The Rooster Comb

The Rooster Comb
The Rooster Comb
Highest point
Elevation10,180 ft (3,100 m)[1]
Prominence1,480 ft (450 m)[2]
Parent peakMount Huntington[1]
Coordinates62°58′22″N 150°50′15″W / 62.97278°N 150.83750°W / 62.97278; -150.83750[2]
Geography
The Rooster Comb is located in Alaska
The Rooster Comb
The Rooster Comb
Location of The Rooster Comb in Alaska
CountryUnited States
StateAlaska
BoroughMatanuska-Susitna
Protected areaDenali National Park
Parent rangeAlaska Range
Topo mapUSGS Talkeetna D-2
Geology
Type of rockGranite
Climbing
Easiest routerock/snow/ice climb

The Rooster Comb is a 10,180 ft (3,100 m) multi-peak mountain located in the Alaska Range, in Denali National Park and Preserve, in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is situated 4,000 feet above the Ruth Glacier along the southwest margin of the Don Sheldon Amphitheater, 8.53 mi (14 km) southeast of Denali, 2 mi (3 km) east of Mount Huntington, and 2.4 mi (4 km) southeast of Mount Kudlich. The mountain's descriptive name was submitted by Bradford Washburn in 1957 based on an original description by Claude Ewing Rusk during his 1910 Mazama Expedition: "To our west was a remarkable mountain, rising abruptly from the snowfields to a height of at least 10,000 feet, its tip a succession of corniced spires, like a great rooster comb."[3]

  1. ^ a b The Rooster Comb at listsofjohn.com
  2. ^ a b "The Rooster Comb". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
  3. ^ "The Rooster Comb". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2019-05-22.