Information About

Mount Alpenglow

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Mount Alpenglow on The Map

Location

60 ° 52' 32.002" N,
149 ° 19' 54.998" W

Region

Kenai Peninsula

Nearest City

Girdwood

Elevation

4406 ft (1342.95 m)

Mount Alpenglow in Detail.

About

On the S side of Turnagain Arm 3.7 mi SE of the mouth of Sixmile Creek and 12 mi WNW of Portage; Chugach Mts.

History

Feature is a landmark so situated that it displays "the pink glow of western-exposed mountains at sunset...well known by the term alpenglow" to travelers of the Seward Highway and skiers of Mount Alyeska.

Places Near Mount Alpenglow
Cities:

The Wing,

Capes:

Bird Point, Snipers Point,

Cities:

Girdwood,

Streams:

Davis Creek,

Glaciers:

Bird Glacier, Clear Glacier, Crow Glacier, Glacier G210726E60839N,

Routes:

Baby Candyland, Candyland,

Lakes:

Crystal Lake, Lower Summit Lake, Ship Lake,

Locales:

Bidarka, Thin White Line,

Mountains:

Mount Alpenglow, Bidarka Peak, Bird Peak, Bradley Peak, Camp Robber Peak, Cornbiscuit, Crow Peak, Indianhouse Mountain, Magpie Peak, Manitoba Mountain, Raggedtop Mountain, The Ramp, Sunburst,

Mountain Passes:

Archangel Pass, Bird Creek Pass, Crow Pass, Indian Creek Pass, Moraine Pass, Powerline Pass, Steamroller Pass, Turnagain Pass,

Peaks:

Adelie Point, Birds Eye Peak, California Peak, Chinstrap Peak, Crested Peak, East Groundhog Peak, East Kinglet Peak, Fiddlehead Mountain, Fishs Breath, Fresno Benchmark, Gentoo Peak, Gleason Creek Ridge, Granddaddy, Grey Jay Peak, Homicide Peak, Middle Kinglet Peak, Nest Peak, North Avalanche Mountain, Pastoral Peak, Penguin Peak, Pyramid Peak, Shaman Dome, Silvertip, South Avalanche Mountain, Spirit Walker, Tail Feather Peak, Tincan Roadside, West Groundhog Peak, West Kinglet Peak,

Ridges:

Bird Ridge, Roaring Ridge, Seattle Creek Headwall, Seattle Ridge,

Routes:

-1 Bowl, 1st Bowl, 2nd Bowl, 3rd Bowl, 4th Bowl, Bermuda Triangle, Center Ridge, Cornbiscuit, Frenchy, Fresno, Lipps, Little Sweden, Lonestar, Magnum, Moose, Pete's North, Pete's South, Raven Ridge, Spirit Walker, Sunburst, The Library, Tributary, Wilson North, Wilson South, Zero Bowl,

Streams:

Alder Creek, Bay Creek, Beaver Creek, Bench Creek, Bertha Creek, Bird Creek, Black Creek, Block Creek, Bonanza Creek, California Creek, Canyon Creek, Center Creek, Clinton Creek, Coeur d-Alene Creek, Cub Creek, Divide Creek, Donaldson Creek, East Fork Sixmile Creek, Falls Creek, Frenchy Creek, Fresno Creek, Glacier Creek, Gleason Creek, Granite Creek, Groundhog Creek, Gulch Creek, Indian Creek, Juneau Creek, Lynx Creek, Lyon Creek, Mills Creek, Moose Creek, Nelson Creek, Old Woman Creek, Pass Creek, Penguin Creek, Petes Creek, Roaring Creek, Sawmill Creek, Seattle Creek, Silvertip Creek, Sixmile Creek, Slate Creek, Spokane Creek, Sunrise Creek, Sunset Creek, Taylor Creek, Tincan Creek, Tributary Creek, Virgin Creek, Walker Creek, Weber Creek, Wilson Creek, Wolverine Creek,

Routes:

Abe's Trail, Avalanche Peak, Bird Creek Trail, Bird Point Interpretive Trail, Bird Ridge Interpretive Trail, Bird Ridge Trail, Bird Valley Trail, Cali Creek Trail, Crow Pass Trail, Indian Creek Pass Trail, Indian to Bird Bike Trail, Johnson Pass Trail, Penguin Creek Trail, Penguin Peak Trail, Powerline Trail,

Cities:

Dahl, Indian, Silvertip, Sunrise, Wibel,