Mount Kimball is the highest mountain in the section of the eastern
Alaska Range
The Alaska Range is a relatively narrow, 600-mile-long (950 km) mountain range in the southcentral region of the U.S. state of Alaska, from Lake Clark at its southwest endSources differ as to the exact delineation of the Alaska Range. ThBoar ...
between
Isabel Pass
Isabel Pass is a gap in the eastern section of the Alaska Range which serves as a corridor for the Richardson Highway
The Richardson Highway is a highway in the U.S. state of Alaska, running 368 miles (562 km) and connecting Valdez to ...
(traversed by the
Richardson Highway) and
Mentasta Pass (traversed by the
Glenn Highway
The Glenn Highway (part of Alaska Route 1) is a highway in the U.S. state of Alaska, extending from Anchorage near Merrill Field to Glennallen on the Richardson Highway. The Tok Cut-Off is often considered part of the Glenn Highway, for a tota ...
), about 30 miles from
Paxson.
It is one of the twenty most
topographically prominent
In topography, prominence (also referred to as autonomous height, relative height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop or relative height in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contou ...
peaks in Alaska.
Mount Kimball is a relatively difficult climb for a peak with low absolute elevation, due to difficult ridge terrain, and it rebuffed eight climbing attempts by experienced Alaskan mountaineers before its first ascent in 1969.
Due to its remoteness, difficulty, and low stature compared to other major Alaskan summits, the peak is not often climbed.
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See also
*
List of mountain peaks of North America
**
List of mountain peaks of the United States
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List of mountain peaks of Alaska
*
List of Ultras of the United States
References
External links
Mount Kimball on bivouac.com
Kimball, Mount
Landforms of Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska
Kimball Kimball may refer to:
People
*Kimball (surname)
* Kimball (given name)
Places Canada
* Kimball, Alberta
United States
* Kellogg, Iowa, formerly known as Kimball
* Kimball, Kansas
* Kimball, Minnesota
* Kimball, Nebraska, a city
* Kimball, South ...
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