The Rooster Comb

{{Short description|Mountain in Alaska, United States}}

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

{{Infobox mountain

| name = The Rooster Comb

| photo = The Rooster Comb aerial.jpg

| photo_caption = The Rooster Comb

| elevation = {{convert|10180|ft|-1|abbr=on}}

| elevation_ref = [https://listsofjohn.com/peak/33225 The Rooster Comb at listsofjohn.com]

| prominence_ft = 1480

| prominence_ref = {{cite peakbagger|pid=66201|name=The Rooster Comb|accessdate=2019-05-20}}

| parent_peak = Mount Huntington

| range = Alaska Range

| map = USA Alaska

| map_caption = Location in Alaska

| label_position = right

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 8

| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of The Rooster Comb

| part_type = Protected area

| part = Denali National Park

| country = United States

| state = Alaska

| region = Matanuska-Susitna

| region_type = Borough

| coordinates = {{coord|62|58|22|N|150|50|15|W|type:mountain_region:US-AK_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref =

| topo = USGS Talkeetna D-2

| first_ascent =

| easiest_route = rock/snow/ice climb

| rock = Granite

}}

The Rooster Comb is a {{convert|10180|ft|-1|abbr=on}} 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, {{convert|8.53|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} southeast of Denali, {{convert|2|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} east of Mount Huntington, and {{convert|2.4|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} 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."{{cite gnis|id=1410836|name=The Rooster Comb|accessdate=2019-05-22}}