Sawtooth Mountain

Sawtooth Mountain is a shield volcano, and part of the polygenetic Indian Heaven[3] Volcanic Field in Washington, United States.

The mountain forms a series of welded volcanic rock spires, an eroded remnant of an ancient shield volcano.

While Sawtooth Mountain is not the highest, its craggy appearance makes it one of the most namesake peaks in the Indian Heaven Volcanic Field.

The 230 square miles (600 km2) field has a volume of about 20 cubic miles (100 km3) and forms the western part of a 770-square-mile (2,000 km2) Quaternary basalt field in the southern Washington Cascades, including the King Mountain fissure zone along which Mount Adams was built.

The Pacific Crest Trail skirts the densely forested lower west side of the peak.

Indian Heaven Volcanic Field and Mount Adams Volcanic Vicinity Digital Relief Map showing Sawtooth Mountain and the various other peaks that make up the volcanic field.