Mount Hunter
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 Mount Hunter from the southeast; South summit left, main summit right |
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| height | 4442 m | |
| location | Alaska (USA) | |
| Mountains | Alaska chain | |
| Dominance | 11.04 km → Denali (South Buttress) | |
| Notch height | 1409 m ↓ (3033 m) | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 57 ′ 1 ″ N , 151 ° 5 ′ 29 ″ W | |
| Topo map | USGS Talkeetna D-3 | |
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| First ascent | 1954 by Fred Beckey , Heinrich Harrer , Henry Meybohm | |
At 4442 m, Mount Hunter is the third highest mountain in the Alaska range in Alaska . It is located in Denali National Park about 13 km south of Denali . A plateau glacier connects the main summit with the 4257 m high, southern side summit.
In the language of the Dena'ina , indigenous people of Alaska , the mountain is called "Begguya", which means something like "child of Denali" ("Denali" is the Athapaskan name). Prospectors initially named the mountain Mount Roosevelt. In 1903 Robert Dunn, a reporter for the New York Commercial Advertiser and participant in the Denali expedition under Frederick Cook , gave a nearby summit in honor of his aunt Anna Falconnet Hunter (1885-1941), who had financed his expedition, the name Mount Hunter. This mountain is now called the Kahiltna Dome , while the name Mount Hunter was mistakenly referred to in 1906 by a government surveyor to the mountain that still bears that name today.
The first ascent took place on July 5, 1954 by Fred Beckey , Heinrich Harrer and Henry Meybohm over the west ridge. This ascent is still considered the normal route to the summit today .
Web links
- Mount Hunter in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
- Mount Hunter on Peakbagger.com (English)
- Mount Hunter at Summitpost.org (English)
- Mount Hunter at Bivouac.com (English)
- Mount Hunter at Peakware (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Wood, Colby Coombs: Alaska. A climbing guide . The Mountaineers Books, Seattle WA 2001, ISBN 0-89886-724-X , pp. 81 ( Google Books [accessed March 22, 2012]).