Mount Aleutka is a mountain

summit A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topographic terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are synonymous. The term (mountain top) is generally used only for ...

in the US state of

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Description

Mount Aleutka is located in the

Fairweather Range The Fairweather Range is the unofficial name for a mountain range located in the U.S. state of Alaska and the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is the southernmost range of the Saint Elias Mountains. The northernmost section of the range i ...

of the

Saint Elias Mountains The Saint Elias Mountains () are a subgroup of the Pacific Coast Ranges, located in southeastern Alaska in the United States, Southwestern Yukon and the very far northwestern part of British Columbia in Canada. The range spans Wrangell-St. Elias ...

. It is set within

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is a national park of the United States located in Southeast Alaska west of Juneau. President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed the area around Glacier Bay a national monument under the Antiquities Act on Febru ...

and is situated east of

Mount Abbe Mount Abbe is an 8200+ feet (2499+ meter) double summit mountain located in the Fairweather Range of the Saint Elias Mountains, in southeast Alaska. The peak is situated near the terminus of the Johns Hopkins Glacier, within Glacier Bay Nation ...

. Although modest in elevation,

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is significant as the summit rises up from tidewater of Scidmore Bay in and the west face rises 3,200 feet (975 m) above the Reid Glacier in . The

first ascent In mountaineering and climbing, a first ascent (abbreviated to FA in climbing guidebook, guide books), is the first successful documented climb to the top of a mountain or the top of a particular climbing route. Early 20th-century mountaineers a ...

of the summit was made in 1969 by Eric G. Adelberger, Audra Adelberger, John and Pati Letcher, who also named this peak after the Letcher's 25-foot sailboat, ''Aleutka'', which transported them around Glacier Bay.''North America, United-States, Alaska, Peaks above Glacier Bay, Fairweather Range''
Eric Adelberger, American Alpine Journal, 1972. The mountain's toponym has not been officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, and it will remain unofficial as long as the USGS policy of not adopting new toponyms in designated wilderness areas remains in effect.

Climate

Based on the

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...

, Mount Aleutka is located in a marine subpolar climate zone, with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool summers. Weather systems coming off the

Gulf of Alaska The Gulf of Alaska ( Tlingit: ''Yéil T'ooch’'') is an arm of the Pacific Ocean defined by the curve of the southern coast of Alaska, stretching from the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island in the west to the Alexander Archipelago in the ...

are forced upwards by the Saint Elias Mountains (

orographic lift Orographic lift occurs when an air mass is forced from a low elevation to a higher elevation as it moves over rising terrain. As the air mass gains altitude it quickly cools down adiabatically, which can raise the relative humidity to 100% and cr ...

), 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 the Reid, Scidmore, and Hugh Miller glaciers on the slopes of this peak. The months May through June offer the most favorable weather for viewing or climbing the peak.''Denali FAQ'', American Alpine Institute
alpineinstitute.com, Retrieved 2024-02-09.

Gallery

File:MG 3841a (11909211313).jpg, Summit from northeast File:Mount Aleutka.jpg, West aspect, above Reid Glacier File:Glacier Bay (4939794807).jpg, Summit (left) with Scidmore Glacier File:Glacier Bay (4939793715).jpg, Mount Aleutka reflected in Glacier Bay File:MG 4590a (12721286293).jpg, Summit (left) with Scidmore Glacier File:MG 3665a (11766492076).jpg, Summit centered, from northeast File:Mount Aleutka in the Fairweather Range.jpg, Summit to right File:Mount Aleutka at Glacier Bay.jpg File:Mount Aleutka (4775615815).jpg

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* Photo of northeast aspect
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