Information About

Avalanche Canyon

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 46' 46.999" N,
134 ° 26' 44.002" W

Region

Juneau

Nearest City

Elevation

2037 ft (620.88 m)

Avalanche Canyon in Detail.

About

In the Coast Mountains; heads at 584600N 1341600W trends W to Gilkey Glacier, 9 mi SW of Mount Ogilvie and 34 mi N of Juneau. 6.5 miles long.

History

Named in 1964 by memvers of the Juneau Icefield Research program.

Topo Maps

Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau D-2 (1960), Juneau D-2 (1960), Juneau D-2 (1960), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau D-2 (1997), Juneau D-2 SE (2017),

Places Near Avalanche Canyon

Glaciers:

Antler Glacier, Battle Glacier, Bucher Glacier, Echo Glacier, Field Glacier, Gilkey Glacier, Herbert Glacier, Juneau Icefield, Vaughan Lewis Glacier, West Branch Taku Glacier,

Mountains:

Mount Blachnitzky, Boundary Peak 96, Boundary Peak 99, Mount Bressler, Camp 15 Peak, Carpet Peak, Cathedral Peak, Centurian Peak, Dike Mountain, The Dukes, Echo Mountain, Emperor Peak, Mount Ernest Gruening, Flower Tower, Folded Towers, Gale Peak, Glacier King, Horn Spire, Juncture Peak, Knowl, Little Matterhorn, Mammary Peak, Mustang Peak, Mount Nesselrode, Mount Ogilvie, Shoehorn Mountain, The Snow Towers, Snowdrift Peak, Snowpatch Crag, Snowpatch Craig, Stronghold Peak, Taku Towers, Triangle Peak, Tricouni Peak, The Tusk,

Peaks:

Mountain Ranges:

Ridges:

Berners Peaks, Icefall Spires, Spirit Range, The Wall,

Streams:

Valleys:

Avalanche Canyon,