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Snow-covered Mount Fairweather rising above smaller peaks

Mountain

Mount Fairweather

15,300-ft coastal giant on the Alaska–British Columbia border, visible from Bartlett Cove.

Reference 38

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve · NPS

Elevation
15300 ft[1]
Range
Fairweather Range
First ascent year
1931
First ascent party
Allen Carpé, W.S. Ladd, Andy Taylor, Terry Moore

NPS lists Mount Fairweather at 15,300 feet. It is the sixth most prominent peak in North America, the highest point in British Columbia, and one of the largest coastal mountains in the world. Captain James Cook named it on May 3, 1778. It towers over Bartlett Cove and can be seen from more than 70 miles away on clear days. Allen Carpé, W.S. Ladd, Andy Taylor and Terry Moore made the first ascent in 1931; it was not climbed again until 1958.

  1. [1]Elevation: 15,300 ft (NPS Mount Fairweather); also reported as 15,325 ft (previous Northern Tours seed value). All footnotes

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Snow-covered Mount Fairweather rising above smaller peaks
Reference 38

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