The BrownStone Cascade Peaks litter is named with the Chinook names of Cascade Peaks I have climbed.
Native American myth tells us that the Three Sisters, known as
Klah Kiahnee ("Three Points"), was once the largest and tallest of the Cascade mountains. Then the earth shook for days and the mountain boiled inside until fiery rocks came seething forth. Flame and smoke rose high into the air, tossing red-hot stones in all directions. When quiet finally descended again, most of the mountain was gone, leaving only the three points we see now. The North Sister is 10.085 ft. The Middle Sister is 10,358 ft. The South Sister is 10,358 ft. In 1970 I was dumb enough to take on a bet the I could not climb all three in one day. I threw in Broken Top for good measure earning a round of beer.
Adventurous Klah (Three Sisters - Ms Purple)
Karuk is an active volcano located in California at the southern end of the Cascade Range. At 14,179 ft.
Karuk is the second highest peak in the Cascades. The oldest known human habitation in the Mt
Karuk area dates to about 7,000 years ago, and by about 5,000 years ago, there was substantial human habitation in the surrounding area.
Karuk means "White Mountain" to the Native Americans.
Three day old Karuk (Mt. Shasta - Mr. Green)
Mt.
Koma was well known to Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest. The indigenous name for the mountain is
Koma Kuishan ("White Sentinel" and "Crater").
Koma is an active glaciated volcano and has the second most thermally active crater in the Cascade Range.
Koma is the most heavily glaciated of the Cascade Range volcanoes. The volume of snow and ice on
Koma is greater than that of all the other Cascade mountains (except Rainier - Takoma "larger than Koma") At 10,781 ft,
Koma is the third-highest mountain in Washington State and the 5th highest Cascade. In 1969 I was a beach guard with a high chair view of Koma. Viewing it daily made me want to get to the top. I climbed solo so have no photos.
Three day old Komo (Mt. Baker - Ms Yellow)
The spirits of the Earth and Sky often come and talked with the people. Liao was the spirit of the Below-World who lived below Mt.
Mazama. Liao often came up and stood on the top of Mt.
Mazama and his head would touch the stars near the home of Skell. There was no lake then, just a hole through which Liao passed to see the outside world. One day, Liao saw Loha, daughter of the Klamath Indian chief and fell in love with her beauty. She rejected him. He got angry and swore that he would take revenge on her people. He tried to destroy the people with the curse of fire. The Klamath Indian chief sought help from Skell. Skell descended from the sky to the top of Mt.
Mazama. Skell and Liao battled, thundering and trembling the Earth, hurling red hot rocks back and forth to each other from Mt.
Karuk to Mt
Mazama, causing great landslides. A terrible darkness spread over the area for days. All spirits of Earth and Sky took part in this battle, creating intense fear among the people. Attempting to calm the ferocious volcano gods and to make up for the sins of the tribe, two medicine med offered to sacrifice themselves and jumped into the pit of the Below-World. Impressed by their heroic sacrifice, Skell fought even harder. He finally defeated Liao, driving Liao deep down into the Below-World. He collapsed the top of Mt.
Mazama to imprison Liao forever beneath the world. Skell wanted peace and tranquility to cover up this dark pit so he filled it with the beautiful blue water.
Mt
Mazama was destroyed by a volcanic eruption that occurred around 5.677 BC. The eruption reduced Mazama's approximate 12,000 ft height by around a mile. At 8,159 ft, Hillman Peak is now the highest point on the rim.
Mazama's collapsed caldera holds Crate Lake. The rim road is closed due to deep snows in the winter and spring making it ideal for skiing and mountaineering.
Three day old Mt.
Mazama (Crater Lake - Mr Orange)
