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Paradise Peak (Kenai Mountains)

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Mountain in Alaska, United States
Paradise Peak
Northwest aspect
Highest point
Elevation6,050 ft (1,844 m)
Prominence1,100 ft (335 m)
Parent peakHearth Mountain (6,182 ft)
Isolation2.54 mi (4.09 km)
Coordinates60°16′00″N 149°11′34″W / 60.2667352°N 149.1927039°W / 60.2667352; -149.1927039
Geography
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Interactive map of Paradise Peak
CountryUnited States
StateAlaska
BoroughKenai Peninsula
Protected areaChugach National Forest
Parent rangeKenai Mountains
Topo mapUSGS Seward B-6
Climbing
First ascent1969 Grace Hoeman

Paradise Peak is a 6,050-foot-elevation (1,844-meter) mountain summit in Alaska, United States.

Description

Paradise Peak is located 14 miles (23 km) northeast of Seward in the Kenai Mountains, on land managed by Chugach National Forest. Precipitation runoff and glacial meltwater from the mountain's slopes drains to Kenai Lake via the Snow River. Although modest in elevation, topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over 4,800 feet (1,463 m) above Paradise Valley in 1.5 miles (2.4 km). The mountain is named in association with Paradise Valley which it borders, and the toponym was officially adopted in 1971 by the United States Board on Geographic Names. The first ascent of the summit was made on June 29, 1969, by Grace Hoeman via the West Ridge.

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Paradise Peak is located in a tundra climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. Weather systems coming off the Gulf of Alaska are forced upwards by the Kenai Mountains (orographic lift), causing heavy precipitation in the form of rainfall and snowfall. Winter temperatures can drop below 0 °F with wind chill factors below −10 °F. This climate supports several glaciers on the peak's slopes, two of which are unofficially named Fireside Glacier and Hearth Glacier.

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References

  1. United States Board on Geographic Names, Decisions on Geographic Names in the United States, Decision List No. 7101, (1971), page 1.
  2. ^ "Paradise Peak - 6,050' AK". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
  3. ^ "Paradise Peak, Alaska". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
  4. ^ "Paradise Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
  5. Rodman Wilson (1972). "Grace Hoeman, M.D., 1921–1971". American Alpine Journal. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
  6. Grace Hoeman (1970). "North America, United States, Alaska, Paradise Peak, Kenai Peninsula". American Alpine Journal. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
  7. World Climbing: Based on Mountain Magazine, Dark Peak, 1980, ISBN 9780950627236, p. 46.
  8. Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606.

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Places adjacent to Paradise Peak (Kenai Mountains)
Snow River Andy Simons Mountain
Sheep Mountain		 Paradise Valley
Mount Ascension Paradise Peak Nellie Juan Lake
Fireside Glacier Hearth Mountain Hearth Glacier
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