Mount Bassie is a large mountain in the center of
Baranof Island,
Alaska,
United States, within the City and Borough of
Sitka
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Mount Bassie is a massive hulk of rock, its footprint covering nearly five square miles. It is bordered by the
Blue Lake and
Medvejie Lake watersheds and the
Baranof River
Baranof River is a glacially-fed river on the eastern side of Baranof Island, in the Alexander Archipelago, in the Alaska Panhandle. The source of the river is the unnamed icefields surrounding Peak 5390. Baranof River feeds into Baranof Lake, and ...
watershed, effectively splitting the island in two (one can see both
Chatham Strait and the
Pacific Ocean from the peak and its surrounding ridges). Mount Bassie is adjacent to
Camp Lake, from which ascents typically originate. It is fairly isolated in terms of sister peaks and has only two modest lower ridges running off the south and north sides of the mountain. The rest of the mountain slopes down steeply into surrounding river valleys.
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Mountains of Alaska
Mountains of Sitka, Alaska
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