Mount Alice (Alaska)
Mount Alice | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 5,318 ft (1,621 m)[1] |
Prominence | 1,247 ft (380 m)[2] |
Isolation | 2.11 mi (3.40 km)[1] |
Coordinates | 60°08′07″N 149°16′40″W / 60.13528°N 149.27778°W[2] |
Geography | |
Country | United States |
State | Alaska |
Borough | Kenai Peninsula |
Protected area | Chugach National Forest |
Parent range | Kenai Mountains |
Topo map | USGS Seward A-7 |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1963 by V. Hoeman, D. Hilt, and D. Johnston[3] |
Easiest route | Mountaineering, Southwest Face |
Mount Alice is a 5,318-foot (1,621 m) mountain summit in the U.S. state of Alaska.
Description
Mount Alice is located 6.2 mi (10 km) northeast of
Climbing
The
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Alice is located in a tundra climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[8] Weather systems coming off the Gulf of Alaska are forced upwards by the Kenai Mountains (orographic lift), causing heavy precipitation in the form of rainfall and snowfall. Winter temperatures can drop below 0 °F with wind chill factors below −10 °F. This climate supports a spruce and hemlock forest on the lower western slopes, and the massive Godwin Glacier on the eastern side of the mountain. May and June are the best months for climbing in terms of favorable weather.
See also
Gallery
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Summit detail
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Mt. Alice (right) seen with cruise ship in Resurrection Bay
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Mt. Alice seen from Seward marina
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Mount Alice (centered) seen from Mount Marathon
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Mt. Alice (left) and Mt. Mary (right)
References
- ^ a b "Alice, Mount - 5,318' AK". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
- ^ a b "Mount Alice, Alaska". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
- ^ Mount Alice, Peakware.com
- ^ "Mount Alice". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
- ^ Franklin G. Lowell, National Park Service
- ^ Elizabeth Earl, Assembly backs request to name two Seward mountains, June 10, 2018, peninsulaclarion.com.
- ^ Mount Alice Rock Climbing, mountainproject.com
- ISSN 1027-5606.
External links
- Mount Alice weather: Mountain Forecast
- "Alice" at 8:43 mark: YouTube
- Mount Alice summit view: YouTube