Mount Hayes
Mount Hayes rises to 4,216 m in Alaska. Mount Moffet stands 3,969 m to the east-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Balchen, a peak 4.1 miles away. Richardson Highway passes 25 miles off. 14 named places lie within 25 miles, 14 of them named summits.
The story
Mount Hayes is the highest mountain in the eastern Alaska Range, in the U.S. state of Alaska. Despite not being a fourteener, it is one of the largest peaks in the United States in terms of rise above local terrain. For example, the Northeast Face rises 8,000 feet (2,440 m) in approximately 2 miles (3.2 km). This large vertical relief contributes to Mount Hayes being the 51st most topographically prominent peak in the world. The mountain was named in 1898 by W. J. Peters and A. H. Brooks of the U.S. Geological Survey for Charles Willard Hayes (1858–1916), a geologist with the Survey from 1887 through 1911. On 29 July 1941 Bradford Washburn, Barbara Washburn, Benjamin Ferris, Sterling Hendricks, Henry Hall, and William Shand reached 12,650 ft. via the North Ridge but a storm was approaching and, with the summit only a little over 1000ft higher and just half a mile away, the party decided that they should descend to safety. On August 1, 1941 the party made another attempt, Hall remained in camp but the others were successful in making the first ascent of Mount Hayes. The route up the North Ridge wasn't repeated until 1975, it "is considered one of the great landmarks of Alaskan mountaineering because of its great technical difficulty at the time". Today's standard climbing route is the East Ridge (Alaska Grade 2+). Mount Hayes is not frequently climbed due to its remoteness and the resulting access difficulties.
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Wikidata Q913898, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4216 m
How to reach it
- 25.4 mi off the Richardson Highway
14 named places within 25 miles
- Mount Balchen: 4.1 mi
- Mount Geist: 5.0 mi
- Mount Skarland: 5.2 mi
- Mount Giddings: 6.9 mi
- Aurora Peak: 8.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Hayes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Moffet | ESE 110° | 3,969 m | 10.5 mi |
| Mount Shand | ESE 123° | 3,859 m | 9.8 mi |
| Mount Deborah | W 275° | 3,761 m | 16.0 mi |
| Hess Mountain | W 276° | 3,639 m | 13.2 mi |
| McGinnis Peak | ESE 112° | 3,475 m | 13.8 mi |
| Mount Balchen | W 273° | 3,416 m | 4.1 mi |
| Mount Geist | WNW 287° | 3,267 m | 5.0 mi |
| Mount Skarland | NW 313° | 3,144 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:48 | 19:00 | 20:02 |
| June solstice | 03:28 | 22:22 | 00:11 |
| September equinox | 07:31 | 18:48 | 19:50 |
| December solstice | 10:34 | — | 14:58 |
Local time (America/Anchorage).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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