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Mount Alverstone (Boundary Peak 180) Alaska/Yukon Territory . Value: 14 Height: 4420 m (14501 ft) Prominence?: 520 m Line Parent?: Mount Hubbard (4 km away, at bearing 178 degrees) Location: 60:21:07-139:04:32 60.35200-139.07567 7V 606182 6692164 NAD27: 7V 606186 6691958 NTS Map: 115.B.06 (85 km SW of Silver City). Name Status: Official Ranges: Pacific Cordillera / Saint Elias Mountains / Icefield Ranges Regions: Alaska Yukon / Saint Elias
First Ascent: 1951 Walter Wood, Peter Wood, Robert Bates, Nicholas Clifford
This peak is #14 on the Height List for Alaska . This peak is #13 on the Height List for Yukon Territory . Mount Alverstone is located on a north-south trending ridge system that straddles the Yukon-Alaska border and includes Mount Hubbard. The north slopes and then the upper west buttress are the easiest way to climb the mountain. Approach from the Dusty Glacier and gain The Great Shelf Glacier via a 3500-m col to reach the north side of the mountain.
