4,440'+)
Wright Mountain (5,430')
Guye Peak (5,168')
Avalanche Mountain (5,360'+)
Snoqualmie Mountain (6,278')
Cave Ridge (5,270')
Silver Peak (5,605')
Little Saint Helens (4,582')
Putrid Pete's Peak (5,220'+)
Mount Catherine (5,052')
Web Mountain (5,335')
Mount Hyak (3,745')