Mount Dall, Mountain summit in Alaska, United States
Mount Dall is an 8,399-foot (2,560 m) mountain in the Alaska Range, in Denali National Park and Preserve, 85 km southwest of Denali. Tributary glaciers of the Dall Glacier flank its slopes, and the nearest higher peaks, Walleye Peak and Kichatna Spire, lie more than 26 km away.
Mount Dall was named in 1902 by A. H. Brooks of the United States Geological Survey, after the naturalist and Alaska explorer William Healey Dall (1845–1927), who explored the Alaskan interior. The first ascent was made on 26 July 1970 by a six-member American team: Charles Hildebolt, Art Ward, Patrick Freeney, John Bridge, Wendell Oderkirk and Bob Smith, who climbed from the glacier below the northeast flank via the southeast ridge.
The name Dall recurs in the region: the mountain is flanked by tributary glaciers of the Dall Glacier, and the peak itself honours William Healey Dall (1845–1927), a naturalist who explored Alaska's interior. A. H. Brooks of the U.S. Geological Survey chose the name in 1902.
Mount Dall lies in the western-central Alaska Range, about 85 km southwest of Denali, and is flanked by tributary glaciers of the Dall Glacier. The nearest higher peaks, Walleye Peak and Kichatna Spire, are more than 26 km away, so parties should expect a long, self-supported approach. The 1970 first-ascent route left the glacier below the northeast flank and climbed the southeast ridge to the summit.
The first ascent was made on 26 July 1970 by a six-member American team: Charles Hildebolt, Art Ward, Patrick Freeney, John Bridge, Wendell Oderkirk and Bob Smith. They climbed from the glacier below the northeast flank via the southeast ridge to the summit.
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