Mount Foraker

Mount Foraker
Mount Foraker
Highest point
Elevation	17,400 ft (5304 m)[1][2] NAVD88
Prominence	7250 ft (2210 m)[2]
Parent peak	Denali[2]
Isolation	14.27 mi (23.0 km)[2]
Listing	North America highest peaks 6th North America prominent peaks 64th US highest major peaks 3rd Alaska highest major peaks 3rd
Coordinates	62°57′39″N 151°23′53″W / 62.96083°N 151.39806°W / 62.96083; -151.39806[3]
Naming
Etymology	Joseph B. Foraker
Geography
Mount Foraker Alaska
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

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.^[3][4]