Devils Paw (or Devil's Paw, or Boundary Peak 93) is the high point of the

Juneau Icefield The Juneau Icefield is an ice field located just north of Juneau, Alaska, continuing north through the border with British Columbia, extending through an area of in the Coast Range ranging north to south and east to west. The icefield is the so ...

, on the

Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...

British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...

border. It is a part of the

Boundary Ranges The Boundary Ranges, also known in the singular and as the Alaska Boundary Range, are the largest and most northerly subrange of the Coast Mountains. They begin at the Nass River, near the southern end of the Alaska Panhandle in the Canadian p ...

of the

Coast Mountains The Coast Mountains (french: La chaîne Côtière) are a major mountain range in the Pacific Coast Ranges of western North America, extending from southwestern Yukon through the Alaska Panhandle and virtually all of the Coast of British Columbia ...

. It is notable for its steep rise above the low local terrain. Its height is sometimes given as 8,507 feet (2,593 m). Devils Paw is located on the northeast side of the Juneau Icefield, and its north slopes feed

Tulsequah Lake Tulsequah is an unincorporated locality in northwestern, British Columbia, Canada, located at the confluence of the Taku and Tulsequah River The Tulsequah River, formerly the Talsekwe River (Lingít: ''Taaltsux̱éi''), is a tributary of the Taku ...

and the

Tulsequah Glacier Tulsequah is an unincorporated locality in northwestern, British Columbia, Canada, located at the confluence of the Taku and Tulsequah River The Tulsequah River, formerly the Talsekwe River (Lingít: ''Taaltsux̱éi''), is a tributary of the Taku ...

. Its south slope forms the head of the picturesquely-named "Hades Highway", which is the eastern extremity of the Icefield. To illustrate the steepness of the peak: the north face drops in approximately three miles (4.8 km), and the southeast side drops in about seven miles (11.3 km). __NOTOC__

Climate

Based on the

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...

, Devils Paw is located in a subpolar

oceanic climate An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate, is the humid temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification ''Cfb'', typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool summers and mild winters ( ...

zone, with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool summers. Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

References

# If the height is actually 8,507 feet (2,593 m) then the prominence is reduced to 5,610 feet (1,710 m). # E.g.

Sources

Devils Paw on Topozone

External links

*Devils Paw weather
Mountain-Forecast.com
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Climate

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