Pease Peak

Pease Peak

Highest point
Elevation| 7,750 ft (2,360 m) [1]
Prominence| 500 ft (150 m) [2]
Parent peak| Mount Dickey (2,495 ft)
Coordinates|  [ ⚑ ] : 62°57′00″N 150°45′45″W﻿ / ﻿62.95°N 150.7625°W﻿ / 62.95; -150.7625 [1]
Geography

Pease Peak

Location of Pease Peak in Alaska

Location| Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States
Parent range| Alaska Range
Topo map| USGS Talkeetna D-2

Pease Peak is a 7,750 ft (2,360 m) mountain summit located in the Alaska Range, in Denali National Park and Preserve, in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is situated 1,500 feet above the Tokositna Glacier to its west, and Ruth Glacier to the east, along the southern margin of the Don Sheldon Amphitheater, 11 mi (18 km) southeast of Denali, 2.84 mi (5 km) southeast of The Rooster Comb, and 0.45 mi (1 km) west of Mount Dickey, which is the nearest higher peak.[1] Dickey forms the eastern buttress of Pittock Pass, whereas Pease forms the western buttress. Although overlooked as a climbing destination, the peak is often seen due to its proximity to the air taxi landing area and the Sheldon Chalet immediately north of the peak. Pease Peak, and its variant name Mount Pease, is based on a mountain climber's name that was published in the late 1940s.[3][4]

## Contents

* 1 Climate
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Pease Peak is located in an alpine climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool summers.[5] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

## See also

* List of mountain peaks of Alaska
* Geology of Alaska

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Pease Peak, Alaska". http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=66200.
2. ↑ Pease Peak at listsofjohn.com
3. ↑ "Pease Peak". United States Geological Survey. https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1407853.
4. ↑ Dictionary of Alaska Place Names, Donald J. Orth author, United States Government Printing Office (1967), page 745
5. ↑ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN 1027-5606.

## External links

* Pease Peak: Weather forecast
* Flight through 747 Pass: YouTube (Pease Peak inside propeller at 0:47 mark)

Places adjacent to Pease Peak

| The Rooster Comb | Mount Dan Beard
Ruth Glacier | Mount Barrille

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Mount Huntington |

Pease Peak

| Mount Dickey
Tokositna Glacier | Mount Wake | Mount Bradley

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