MT Hesperus

Mount Hesperus is the highest peak of the Revelation Mountains, the westernmost subrange of the Alaska Range. The Revelations are a small, rarely visited range, but they contain dramatic rock peaks, rising from low bases. Mount Hesperus is particularly impressive in terms of local relief: for example, it drops over 7,500 feet in less than 2 miles on two sides…
Mount Hesperus is the highest peak of the Revelation Mountains, the westernmost subrange of the Alaska Range. The Revelations are a small, rarely visited range, but they contain dramatic rock peaks, rising from low bases. Mount Hesperus is particularly impressive in terms of local relief: for example, it drops over 7,500 feet in less than 2 miles on two sides. Such steepness for this amount of relief makes Hesperus comparable to the best peaks in North America.
  • Elevation: 9,828 ft (2,996 m)
  • Location: Bethel Census Area, Alaska, U.S.
  • Prominence: 6,978 ft (2,127 m)
  • Listing: North America prominent peak 81st
  • Parent range: Revelation Mountains, Alaska Range
  • Topo map: USGS Lime Hills D-4
  • First ascent: 1985 by Justin Lesueur, Karl Swanson, Stephen Spalding
Data from: en.wikipedia.org