Isolation 25 kilometres (16 mi) Topo map USGS McCarthy C-1 First ascent June 1913 Mountain range Saint Elias Mountains | Parent range Saint Elias Mountains Elevation 4,095 m Prominence 1,809 m | |
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Listing North America highest peaks 96th
US highest major peaks 79th
US most prominent peaks 66th
Alaska highest major peaks 19th Location Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska, U.S. Easiest route Northeast Ridge: glacier/snow climb Similar Atna Peaks, Mount Marcus Baker, Mount Silverthrone, Mount Jarvis, Mount Bear | ||
Mount Natazhat is a high peak of the Saint Elias Mountains, of Alaska, United States, just west of the border with the Yukon Territory of Canada. It lies on the northern edge of the range, south of the White River and north of the Klutlan Glacier. Mount Natazhat is a little-noticed peak; however it is a very large peak in terms of rise above local terrain. It rises 9,000 feet (2,743 m) in less than 7 miles (11.3 km) above the lowlands to the north, and 7,500 feet (2,286 m) in about 4 miles (6.4 km) above the Klutlan Glacier to the south.
Map of Mt Natazhat, Alaska 99566, USA
The current standard route is that of the second ascent along the northeast ridge. This route was first climbed in 1996 by D. Hart, P. Barry, H. Hunt, and D. Lucey. It is moderately serious by Alaskan standards (Alaska Grade 3+), with some steep ice and corniced ridges.
Mount Natazhat is not often climbed due to its remote location and the fact that it is not a particularly high peak, especially by Alaskan standards. (Also, it is not even a fourteener.) In fact, the only mention of the peak in the complete Index of the American Alpine Journal is for the 1996 ascent noted above.