page_title: Prusik Peak
section_title: External links
hierarchical_section_title: Prusik Peak / External links
caption_attribution_description: English: Prusik Peak seen from Leprechaun Lake. The Temple to the right. Enchanted Lakes area of Alpine Lakes Wilderness. "The Enchantments" (Photo has annotations)
context_page_description: Prusik Peak is an 8000+ ft granite summit located at the west end of The Temple in Chelan County of Washington state. Prusik Peak is part of The Enchantments within the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, and is often the iconic photographic image of both areas. Prusik Peak belongs to the Stuart Range which is a subset of the Cascade Range. The name honors Dr. Karl Prusik who was an Austrian mountaineer, and is known as the inventor of the prusik, a rope knot which happened to be used to gain access to the summit horn during the first ascent by Fred Beckey in 1948. Precipitation runoff drains into Icicle Creek, a tributary of the Wenatchee River.
context_section_description: Prusik Peak weather: Mountain Forecast
  Alpine Lakes Wilderness (Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest) U.S. Forest Service
caption: Prusik Peak (left) seen from Leprechaun Lake along with other towers of The Temple
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