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Mount Natazhat

Mount Natazhat, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Natazhat rises to 4,095 m in Alaska. Mount Bona stands 5,045 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Riggs, a peak 2.3 miles away. 9 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.

The story

Mount Natazhat is a high peak of the Saint Elias Mountains, of Alaska, United States, just west of the border with the Yukon Territory of Canada. It lies on the northern edge of the range, south of the White River and north of the Klutlan Glacier. Mount Natazhat is a little-noticed peak; however it is a very large peak in terms of rise above local terrain. It rises 9,000 feet (2,743 m) in less than 7 miles (11.3 km) above the lowlands to the north, and 7,500 feet (2,286 m) in about 4 miles (6.4 km) above the Klutlan Glacier to the south. The current standard route is that of the second ascent along the northeast ridge. This route was first climbed in 1996 by D. Hart, P. Barry, H. Hunt, and D. Lucey. It is moderately serious by Alaskan standards (Alaska Grade 3+), with some steep ice and corniced ridges. Mount Natazhat is not often climbed due to its remote location and the fact that it is not a particularly high peak, especially by Alaskan standards. (Also, it is not even a fourteener.) In fact, the only mention of the peak in the complete Index of the American Alpine Journal is for the 1996 ascent noted above.

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Wikidata Q1950617, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
4095 m

How to reach it

Coordinates61.52194, -141.10111

9 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 9
  • Mount Riggs: 2.3 mi
  • Mount Lambart: 3.7 mi
  • Mount Bear: 16.4 mi
  • Pingpong Mountain: 16.4 mi
  • Mount Sulzer: 18.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Natazhat. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount BonaWSW 247°5,045 m23.4 mi
Mount ChurchillWSW 251°4,767 m21.5 mi
Mount BearS 185°4,520 m16.4 mi
Mount RiggsESE 108°3,591 m2.3 mi
Mount AndersonS 177°3,345 m24.8 mi
Mount SulzerWNW 293°3,330 m18.3 mi
Mount LambartE 82°2,562 m3.7 mi
Centre MountainN 10°2,055 m20.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2618:4119:39
June solstice03:4221:4323:12
September equinox07:0918:2919:27
December solstice09:43—15:03

Local time (America/Anchorage).

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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OpenStreetMap element node/4568918548

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