Pike Expedition
On November 15, Pike recorded the first sight of the distant mountain he called "Grand Peak". It has since been called Pikes Peak in his honor. Pike tried to climb the peak, hoping to get a view of the surrounding area to record on maps, the 14,000-foot summit. Pike's group ascended a lesser summit nearby—likely Mount Miller, which was named for Theodore Miller, one of the soldiers who accompanied Pike. With winter threatening, Pike pressed onward up the Arkansas, and on December 7 the party reached Royal Gorge, a spectacular canyon on the Arkansas at the base of the Rocky Mountains.
Pinnacle Peak (King County, Washington)
First called "Mount Pete" for Pete Chorak, an early Enumclaw settler, "Pete" became misheard as "Peak", and the name "Mount Peak" received some followers. A former fire lookout built on the summit was called the Pinnacle Peak Lookout, hence the name "Pinnacle Peak" emerged. The one mile trail on the north side of Pinnacle Peak is called the "Cal Magnusson Trail" for a long time Cascade mountaineer who worked at REI for 25 years with famed American mountain climber Jim Whittaker.