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Alaska Peaks with 5000 feet of Prominence

Rank	Peak	Prom-Ft	Elev-Ft	Range (Level 3)	Isol-Mi	Ascents
1.	Denali	20,146	20,310	Alaska Range	4629.4	327
2.	Mount Fairweather	12,963	15,325	Saint Elias Mountains	124.4	22
3.	Mount Blackburn	11,590	16,390	South-Central Alaska	60.6	7
4.	Mount Hayes	11,482	13,832	Alaska Range	125.5	3
5.	Mount Saint Elias	11,184	18,008	Saint Elias Mountains	25.4	5
6.	Mount Marcus Baker	10,726	13,176	South-Central Alaska	126.3	8
7.	Shishaldin Volcano	9414	9414	Aleutian Ranges	544.9	0
8.	Redoubt Volcano	9097	10,197	Aleutian Ranges	58.5	8
9.	Mount Torbert	8663	11,413	Alaska Range	97.7	8
10.	Mount Veniaminof	8175	8225	Aleutian Ranges	209.2	0
11.	Pavlof Volcano	8150	8200	Aleutian Ranges	93.9	0
12.	Mount Hubbard	7995	14,950	Saint Elias Mountains	21.0	2
13.	Mount Isto	7876	8976	Brooks Range	393.6	0
14.	Iliamna Volcano	7816	10,016	Aleutian Ranges	33.5	4
15.	Mount Cook	7660	13,760	Saint Elias Mountains	14.2	0
16.	Mount Sanford	7637	16,237	South-Central Alaska	40.2	11
17.	Mount Tom White	7591	11,191	South-Central Alaska	72.0	0
18.	Mount Kimball	7350	10,300	Alaska Range	55.5	0
18.	Mount Griggs	7350	7750	Aleutian Ranges	136.4	12
20.	Mount Foraker	7200	17,400	Alaska Range	13.5	7
21.	Mount Neacola	7150	10,250	Aleutian Ranges	51.7	0
22.	Mount Crillon	7126	12,726	Saint Elias Mountains	19.2	4
23.	Mount Vsevidof	7051	7051	Aleutian Ranges	222.5	0
24.	Mount Hesperus	6928	9828	Alaska Range	54.7	0
25.	Mount Bona	6870	16,500	Saint Elias Mountains	49.4	9
26.	Mount Drum	6710	12,010	South-Central Alaska	16.3	3
27.	Mount Chiginagak	6600	6900	Aleutian Ranges	97.6	0
28.	Kichatna Spire	6185	8985	Alaska Range	33.5	0
29.	Mount Chosin Few	6184	8084	South-Central Alaska	42.8	0
30.	Pogromni Volcano	6181	6531	Aleutian Ranges	30.8	0
31.	Peak 8010	6110	8010	South-Central Alaska	25.3	0
32.	Mount Douglas	6100	7000	Aleutian Ranges	42.6	2
33.	Mount Igikpak	6076	8276	Brooks Range	281.6	2
34.	Snow Tower	6072	6572	Coast Mountains	10.1	2
35.	Truuli Peak	6012	6612	South-Central Alaska	87.8	7
36.	Makushin Volcano	5940	5940	Aleutian Ranges	83.0	0
37.	Mount Natazhat	5935	13,435	Saint Elias Mountains	15.0	3
38.	Tanaga Volcano	5925	5925	Aleutian Ranges	407.3	0
39.	Hanagita Peak	5904	8504	South-Central Alaska	21.9	0
40.	Sovereign Mountain	5849	8849	South-Central Alaska	43.9	6
41.	Isthmus Peak	5810	6532	South-Central Alaska	32.3	4
42.	Isanotski Peaks	5806	8106	Aleutian Ranges	9.3	0
43.	Frosty Peak	5743	5803	Aleutian Ranges	35.2	0
44.	Great Sitkin Volcano	5710	5710	Aleutian Ranges	87.7	0
45.	Mount Cleveland	5675	5675	Aleutian Ranges	55.9	0
46.	Mount Wrangell	5563	14,163	South-Central Alaska	14.5	4
47.	Devils Paw	5554	8507	Coast Mountains	61.6	1
48.	Mount Seattle	5494	10,350	Saint Elias Mountains	11.1	1
49.	Mount Russell	5470	11,670	Alaska Range	13.1	1
50.	Baranof Island High Point	5390	5390	Northwest Coast Islands	78.7	2
51.	Granite Range High Point	5317	8517	Saint Elias Mountains	9.6	0
52.	Mount Steller	5315	10,515	South-Central Alaska	19.3	0
53.	Mount Foresta	5300	11,000	Saint Elias Mountains	11.4	0
54.	Carlisle Island High Point	5283	5283	Aleutian Ranges	6.5	0
55.	Bashful Peak	5275	8005	South-Central Alaska	20.2	39
56.	Tetlin Peak	5215	8365	South-Central Alaska	23.8	5
57.	Mount Miller	5200	10,700	South-Central Alaska	38.7	0
58.	Mount Gareloi	5160	5160	Aleutian Ranges	28.3	0
59.	Mount Deborah	5139	12,339	Alaska Range	15.6	1
60.	Peak 8336	5136	8336	Alaska Range	20.4	0
61.	Peak 8488	5088	8488	Alaska Range	10.1	0
62.	Korovin Volcano	5030	5030	Aleutian Ranges	85.0	0
63.	Mount Augusta	5015	14,070	Saint Elias Mountains	14.2	1
63.	Peak 6915	5015	6915	South-Central Alaska	9.0	4
	Mount Bear	4988	14,831	Saint Elias Mountains	19.3	2
	Peak 6200	4800	6200	Aleutian Ranges	7.7	0

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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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