Mount Yukla is a mountain
summit
A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topography, topographic terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are synonymous.
The term (mountain top) is generally used ...
in
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., ...
, United States.
Description
Mount Yukla is located east of
Anchorage
Anchorage () is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alaska by population. With a population of 291,247 in 2020, it contains nearly 40% of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolitan area, which includes Anchorage and the neighboring Ma ...
in the western
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 Turnagain ...
.
It ranks as the highest peak in the
Eagle River drainage,
[ and fourth-highest peak within Chugach State Park.''Chugach State Park Peaks'']
Peakbagger.com, Retrieved 2023-12-31. Precipitation
runoff
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from the mountain drains to
Knik Arm
Knik Arm ( Dena'ina: ''Nuti'') is a waterway into the northwestern part of the Gulf of Alaska. It is one of two narrow branches of Cook Inlet, the other being Turnagain Arm. Knik Glacier empties into the Knik Arm. The Port of Anchorage is loc ...
via the Eagle River. Although modest in elevation,
topographic relief is significant as the summit rises approximately 6,870 feet (2,094 m) above the river in .
History
The name "Yukla" was applied by
Walter Curran Mendenhall in 1898 as the
Denaʼina name for the Eagle River.
[J. Vincent Hoeman, ''The Western Chugach Range, Alaska'']
1966, American Alpine Journal, publications.americanalpineclub.org "Yuklahina" or "Yukla" means "Eagle River."
The mountain's toponym was proposed in 1963 by members of the Mountaineering Club of Alaska,
[United States Board on Geographic Names, ''Decisions on Geographic Names in the United States'', Decision List No. 6403, 1965, page 5.] and officially adopted in 1964 by the
United States Board on Geographic Names
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.
The
first ascent
In mountaineering, a first ascent (abbreviated to FA in guide books) is the first successful, documented attainment of the top of a mountain or the first to follow a particular climbing route. First mountain ascents are notable because they en ...
of the summit was made on July 15, 1964, by John Bousman and Arthur Davidson via the East Face and Northeast Ridge.
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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 ...
, Mount Yukla is located in a tundra climate
The tundra climate is a polar climate sub-type located in high latitudes and high mountains. undra climate https://www.britannica.com/science/tundra-climateThe Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2019 It is classified as ET according to Köppen ...
zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool summers.
See also
* List of mountain peaks of Alaska
* Geography of Alaska
References
External links
* Mount Yukla
weather forecast
* Mount Yukla Climbing
Mountainproject.com
* Mt. Yukla and Eagle River (photo)
Flickr
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Mountains of Alaska
North American 2000 m summits
Mountains of Anchorage, Alaska
Denaʼina