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Mount Hayes is the highest mountain in the eastern Alaska Range, in the U.S. state of Alaska. Despite not being a fourteener, it is one of the largest peaks in the United States in terms of rise above local terrain. For example, the Northeast Face rises 8,000 feet (2,440 m) in approximately 2 miles (3.2 km).
Hess Mountain, also known as Mount Hess, is an 11,940 ft (3,640 m) elevation glaciated summit located on the crest of the Alaska Range, in Alaska, United States. [4] It is the seventh-highest peak in the Hayes Range which is a subrange of the Alaska Range. [ 1 ]
As the crow flies, the Hayes Range is located about 100 miles (160 km) south of Fairbanks, and 200 miles (320 km) northeast of Anchorage. The mountains extend about 147 miles (237 km) from east to west. [1] The highest point of the range is Mount Hayes, 13,832 feet (4,216 m). [1]
This remote peak is situated 5.7 mi (9 km) southeast of Mount Hayes, and 92 mi (148 km) southeast of Fairbanks. Mount Shand , the nearest higher neighbor, is set 4.7 mi (8 km) to the east. The first ascent of this unofficially named mountain was made in 1964 by Christopher Goetze, Lydia Goetze, Tom Knott, and Larry Muir.
The range was renamed by George Augustus Robinson for Governor George Arthur after Robinson climbed Mount Frederick (now Mount Hayes) in March 1830. [ 4 ] In December 2018, a Par Avion plane being piloted by Nikita Williams crashed into the ranges.
Mount Geist is a glaciated mountain located in the Hayes Range which is a subrange of the Alaska Range. [4] This remote peak is situated 5.5 miles (8.9 km) west-northwest of Mount Hayes and 87 miles (140 km) south-southeast of Fairbanks. [1]
Mount Shand is a 12,660 ft (3,860 m) elevation glaciated summit located at the head of the Trident Glacier in the eastern Alaska Range, in Alaska, United States. [4] It is the third-highest peak in the Hayes Range , a subset of the Alaska Range. [ 1 ]
Mount Haynes el. 8,218 feet (2,505 m) is a prominent peak adjacent to the Madison River in Yellowstone National Park. The peak was named by then Yellowstone superintendent Horace Albright to honor Frank Jay Haynes (1853–1921), the first official photographer of the park. [ 3 ]