Mount Wilbur | |
Elevation Ft: | 10,821 |
Elevation Ref: | [1] |
Prominence Ft: | 3,963 |
Location: | Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska, U.S. |
Range: | Fairweather Range, Saint Elias Mountains |
Map: | USA Alaska |
Coordinates: | 58.74°N -137.3186°W |
Topo: | USGS Mount Fairweather C-4 Quadrangle |
First Ascent: | 1975 by D. Jones, C. Gerhardt, C. McKibben |
Easiest Route: | snow/ice climb |
Mount Wilbur is a high peak of the Fairweather Range, the southernmost part of the Saint Elias Mountains. It lies approximately 14 miles (22 km) southeast of Mount Fairweather and 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Mount Crillon. It is included in Glacier Bay National Park. The peak is the higher of a pair of peaks, Mounts Wilbur and Orville, named after the Wright Brothers.
Though not a particularly high peak in absolute terms, Mount Wilbur does stand quite high above local terrain, due to its proximity to the ocean: the summit is only 7.5 miles from tidewater at the head of Lituya Bay to the southwest.