Mount Koven
Mount Koven rises to 3,701 m in Alaska. Denali stands 6,190 m to the southwest, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Carpe, a peak 1.7 miles away.
The story
Mount Koven is a 12,142-foot (3,701 m) mountain in the Alaska Range, in Denali National Park and Preserve. Mount Eldridge lies to the northeast of Denali on Karstens Ridge, with Mount Carpe to the northeast on the Carpe Ridge extension of Denali's northeast buttress. Mount Koven overlooks the Great Icefall of Muldrow Glacier, with the west fork of Traleika Glacier to the east. It was named for Theodore G. Koven, whose partner, Allen Carpé (for whom Mount Carpe is named) died in a crevasse fall on the Muldrow while the two were doing research for the Rockefeller Cosmic Ray Expedition in May 1932. Attempting to help, Koven apparently fell into the same crevasse, and though he managed to climb out he too died, and was found frozen not far away.
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Wikidata Q14680154, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3701 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Carpe: 1.7 mi
- Mount Tatum: 4.2 mi
- North Peak: 4.3 mi
- Jeffery Dome: 5.6 mi
- Denali: 5.7 mi
- Ruth Glacier Landing: 12.4 mi
- McKinley River: 20.6 mi
- McKinley River Bar trail start: 22.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Mount Koven. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denali | SW 217° | 6,190 m | 5.7 mi |
| North Peak | SW 233° | 5,913 m | 4.3 mi |
| Archdeacons Tower | SW 223° | 5,911 m | 5.7 mi |
| Mount Foraker | SW 233° | 5,303 m | 19.8 mi |
| Mount Hunter | SSW 206° | 4,442 m | 14.1 mi |
| Mount Stevens | SSW 200° | 4,233 m | 15.7 mi |
| Kahiltna Peaks | SW 219° | 4,063 m | 9.4 mi |
| Mount Silverthrone | E 100° | 4,014 m | 7.0 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 | — | 15:22 |
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, 22 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/4557246064
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