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Alaska Peaks with 5000 feet of Prominence

Rank	Peak	Prom-M (Avg)	Elev-M (Avg)	Range (Level 3)	Isol-Km
1.	Mount McKinley	6149	6194	Alaska Range	7450.2
2.	Mount Fairweather	3961	4671	Saint Elias Mountains	200.3
3.	Mount Blackburn	3548	4996	South-Central Alaska	97.6
4.	Mount Hayes	3507	4216	Alaska Range	202.0
5.	Mount Saint Elias	3429	5489	Saint Elias Mountains	41.2
6.	Mount Marcus Baker	3276	4016	South-Central Alaska	203.3
7.	Shishaldin Volcano	2869	2869	Aleutian Ranges	877.0
8.	Redoubt Volcano	2788	3108	Aleutian Ranges	94.5
9.	Mount Torbert	2648	3479	Alaska Range	157.3
10.	Pavlof Volcano	2506	2514	Aleutian Ranges	151.8
11.	Mount Veniaminof	2499	2507	Aleutian Ranges	336.7
12.	Mount Hubbard	2457	4557	Saint Elias Mountains	34.3
13.	Mount Chamberlin	2421	2749	Brooks Range	629.5
14.	Iliamna Volcano	2397	3053	Aleutian Ranges	54.0
15.	Mount Cook	2350	4194	Saint Elias Mountains	23.4
16.	Mount Sanford	2343	4949	South-Central Alaska	64.8
17.	Mount Tom White	2329	3411	South-Central Alaska	117.5
18.	Mount Kimball	2262	3154	Alaska Range	89.8
19.	Mount Griggs	2224	2331	Aleutian Ranges	217.9
20.	Mount Foraker	2210	5304	Alaska Range	23.0
21.	Mount Crillon	2187	3879	Saint Elias Mountains	31.4
22.	Mount Vsevidof	2149	2149	Aleutian Ranges	358.1
23.	Mount Hesperus	2127	2996	Alaska Range	93.5
24.	Mount Bona	2102	5044	Saint Elias Mountains	80.0
25.	Mount Drum	2061	3661	South-Central Alaska	28.5
26.	Mount Chiginagak	2034	2110	Aleutian Ranges	157.0
27.	Mount Neacola	1943	2873	Aleutian Ranges	49.9
28.	Mount Douglas	1920	2149	Aleutian Ranges	69.0
29.	Kichatna Spire	1901	2739	Alaska Range	60.0
30.	Peak 8084	1900	2464	South-Central Alaska	69.3
31.	Pogromni Volcano	1884	1991	Aleutian Ranges	50.9
32.	Peak 8010	1877	2441	South-Central Alaska	40.7
33.	Mount Igikpak	1867	2523	Brooks Range	453.3
34.	Snow Tower	1866	2003	Coast Mountains	16.3
35.	Truuli Peak	1847	2015	South-Central Alaska	141.3
36.	Mount Natazhat	1824	4095	Saint Elias Mountains	24.9
37.	Hanagita Peak	1815	2592	South-Central Alaska	35.3
38.	Tanaga Volcano	1806	1806	Aleutian Ranges	655.5
39.	Makushin Volcano	1800	1800	Aleutian Ranges	133.7
40.	Sovereign Mountain	1790	2697	South-Central Alaska	76.6
41.	Isanotski Peaks	1785	2471	Aleutian Ranges	15.6
42.	Isthmus Peak	1762	1991	South-Central Alaska	52.0
43.	Frosty Peak	1754	1769	Aleutian Ranges	56.9
44.	Great Sitkin Volcano	1740	1740	Aleutian Ranges	141.3
45.	Mount Cleveland	1730	1730	Aleutian Ranges	90.6
46.	Mount Wrangell	1711	4317	South-Central Alaska	23.8
47.	Devils Paw	1703	2593	Coast Mountains	137.9
48.	Mount Seattle	1695	3155	Saint Elias Mountains	19.3
49.	Mount Russell	1682	3557	Alaska Range	24.2
50.	Mount Foresta	1646	3368	Saint Elias Mountains	20.1
51.	Veniaminof Peak	1643	1643	Northwest Coast Islands	128.3
52.	Granite Range High Point	1636	2596	Saint Elias Mountains	15.6
53.	Mount Steller	1635	3205	South-Central Alaska	36.2
54.	Mount Miller	1615	3276	South-Central Alaska	64.9
55.	Carlisle Island High Point	1610	1610	Aleutian Ranges	10.7
56.	Bashful Peak	1608	2440	South-Central Alaska	35.5
57.	Tetlin Peak	1597	2550	South-Central Alaska	41.1
58.	Mount Deborah	1581	3761	Alaska Range	25.9
59.	Peak 8336	1581	2541	Alaska Range	35.3
60.	Mount Gareloi	1573	1573	Aleutian Ranges	46.1
61.	Peak 8488	1566	2587	Alaska Range	19.2
62.	Mount Augusta	1549	4289	Saint Elias Mountains	23.2
63.	Peak 6915	1544	2108	South-Central Alaska	17.9
64.	Mount Bear	1540	4520	Saint Elias Mountains	32.4
65.	Korovin Volcano	1533	1533	Aleutian Ranges	137.2

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List Description

List Info

This list, which is probably 95% complete or more, lists 63 peaks with 5000 feet of clean prominence in Alaska. The entire rest of the U.S.A. has 62 peaks above this threshold (5 in Hawaii, 57 in the 48 states). This statement alone is testament to the embarassment of mountain riches in Alaska.

Note that the unranked peaks on this list have less than 5000 feet of clean prominece, but they do have 5000 feet or more of optimistic prominence. These unranked peaks are "error range" summits, and some of them may have a very good chance of being over the cutoff. Some climbers elect to ascend these unranked peaks for the sake of completeness.

Like the list of Alaska Borough/Census Area high points, this is a list that no one has completed or even seriously started and is a strong contender for the toughest list on this site. Some of these peaks might not have even been climbed at all yet. Particularly hard would be getting to the Aleutian Range and Islands for some of these summits, but there are certainly many other issues (such a high probablity of death while doing so many serious climbs) that would have to be surmounted to make inroads here.

Sources

Book County High Points by Andy Martin; list compiled 1999 by Ron Tagliapietra and Andy Martin.
Adam Helman's update and refinement of that list, located at the web link below.
I made some minor adjustments and added peak lat-longs and other information for those peaks not already in my database, plus added key col lat-longs.

Links

Alaska 5000-foot Prominence Peaks - Adam Helman

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.

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