Mount Huxley (Alaska)

Mount Huxley is a 12,216-foot (3,723 meter) glaciated mountain summit located in the Saint Elias Mountains of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, in the U.S. state of Alaska. The remote peak is situated 75 mi (121 km) northwest of Yakutat, and 8.7 mi (14 km) west-northwest of Mount Saint Elias. The peak rises above the Columbus Glacier and Bagley Icefield to its north, the Tyndall Glacier to the south, and the Yahtse Glacier to the west. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into the Gulf of Alaska. The mountain was named in 1886 by English mountaineer Harold Ward Topham for Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895), an English biologist.[4] The mountain was officially named Huxley Peak in 1917, but the name was officially changed to Mount Huxley in 1968 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. The first ascent of the peak was made June 9, 1996 by Paul Claus who landed his plane at 11,500 feet elevation on the western flank (700 vertical feet below the summit) and climbed the remaining distance to the summit.[5] The second ascent of Mt. Huxley, and first complete ascent from base to summit, was made in June 2018 by Scott Peters, Andrew Peter, and Ben Iwrey starting from the Columbus Glacier.[6]

Mount Huxley
Aerial view looking south with Huxley centered in the distance
Highest point
Elevation	12,216 ft (3,723 m)[1]
Prominence	2,016 ft (614 m)[1]
Parent peak	Mount Saint Elias[2]
Isolation	2.56 mi (4.12 km)[3]
Coordinates	60°19′40″N 141°09′19″W[1]
Geography
Mount Huxley Location of Mount Huxley in Alaska
Location	Wrangell-St. Elias National Park Yakutat Borough Alaska, United States
Parent range	Saint Elias Mountains
Topo map	USGS Bering Glacier B-1
Climbing
First ascent	June 9, 1996 by Paul Claus[2]
Easiest route	Mountaineering expedition