Mount Marcus Baker

Mount Marcus Baker
Mount Marcus Baker
Mount Marcus Baker is located in Alaska
Mount Marcus Baker
Location in Alaska
Elevation 13,176 ft (4,016 m)
Prominence 10,725 ft (3,269 m)
Listing Ultra
Location
Location Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
Range Chugach Mountains
Coordinates 61°26′14″N 147°45′10″W / 61.43722°N 147.75278°W / 61.43722; -147.75278Coordinates: 61°26′14″N 147°45′10″W / 61.43722°N 147.75278°W / 61.43722; -147.75278
Topo map USGS Anchorage B-3 Quadrangle
Climbing
First ascent 1938 by Norman Bright, Peter Gabriel, Norman Dyhrenfurth, Bradford Washburn
Easiest route Snow/ice climb (Alaska grade 2)

Mount Marcus Baker is the highest peak of the Chugach Mountains of Alaska. It is located approximately 75 miles (121 km) east of Anchorage. This peak is very prominent because of its proximity to tidewater and is only 12 miles (19 km) north of the calving face of Harvard Glacier. When ranked by topographic prominence, Mount Marcus Baker is one of the top 75 peaks in the world.

Mount Marcus Baker was originally called "Mount Saint Agnes"; according to Bradford Washburn, James W. Bagley of the USGS named it after his wife Agnes, adding the "Saint" in hopes of making the name stick. The name was later changed to honor a cartographer and geologist named Marcus Baker.[1]

The peak was first climbed on June 19, 1938 by a party led by famed explorer Bradford Washburn; the climb took almost two months owing to weather delays. Today's standard route is the North Ridge. Despite being much lower in elevation than Mount McKinley, Marcus Baker is a similarly serious ascent, due to the remoteness of the peak and the resulting length of the approach and climb.[1] Actually, a number of noted climbers have perished or sustained permanent injury in attempting to summit the peak as climbing conditions can change rapidly as storms arise. In early 1988, a State of Alaska Fish and Game biologist, 28-year-old Sylvia Jean Lane, succumbed to hypothermia as a two-day storm separated her from the two others in the climbing party attempting to dash to the top in a winter ascent.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Michael Wood and Colby Coombs, Alaska: A Climbing Guide, The Mountaineers, 2001.

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