Mount Carpe
Mount Carpe rises to 3,826 m in Alaska. Denali stands 6,190 m to the southwest, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Koven, a peak 1.7 miles away.
The story
Mount Carpe is a 12,550-foot (3,825 m) mountain summit in the Alaska Range, in Denali National Park and Preserve, on a northeast buttress of Denali. The Carpe Ridge includes Mount Tatum. Mount Carpe was named in 1943 by the U.S. Army Test Expedition after Allen Carpé, who was killed along with Theodore G. Koven (for whom Mount Koven is named), while on the Rockefeller Cosmic Ray Expedition in May 1932 when they fell into a crevasse on Muldrow Glacier.
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Wikidata Q14680137, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3826 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Koven: 1.7 mi
- Mount Tatum: 2.6 mi
- Gunsight Mountain: 4.4 mi
- West Pyramid Peak: 4.8 mi
- Central Pyramid Peak: 5.7 mi
- Ruth Glacier Landing: 13.2 mi
- McKinley River: 19.2 mi
- McKinley River Bar trail start: 21.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.8 miles of Mount Carpe. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denali | SW 218° | 6,190 m | 7.3 mi |
| North Peak | SW 230° | 5,913 m | 5.9 mi |
| Archdeacons Tower | SW 223° | 5,911 m | 7.3 mi |
| Mount Hunter | SSW 208° | 4,442 m | 15.7 mi |
| Mount Stevens | SSW 202° | 4,233 m | 17.3 mi |
| Kahiltna Peaks | SW 219° | 4,063 m | 11.1 mi |
| Mount Silverthrone | ESE 113° | 4,014 m | 6.3 mi |
| Kahiltna Dome | WSW 240° | 3,783 m | 13.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 08:05 | 19:18 | 20:19 |
| June solstice | 03:54 | 22:35 | 00:18 |
| September equinox | 07:48 | 19:05 | 20:06 |
| December solstice | 10:43 | — | 15:21 |
Local time (America/Anchorage).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 4 | 15 | 13 | 29 | 43 | 53 | 56 | 52 | 42 | 25 | 11 | 5 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Denali 27 N, 21 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Denali National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Nov; busiest: Aug.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/4557236361
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