Mount Foraker
| Mount Foraker | |
|---|---|
Mount Foraker | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 17,400 ft (5304 m) NAVD88 |
| Prominence | 7250 ft (2210 m) |
| Parent peak | Denali |
| Isolation | 14.27 mi (23.0 km) |
| Listing | |
| Coordinates | 62°57′39″N 151°23′53″W / 62.96083°N 151.39806°W |
| Naming | |
| Etymology | Joseph B. Foraker |
| Geography | |
| Location | Denali Borough, Alaska, United States |
| Parent range | Alaska Range |
| Topo map | USGS Talkeetna D-3 |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | August 10, 1934 |
| Easiest route | basic snow/ice |
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Mount Foraker is a 17,400-foot (5,304 m) mountain in the central Alaska Range, in Denali National Park, 14 mi (23 km) southwest of Denali. It is the second highest peak in the Alaska Range, and the third highest peak in the United States. It rises almost directly above the standard base camp for Denali, on a fork of the Kahiltna Glacier also near Mount Hunter in the Alaska Range.
Its north peak was first climbed on August 6, 1934, and its higher south peak was climbed four days later on August 10, by Charles Houston, T. Graham Brown, and Chychele Waterston, via the west ridge.