Mount Foresta
{{Short description|Mountain in Alaska, United States of America}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Foresta
| photo = Mt. Foresta.jpg
| photo_caption = South aspect, from Disenchantment Bay
| elevation = {{convert|11000|ft|-1|abbr=on|disp=preunit|+}}
| elevation_ref ={{cite peakbagger|pid=16720|name=Mount Foresta, Alaska |accessdate=2019-05-15}}
| prominence_ft = 5300.
| isolation_mi = 12.48
| isolation_ref ={{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/33004|title=Foresta, Mount - 11,040' Alaska|website=listsofjohn.com|access-date=2023-12-01}}
| range = Saint Elias Mountains
| listing = {{unbulleted list
|Ultras of the United States 95th
}}
| location = Wrangell–St. Elias National Park
Alaska, United States
| map = USA Alaska
| map_caption = Location in Alaska
| label_position = left
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 8
| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Mount Foresta
| coordinates = {{coord|60.1906820|N|139.4336117|W|type:mountain_region:US-AK_scale:100000_source:ngs|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref ={{cite gnis|id=1412424|name=Mount Foresta|accessdate=2019-05-15}}
| topo = USGS Mount Saint Elias A-4
| type =
| first_ascent = 1979 Fred Beckey{{cite bivouac|id=7701|name=Mount Foresta|accessdate=2019-05-15}}
| easiest_route =
}}
Mount Foresta is an {{convert|11,000.|ft|-1|abbr=on|disp=preunit|+}} multi-peak massif located in Wrangell–St. Elias National Park, in the Saint Elias Mountains of Alaska in the United States. Rising high above the lower western margin of the Hubbard Glacier, the summit of Mount Foresta is just over {{convert|9|mi|km|spell=in}} from tidewater at Disenchantment Bay, {{convert|12|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} northwest of Mount Seattle, {{convert|14.5|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} southeast of Mount Vancouver, and {{convert|46|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} north of Yakutat.
History
The mountain was named for Foresta Hodgson Wood (1904–1951), who was responsible for the logistics planning of the Project Snow Cornice of the Arctic Institute of North America. Foresta, with her daughter Valerie F. Wood (1933–1951), were killed in an airplane crash in the vicinity of this mountain on July 27, 1951, during this scientific expedition. The Valerie Glacier{{cite gnis|id=1411621|name=Valerie Glacier|accessdate=2019-05-15}} flows along the southwest aspect of Mount Foresta. The toponyms were proposed in 1957 by the Arctic Institute of North America and officially adopted in 1960 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.
The first ascent of Mount Foresta was made on July 24, 1979, by Fred Beckey, Rick Nolting, John Rupley, and Craig Tillery.[http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12198048700/Mount-Foresta Mount Foresta, American Alpine Journal, 1980]
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Foresta is located in a subarctic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool summers.{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 | issn = 1027-5606}} Weather systems coming off the Gulf of Alaska are forced upwards by the Saint Elias Mountains (orographic lift), causing heavy precipitation in the form of rainfall and snowfall. Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. The months May through June offer the most favorable weather for viewing and climbing.
Gallery
File:Mount Foresta from Disenchantment Bay.jpg|Mount Foresta seen from Disenchantment Bay with Hubbard Glacier
File:Mt. Foresta, Hubbard Glacier, Mt. Seattle.jpg|Mt. Foresta (left), Hubbard Glacier, Mt. Seattle (right)
File:Mt Foresta.jpg|South aspect
See also
{{portal|Alaska|Mountains}}
References
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External links
- Mount Foresta photo: [https://www.flickr.com/photos/29750062@N06/39752983884/in/album-72157678911028175/ Flickr]
- Account of the first ascent: [http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12198048700/Mount-Foresta American Alpine Journal]
- Weather forecast: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5846366/United%20States/Alaska/Yakutat%20City%20and%20Borough/Mount%20Foresta Mount Foresta]
{{Geographic Location
| Center = Mount Foresta
| North = Kluane National Park
| Northeast = Mount Hubbard
| East = Hubbard Glacier
| Southeast = Mount Seattle
| South = Disenchantment Bay
| Southwest = Valerie Glacier
| West = Mount Cook
| Northwest = Mount Vancouver
}}
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Category:Three-thousanders of the United States