Mount Valhalla (Alaska)

{{Short description|Mountain in the state of Alaska}}

{{Other places|Mount Valhalla (disambiguation){{!}}Mount Valhalla}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Valhalla

| photo = Mountain scenery west of Glenallen, AK.jpg

| photo_caption = North aspect of Mt. Valhalla to left
(Mt. Thor to right)

| elevation_ft = 12135

| elevation_ref = {{cite peakbagger|pid=18987|name=Mount Valhalla, Alaska|accessdate=2020-03-18}}

| prominence_ft = 1085

| prominence_ref =

| listing =

| map = Alaska

| map_caption = Location in Alaska

| map_size =

| label_position = left

| country = United States

| state = Alaska

| region = Copper River

| region_type = Census Area

| part_type = Protected area | part = Chugach National Forest

| range = Chugach Mountains

| range_coordinates =

| coordinates = {{coord|61|27|36|N|147|04|49|W|type:mountain_region:US_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref =

| topo = USGS Anchorage B-1

| first_ascent = 1957 by Lawrence E. Nielsen

| easiest_route =

}}

Mount Valhalla, elevation (12,135 ft), is a glaciated summit located {{convert|34|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} northwest of Valdez in the Chugach Mountains of the U.S. state of Alaska. It's set on land managed by Chugach National Forest. This remote mountain, fourth-highest in the Chugach range, is situated {{convert|6|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} northeast of Mount Witherspoon, and {{convert|7.1|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} north of Mount Einstein. It is named after Valhalla, the seat of the gods in Norse mythology. The mountain was named in 1957 by Lawrence E. Nielsen because the peak is "a fitting throne of the gods." Nielsen was a member of the first ascent party on July 1, 1957.{{cite gnis|id=1411622|name=Mount Valhalla|accessdate=2020-03-18}} The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1965 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.