Alaska Borough/Census Area High PointsShowing 's first ascent dates for climbed peaks (0 out of 0, or NaN%)Rank | Borough/Census Area | Peak | Elev-Ft | Range (Level 4) | Prom-Ft |
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1. | Denali | Denali | 20,310 | West-Central Alaska Range | 20,146 | 2. | Hoonah-Angoon | Mount Fairweather | 15,325 | Fairweather Range | 12,963 | 3. | Southeast Fairbanks | Mount Hayes | 13,832 | Hayes Range | 11,482 | 4. | Yakutat | Mount Saint Elias | 18,008 | Southern Icefield Ranges | 11,184 | 5. | Aleutians East | Shishaldin Volcano | 9414 | Aleutian Islands | 9414 | 6. | Kenai Peninsula | Mount Torbert | 11,413 | Tordrillo Mountains | 8663 | 7. | North Slope | Mount Isto | 8976 | Eastern Brooks Range | 7876 | 8. | Aleutians West | Mount Vsevidof | 7051 | Aleutian Islands | 7051 | 9. | Bethel | Mount Hesperus | 9828 | West Alaska Range | 6928 | 10. | Valdez-Cordova | Mount Bona | 16,500 | Northern Saint Elias Mountains | 6800 | 11. | Northwest Arctic | Mount Igikpak | 8276 | Schwatka Mountains | 6076 | 12. | Juneau | Devils Paw | 8507 | Boundary Ranges | 5554 | 13. | Sitka | Baranof Island High Point | 5390 | Alexander Archipelago | 5390 | 14. | Anchorage | Bashful Peak | 8005 | Chugach Mountains | 5275 | 15. | Matanuska-Susitna | Mount Hunter | 14,573 | West-Central Alaska Range | 4623 | 16. | Petersburg | Kates Needle | 10,016 | Boundary Ranges | 4505 | 17. | Dillingham | Dillingham High Point | 5250 | Kuskokwim Mountains | 4450 | | Dillingham | or Togiak High Point | 5200 | Kuskokwim Mountains | 1900 | 18. | Nome | Mount Osborn | 4714 | Seward Peninsula Ranges | 4364 | 19. | Yukon-Koyukuk | Yukon-Koyukuk High Point | 7770 | West Alaska Range | 3070 | 20. | Haines | Mount Nesselrode | 8117 | Boundary Ranges | 2999 | 21. | Fairbanks North Star | West Point | 5865 | East Central Alaska | 2865 | 22. | Skagway | Skagway High Point | 8239 | Boundary Ranges | 2339 | 23. | Wrangell | Castle Mountain | 7333 | Boundary Ranges | 1985 | 24. | Ketchikan Gateway | Mount John Jay | 7507 | Boundary Ranges | 1962 | 25. | Kusilvak | Kusilvak Census Area High Point | 2905 | Nulato Hills | 1805 | 26. | Bristol Bay | Bristol Bay High Point | 1061 | Alaska Peninsula Ranges | 561 | 27. | Prince of Wales-Hyder | Monument 15A | 7073 | Boundary Ranges | 0 | 27. | Kodiak Island | Mount Denison-East Slope | 7500 | Alaska Peninsula Ranges | 0 | 27. | Lake and Peninsula | Lake and Peninsula High Point | 9200 | Northwest Aleutian Range | 0 |
Front Runners List: Click here to see list completion progress by climbers that log their climbs using Peakbagger.com. Compare Climbers: Click here to compare ascents of up to 5 climbers working on this list. List DescriptionThis might just be the hardest list featured on this site--perhaps even tougher than the World 8000 meter peaks. There are about 20 high points here that require major expeditions to remote, icy, cold, technically difficult peaks. Denali is actually one of the easy ones, due to the infrastructure in place to handle the hordes of climbers and the relatively gentle slopes on the easiest route. Saint Elias, Fairweather, Hunter, and Hayes are all monster peaks, and then there are the notoriously hard Coast Range summits of Devil's Paw, Nesselrode, and Kate's Needle. Then there's stuff out on the Aleutian Peninsula/Islands, the Brooks Range, and so on. A climber's odds of getting killed while trying to do all these peaks is very considerable, due just to bad weather. Good luck with it!
Note that there are no counties in Alaska. The equivalent is the borough, and there are 18 of these areas that handle local government functions. The boroughs do not completely cover the state, though, and the U.S. Census Bureau has divided the remainder into 11 Census Areas, which have no governmental reality and and are used mainly for statistical reporting purposes. Compared to other states, the boroughs and census areas change often, and new incorporations or rulings by the census bureau could change the number or boundaries of these units, possibly changing this list. Potential completers should beware of these possible changes!
Two new boroughs were created in 2007 (Skagway) and 2008 (Wrangell). The Ketchikan-Gateway borough also expanded greatly in 2008, gaining a new high point.
Acknowledgements:
- Personal research determined several of these peaks by 1990.
- Book County High Points by Andy Martin; list compiled 1996 by Andy Martin.
- Dave Covill and Jerry Brekhus helped me figure out the recent (2007-2008) changes in SE Alaska
Links Alaska County High Points
Selected Guidebook(s) for this List Alaska: A Climbing Guide (Wood, Coombs)
Caution: These books feature many of the peaks on this list, but may not have information on all of them.
Map Showing Location of Peaks = Peak with Rank #1 on List;   = Other Peaks Click on a peak to see its name and a clickable link.(Map only shows peaks ranked by clean prominence)
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