Dec 12 2024
Mount Isto 🏔️ Overview Mount Isto is the highest mountain in Alaska’s Brooks Range, rising from the extraordinarily remote Romanzof Mountains of northeastern Alaska. Its summit reaches 8,975.1 feet (2,735.6 meters) above sea level according to modern high-resolution measurements. Although an elevation below 9,000 feet may seem modest compared with the enormous peaks of the …
Dec 06 2024
McGinnis Peak McGinnis Peak is a remote, heavily glaciated mountain in Alaska’s Hayes Range, a rugged eastern subdivision of the Alaska Range. Rising to 11,400 feet (3,475 meters), the peak is surrounded by glaciers, sharp ridges, steep snowfields, and some of the most serious alpine terrain in Interior Alaska. Although overshadowed in elevation by nearby …
Dec 06 2024
Mount Kimball Mount Kimball is one of the most distinctive mountains of Alaska’s eastern interior. Rising above a remote landscape of glaciers, tundra, and rugged ridges, it is the highest summit in the Delta Mountains, an eastern subrange of the much larger Alaska Range. Although Mount Kimball is far lower than giants such as Denali …
Dec 06 2024
Tusac 🏔️ Overview Tusac is a remote, glacier-fringed mountain in the Delta Mountains of Alaska’s eastern Alaska Range. Rising to approximately 9,860 feet (3,005 meters), the peak stands in the rugged high country southeast of Delta Junction, surrounded by glaciers, sharp ridges, and some of the least-developed mountain terrain in the United States. Tusac is …
Dec 06 2024
Black Cap 🏔️ Overview Black Cap is a remote glaciated summit in the Delta Mountains of the eastern Alaska Range, rising above the upper reaches of the Castner Glacier system in Alaska. The mountain is commonly listed at approximately 9,850 feet (3,002 meters) and stands among a closely packed group of rugged peaks that includes …
Dec 06 2024
Mount Hajdukovich 🏔️ Overview Mount Hajdukovich is a remote, glacier-bound mountain in the Delta Mountains of Alaska’s eastern Alaska Range. Rising to approximately 9,600 feet (2,926 meters) at its highest summit, the mountain stands among a rugged collection of seldom-visited peaks, glaciers, steep ridges, and broad wilderness east of the Richardson Highway. Although Mount Hajdukovich …
Nov 24 2024
🏔️ Overview The Alaska Range is the highest mountain range in the United States and one of the most spectacular mountain systems in North America. Sweeping in a broad arc for roughly 600 miles across southern and central Alaska, the range contains enormous glaciers, jagged granite peaks, deep wilderness valleys, and some of the continent’s …
Jan 22 2024
Mount Huntington Mount Huntington is one of the most striking mountains in Alaska’s central Alaska Range, rising as a steep pyramid of rock, snow, and ice within Denali National Park and Preserve. At approximately 12,240 feet (3,731 meters), it is considerably lower than nearby Denali and Mount Hunter, yet its dramatic relief and highly technical …
Jan 21 2024
Mount Fairweather | Tsalxaan 🏔️ Overview Mount Fairweather is a spectacular 15,324-foot (4,671-meter) mountain rising on the international border between Alaska and British Columbia. It is the highest mountain in British Columbia, the highest summit in the Fairweather Range, and one of the most topographically prominent mountains in North America. Few mountains combine extreme elevation …
Jan 20 2024
Mount Hayes 🏔️ Overview Mount Hayes is a towering 13,832-foot (4,216-meter) mountain in the eastern Alaska Range and the highest summit of the Hayes Range. Rising in Alaska’s Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, it combines enormous topographic prominence, tremendous local relief, extensive glaciers, and one of the most important early climbing histories in Alaskan mountaineering. With …
