Highbush Peak is a elevation mountain summit located in the
Chugach Mountains
The Chugach Mountains of southern Alaska are the northernmost of the several mountain ranges that make up the Pacific Coast Ranges of the western edge of North America. The range is about long and wide, and extends from the Knik and Turnagai ...
, in
Anchorage Municipality in the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sove ...
of
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. ...
. The peak is situated in
Chugach National Forest, between the
Glacier Creek and
Twentymile River valleys, southeast of downtown
Anchorage, and east of the
Alyeska Resort
Alyeska Resort is a ski resort in the Girdwood area of Anchorage, Alaska, approximately from downtown Anchorage. Mount Alyeska is part of the Chugach mountain range and the Alyeska Resort is the largest ski area in the state. It includes the ...
and
Girdwood area. Precipitation
runoff
Runoff, run-off or RUNOFF may refer to:
* RUNOFF, the first computer text-formatting program
* Runoff or run-off, another name for bleed, printing that lies beyond the edges to which a printed sheet is trimmed
* Runoff or run-off, a stock marke ...
from the peak drains into
Turnagain Arm
Turnagain Arm ( Dena'ina: ''Tutl'uh'') is a waterway into the northwestern part of the Gulf of Alaska. It is one of two narrow branches at the north end of Cook Inlet, the other being Knik Arm. Turnagain is subject to climate extremes and large ti ...
. This mountain's unofficial name refers to the
highbush cranberry Highbush cranberry is a common name for several plants and may refer to:
*'' Viburnum trilobum'', American highbush cranberry
*'' Viburnum opulus'', European highbush cranberry
*'' Viburnum edule'', squashberry, native to North America
{{Plant co ...
. Other berry-theme peaks nearby include Lowbush Peak,
Lingon Mountain
Lingon Mountain is a elevation mountain summit located in the Chugach Mountains, in Anchorage Municipality, Alaska, Anchorage Municipality in the U.S. state of Alaska. The peak is situated in Chugach National Forest, between the Glacier Creek (T ...
, Nagoon Mountain, Blueberry Hill, and Bearberry Point.
[
]
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 ...
, Highbush Peak is located in a subarctic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.
See also
*List of mountain peaks of Alaska
This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaksThis article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a susexxleast of topographic prominence. All summits ...
*Geology of Alaska
The geology of Alaska includes Precambrian igneous and metamorphic rocks formed in offshore terranes and added to the western margin of North America from the Paleozoic through modern times. The region was submerged for much of the Paleozoic and M ...
References
{{reflist
External links
* Highbush Pea
weather forecast
North American 1000 m summits
Mountains of Alaska
Mountains of Anchorage, Alaska