Mount Yukla is a mountain

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, United States.

Description

Mount Yukla is located east of

Anchorage Anchorage, officially the Municipality of Anchorage, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alaska. With a population of 291,247 at the 2020 census, it contains nearly 40 percent of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolita ...

in the western

Chugach Mountains The Chugach Mountains of southern Alaska are the northernmost of the several mountain ranges that make up the Pacific Coast Ranges of the western edge of North America. The range is about long and wide, and extends from the Knik and Turnag ...

. It ranks as the highest peak in the Eagle River drainage, and fourth-highest peak within

Chugach State Park Chugach State Park covers 495,204 acres (2,004 square kilometers) covering a hilly region immediately east of Anchorage, in south-central Alaska. Established by legislation signed into law on August 6, 1970, by Alaska Governor Keith Harvey Mi ...

.''Chugach State Park Peaks''
Peakbagger.com, Retrieved 2023-12-31. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains to

Knik Arm Knik Arm ( Dena'ina: ''Nuti'') is a waterway into the northwestern part of the Gulf of Alaska. It is one of two narrow branches of Cook Inlet, the other being Turnagain Arm. Knik Glacier empties into the Knik Arm. The Port of Anchorage is ...

via the Eagle River. Although modest in elevation,

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is significant as the summit rises approximately 6,870 feet (2,094 m) above the river in .

History

The name "Yukla" was applied by

Walter Curran Mendenhall Walter Curran Mendenhall (February 20, 1871 – June 2, 1957) was the fifth director of the United States Geological Survey. Life Mendenhall was born in Marlboro, Ohio to William King Mendenhall and Emma P. Garrigues. He graduated from Ohio No ...

in 1898 as the

Denaʼina The Denaʼina ( ; Inland Denaʼina: ; Upper Inlet Denaʼina: ; ), or formerly Tanaina (), are an Alaska Native Athabaskan people. They are the original inhabitants of the south central Alaska region ranging from Seldovia in the south to Chick ...

name for the Eagle River.J. Vincent Hoeman, ''The Western Chugach Range, Alaska''
1966, American Alpine Journal, publications.americanalpineclub.org "Yuklahina" or "Yukla" means "Eagle River." The mountain's toponym was proposed in 1963 by members of the Mountaineering Club of Alaska,United States Board on Geographic Names, ''Decisions on Geographic Names in the United States'', Decision List No. 6403, 1965, page 5. and officially adopted in 1964 by the

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. 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 on July 15, 1964, by John Bousman and Arthur Davidson via the East Face and Northeast Ridge.

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 Yukla is located in a

tundra climate The tundra climate is a polar climate sub-type located in high latitudes and high mountains. It is classified as ET according to the Köppen climate classification. It is a climate which at least one month has an average temperature high enough ...

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 Chugach 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 −10 °F with wind chill factors below −20 °F. This climate supports the Icicle Glacier on the east and north slopes.

References

External links

* Mount Yukla
weather forecast
* Mount Yukla Climbing
Mountainproject.com
* Mt. Yukla and Eagle River (photo)
Flickr
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Description

History

Climate

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