Mount Salisbury
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Mount Salisbury rises to 3,710 m in Alaska. Mount Fairweather stands 4,671 m to the northwest, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Lituya Mountain, a peak 3.9 miles away. Alaska's Marine Highway passes 52 miles off. 34 named places lie within 25 miles, 33 of them named summits.
The story
Mount Salisbury is a 12,170-foot (3,709 m) peak in the Fairweather Range of Alaska, six miles (10 km) southeast of Mount Fairweather. Its east slopes feed one of the northern branches of the Johns Hopkins Glacier, which flows into Glacier Bay. On its western side is a large cirque, shared with Mount Fairweather, Mount Quincy Adams, and Lituya Mountain, which heads the Fairweather Glacier; this flows almost to the Pacific coast at Cape Fairweather. Though not exceptional in terms of absolute elevation, Mount Salisbury does possess great vertical relief over local terrain: for example, the southwest side of the mountain drops over 10,000 feet (3,048 m) to the Johns Hopkins Glacier in only five miles. Mount Salisbury is not often climbed, partly due to its proximity to the higher and better-known Mount Fairweather, and partly due to difficult access and the typically bad weather that this range possesses.
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What the record says
- Elevation
- 3710 m
How to reach it
- 51.7 mi off the Alaska's Marine Highway, National
34 named places within 25 miles
- Lituya Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Mount Quincy Adams: 4.9 mi
- Mount Fairweather: 6.7 mi
- Mount Wilbur: 7.9 mi
- Mount Orville: 8.6 mi
- Glaciar Bay: 17.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Salisbury. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Fairweather | NW 305° | 4,671 m | 6.7 mi |
| Mount Quincy Adams | NW 325° | 4,150 m | 4.9 mi |
| Mount Crillon | SSE 151° | 3,879 m | 14.8 mi |
| Lituya Mountain | SW 216° | 3,634 m | 3.9 mi |
| Mount Root | NNW 334° | 3,553 m | 10.4 mi |
| Mount Wilbur | SSE 166° | 3,298 m | 7.9 mi |
| Mount La Perouse | SSE 152° | 3,265 m | 22.4 mi |
| Unmarked Boundary Point 166 | NNW 341° | 3,215 m | 18.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 08:12 | 19:31 | 20:24 |
| June solstice | 04:58 | 22:11 | 23:26 |
| September equinox | 07:55 | 19:18 | 20:11 |
| December solstice | 11:02 | 15:30 | 17:15 |
Local time (America/Vancouver).
Inside the official boundary of Glacier Bay National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Feb 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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