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Alaska Peaks with 5000 feet of Prominence

Rank	Peak	Prom-Ft (Avg)	Elev-Ft (Avg)	Range (Level 3)	Isol-Mi
1.	Mount McKinley	20,172	20,320	Alaska Range	4629.4
2.	Mount Foraker	7250	17,400	Alaska Range	14.3
3.	Mount Hayes	11,507	13,832	Alaska Range	125.5
4.	Mount Deborah	5189	12,339	Alaska Range	16.1
5.	Mount Russell	5520	11,670	Alaska Range	15.0
6.	Mount Torbert	8688	11,413	Alaska Range	97.7
7.	Mount Kimball	7425	10,350	Alaska Range	55.8
8.	Mount Hesperus	6978	9828	Alaska Range	58.1
9.	Kichatna Spire	6235	8985	Alaska Range	37.3
10.	Peak 8488	5138	8488	Alaska Range	11.9
11.	Peak 8336	5186	8336	Alaska Range	21.9
12.	Redoubt Volcano	9147	10,197	Aleutian Ranges	58.7
13.	Iliamna Volcano	7866	10,016	Aleutian Ranges	33.6
14.	Mount Neacola	6376	9426	Aleutian Ranges	31.0
15.	Shishaldin Volcano	9414	9414	Aleutian Ranges	544.9
16.	Pavlof Volcano	8225	8250	Aleutian Ranges	94.3
17.	Mount Veniaminof	8200	8225	Aleutian Ranges	209.2
18.	Isanotski Peaks	5856	8106	Aleutian Ranges	9.7
19.	Mount Griggs	7300	7650	Aleutian Ranges	135.4
20.	Mount Vsevidof	7051	7051	Aleutian Ranges	222.5
21.	Mount Douglas	6300	7050	Aleutian Ranges	42.9
22.	Mount Chiginagak	6675	6925	Aleutian Ranges	97.6
23.	Pogromni Volcano	6181	6531	Aleutian Ranges	31.7
24.	Tanaga Volcano	5925	5925	Aleutian Ranges	407.3
25.	Makushin Volcano	5905	5905	Aleutian Ranges	83.1
26.	Frosty Peak	5753	5803	Aleutian Ranges	35.4
27.	Great Sitkin Volcano	5710	5710	Aleutian Ranges	87.8
28.	Mount Cleveland	5675	5675	Aleutian Ranges	56.3
29.	Carlisle Island High Point	5283	5283	Aleutian Ranges	6.6
30.	Mount Gareloi	5160	5160	Aleutian Ranges	28.6
31.	Korovin Volcano	5030	5030	Aleutian Ranges	85.2
32.	Mount Chamberlin	7945	9020	Brooks Range	391.2
33.	Mount Igikpak	6126	8276	Brooks Range	281.6
34.	Devils Paw	5587	8507	Coast Mountains	85.7
35.	Snow Tower	6122	6572	Coast Mountains	10.1
36.	Veniaminof Peak	5390	5390	Northwest Coast Islands	79.7
37.	Mount Saint Elias	11,249	18,008	Saint Elias Mountains	25.6
38.	Mount Bona	6900	16,550	Saint Elias Mountains	49.7
39.	Mount Fairweather	12,996	15,325	Saint Elias Mountains	124.4
40.	Mount Hubbard	8060	14,950	Saint Elias Mountains	21.3
41.	Mount Bear	5053	14,831	Saint Elias Mountains	20.1
42.	Mount Augusta	5080	14,070	Saint Elias Mountains	14.4
43.	Mount Cook	7710	13,760	Saint Elias Mountains	14.5
44.	Mount Natazhat	5985	13,435	Saint Elias Mountains	15.5
45.	Mount Crillon	7176	12,726	Saint Elias Mountains	19.5
46.	Mount Foresta	5400	11,050	Saint Elias Mountains	12.5
47.	Mount Seattle	5559	10,350	Saint Elias Mountains	12.0
48.	Granite Range High Point	5367	8517	Saint Elias Mountains	9.7
49.	Mount Blackburn	11,640	16,390	South-Central Alaska	60.7
50.	Mount Sanford	7687	16,237	South-Central Alaska	40.3
51.	Mount Wrangell	5613	14,163	South-Central Alaska	14.8
52.	Mount Marcus Baker	10,751	13,176	South-Central Alaska	126.3
53.	Mount Drum	6760	12,010	South-Central Alaska	17.7
54.	Mount Tom White	7641	11,191	South-Central Alaska	73.0
55.	Mount Miller	5300	10,750	South-Central Alaska	40.3
56.	Mount Steller	5365	10,515	South-Central Alaska	22.5
57.	Sovereign Mountain	5874	8849	South-Central Alaska	47.6
58.	Hanagita Peak	5954	8504	South-Central Alaska	22.0
59.	Tetlin Peak	5240	8365	South-Central Alaska	25.5
60.	Peak 8084	6234	8084	South-Central Alaska	43.1
61.	Peak 8010	6160	8010	South-Central Alaska	25.3
62.	Bashful Peak	5275	8005	South-Central Alaska	22.1
63.	Peak 6915	5065	6915	South-Central Alaska	11.1
64.	Truuli Peak	6062	6612	South-Central Alaska	87.8
65.	Isthmus Peak	5782	6532	South-Central Alaska	32.3

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List Description

List Info

This list, which is probably 95% complete or more, lists 64 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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