Editing Mount Stuart (section)

==Climbing history==
It is not known for sure who made the first ascent of Mount Stuart. According to [[Fred Beckey]]: "Claude Rusk... was told by Frank Bryant of Yakima about finding a stick at the summit bearing the name `Angus McPherson—1873.' A. H. Sylvester, who climbed to the summit in 1897 and 1899 for triangulation, believed the first ascent was made by [[Frank Tweedy]] and [[Richard Urquhart Goode|Richard Goode]] during the Northern Pacific land survey."<ref name="beckey">{{cite book |last=Beckey |first=Fred W. |title=Cascade Alpine Guide, Vol. 1, Columbia River to Stevens Pass |edition=2nd |year=1987 |publisher=[[The Mountaineers (club)|Mountaineers Books]] |page=300}}</ref> Tweedy (after whom [[Tweedy's pussypaws]] is named) climbed Mount Stuart on August 5, 1883, and two days later again with Goode (after whom [[Goode Mountain]] is named). They did not report finding evidence of an earlier ascent.<ref>John Roper, [http://www.rhinoclimbs.com/WA100HighestFAChronology.htm Washington's highest mountains first ascent chronology], 2004</ref> Since [http://www.summitpost.org/cascadian-couloir/156462 the easiest route] is not too technical, an earlier [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] ascent is also a possibility.

The standard route is the Cascadian Couloir up the southeast flank of the mountain, which ascends to a false summit just southeast of the main summit, and finishes along a short ridge. The route involves [[scrambling]] and often steep snow. Far more technical climbs are available on the complex north face and other aspects of the mountain.<ref name="beckey"/>