| Mount Emmerich | |
| Elevation Ft: | 6877 |
| Prominence Ft: | 1929 |
| Prominence Ref: | [1] |
| Isolation Mi: | 4.83 |
| Isolation Ref: | [2] |
| Parent Peak: | Mount Dech (Peak 7450)[3] |
| Etymology: | Lt. Charles F. Emmerich[4] |
| Country: | United States |
| State: | Alaska |
| Region: | Haines |
| Region Type: | Borough |
| Range: | Saint Elias Mountains Chilkat Range |
| Map: | USA Alaska |
| Label Position: | left |
| Map Size: | 270 |
| Coordinates: | 59.1916°N -135.7011°W |
| Coordinates Ref: | [5] |
| Topo: | USGS Skagway A-2 |
| Rock: | Granite |
| First Ascent: | 1976 Fred Beckey |
| Easiest Route: | Southwest Ridge |
Mount Emmerich is a 6877feet mountain summit in Alaska.
Mount Emmerich is located 9miles west-southwest of Haines in the Chilkat Range which is a subrange of the Saint Elias Mountains.[5] Precipitation runoff and glacial meltwater from the mountain's slopes drains to the Chilkat River via the Takhin and Kicking Horse rivers. Although modest in elevation, topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 5377abbr=offNaNabbr=off above the Garrison Glacier in 1.5 mile (2.4 km). The first ascent of the summit was made on August 14, 1976, by Fred Beckey, Craig Zaspell, and Jack Tackle via the southwest ridge.[6] The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.[5] The mountain was named by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1897,[5] to remember one of their own, Lieutenant Charles F. Emmerich (1849–1894), who served on the schooner Hassler in Alaska in 1893.[7] According to the U.S. Geological Survey, this landform's local name is Cathedral Peak, "because of the mountain's prominence and cathedral-like appearance."[8]
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Emmerich has a tundra climate with cold, snowy winters, and cool summers.[9] Weather systems coming off the Gulf of Alaska are forced upwards by the mountains (orographic lift), causing heavy precipitation in the form of rainfall and snowfall. Winter temperatures can drop to 0 °F with wind chill factors below −10 °F. This climate supports small unnamed glaciers on the peak's slopes as well as the Bertha and Garrison glaciers in the surrounding valleys.