Mount Cook
Mount Cook rises to 4,196 m in Alaska. Mount Vancouver stands 4,812 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Owen, a peak 9.9 miles away. 12 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 of them named summits.
The story
Mount Cook (or Boundary Peak 182) is a high peak on the Yukon Territory-Alaska border, in the Saint Elias Mountains of North America. It is approximately 15 mi (24 km) southwest of Mount Vancouver and 35 mi (56 km) miles east-southeast of Mount Saint Elias. It forms one of the corners of the jagged border, which is defined to run in straight lines between the major peaks. The same border also separates Kluane National Park in the Yukon Territory from Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in Alaska. Like many peaks of the Saint Elias Mountains, Mount Cook is a massive peak, with a large rise above local terrain. For example, the southwest face drops 10,000 feet (3,000 m) to the Marvine Glacier in approximately 4 miles (6.4 km). It is also quite close to tidewater: Disenchantment Bay is less than 18 miles (29 km) from the summit. Mount Cook was first climbed in 1953. It is not often climbed due to its remoteness, the size of the mountain, the typically poor weather (due to its proximity to the ocean), and the fact that it is not one of the highest peaks of the range. In fact there are only four references to the peak in the complete index of the American Alpine Journal.
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Wikidata Q1144570, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4196 m
How to reach it
12 named places within 25 miles
- Mount Owen: 9.9 mi
- Blossom Island: 13.0 mi
- Point Glorious: 13.9 mi
- Mount Vancouver: 14.5 mi
- Lucia Nunatak: 14.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Cook. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Vancouver | NE 43° | 4,812 m | 14.5 mi |
| Mount Augusta | WNW 298° | 4,289 m | 18.5 mi |
| Mount Foresta | E 88° | 3,353 m | 18.8 mi |
| Baird Mountain | WNW 290° | 2,761 m | 17.7 mi |
| Mount Owen | WNW 288° | 2,401 m | 9.9 mi |
| Boundary Peak 184 | W 278° | 1,422 m | 18.7 mi |
| Point Glorious | W 267° | 1,265 m | 13.9 mi |
| Gilbert Point | SE 132° | 855 m | 23.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 08:22 | 19:39 | 20:34 |
| June solstice | 04:54 | 22:30 | 23:51 |
| September equinox | 08:05 | 19:27 | 20:22 |
| December solstice | 11:25 | 14:58 | 17:13 |
Local time (America/Dawson).
Inside the official boundary of Wrangell–St. Elias National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Dec; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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