Mount Lodge | |
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Boundary Peak 166 | |
![]() North aspect, from airliner | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 10,548 ft (3,215 m) |
Prominence | 2,871 ft (875 m) |
Coordinates | 59°06′23″N 137°32′32″W / 59.10639°N 137.54222°W |
Geography | |
Topo map | NTS 114P4 Mount Lodge |
Mount Lodge, also named Boundary Peak 166, is a mountain in Alaska and British Columbia, located on the Canada–United States border, and part of the Fairweather Range of the Saint Elias Mountains. [1] It was named in 1908 for Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, (1850-1924), U.S. Boundary Commissioner in 1903. [2]
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Lodge is located in a subpolar oceanic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool summers. [3] Weather systems coming off the Gulf of Alaska are forced upwards by the mountains of the Fairweather Range ( orographic lift), causing heavy precipitation in the form of rain and snow. Winter temperatures can drop to 10 °F with wind chill factors below 0 °F. This climate supports glaciers surrounding the mountain's slopes.
Mount Lodge | |
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Boundary Peak 166 | |
![]() North aspect, from airliner | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 10,548 ft (3,215 m) |
Prominence | 2,871 ft (875 m) |
Coordinates | 59°06′23″N 137°32′32″W / 59.10639°N 137.54222°W |
Geography | |
Topo map | NTS 114P4 Mount Lodge |
Mount Lodge, also named Boundary Peak 166, is a mountain in Alaska and British Columbia, located on the Canada–United States border, and part of the Fairweather Range of the Saint Elias Mountains. [1] It was named in 1908 for Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, (1850-1924), U.S. Boundary Commissioner in 1903. [2]
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Lodge is located in a subpolar oceanic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool summers. [3] Weather systems coming off the Gulf of Alaska are forced upwards by the mountains of the Fairweather Range ( orographic lift), causing heavy precipitation in the form of rain and snow. Winter temperatures can drop to 10 °F with wind chill factors below 0 °F. This climate supports glaciers surrounding the mountain's slopes.