Dorado Needle
| Dorado Needle | |
|---|---|
Dorado Needle (right) from Hidden Lake Peaks (Early Morning Spire and Marble Needle to left) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 8,440+ ft (2,570+ m) |
| Prominence | 800 ft (240 m) |
| Parent peak | Eldorado Peak 8,868 ft (2703 m) |
| Coordinates | 48°32′59″N 121°08′19″W / 48.54972°N 121.13861°W |
| Geography | |
| Interactive map of Dorado Needle | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| County | Skagit |
| Protected area | North Cascades National Park |
| Parent range | North Cascades Cascade Range |
| Topo map | USGS Eldorado Peak |
| Geology | |
| Rock age | Eocene to Late Cretaceous |
| Rock type | Granodioritic Orthogneiss |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | July 1940 by Lloyd Anderson, Karl Boyer, Tom Gorton, |
| Easiest route | Climbing YDS 5.5 |
Dorado Needle is an 8,440+ ft (2,570+ m) mountain summit located in North Cascades National Park in Skagit County of Washington state. The peak lies 0.73 miles north of Eldorado Peak and 1.33 mi (2.14 km) southeast of Perdition Peak. It can be seen from the North Cascades Highway west of Marblemount at a road pullout along the Skagit River. The first ascent of the peak was made in July 1940 by Lloyd Anderson, Karl Boyer, and Tom Gorton via the Northwest Ridge. Precipitation runoff and glacier meltwater from the mountain drains into tributaries of the Skagit River.