Mount Fairweather
Mount Fairweather (or Tsalxaan in the Tlingit language) is 20 km (12 mi) east of the Pacific Ocean on the Canada–United States border between Alaska and western British Columbia and has an elevation of 4,653 metres (15,266 ft). Most of the mountain lies within Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in the City and Borough of Yakutat, Alaska, though the summit borders Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park, British Columbia. Tsalxaan is officially gazetted as Fairweather Mountain in Canada but referred to as Mount Fairweather, and is the highest mountain in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is also designated as Boundary Peak 164 or as US/Canada Boundary Point #164.
| Mount Fairweather | |
|---|---|
| Tsalxhaan | |
Mount Fairweather (left) with Mount Quincy Adams (right) from the Pacific Ocean, 2001. | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 4671 m (15,325 ft) NAVD88 |
| Prominence | 3946 m (12,995 ft) |
| Isolation | 200 km (124.4 mi) |
| Listing | |
| Coordinates | 58°54′23″N 137°31′36″W |
| Geography | |
Mount Fairweather Location on Alaska/B.C. border Mount Fairweather Mount Fairweather (British Columbia) | |
| Location | Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska / Stikine Region, British Columbia |
| Parent range | Fairweather Range |
| Topo map | NTS 114I13 |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | June 8, 1931 by Allen Carpé and Terris Moore |
| Easiest route | glacier/snow/ice climb |
It is said this mountain and Yaas'éit'aa Shaa (Mt. St. Elias) were originally next to each other but had an argument and separated. Their children, the mountains in between the two peaks, are called Tsalxaan Yatx'i (Children of Tsalxaan.)
The colonial name for the mountain came from Captain James Cook, on May 3, 1778 apparently for the unusually good weather encountered at the time. The name has been translated into many languages. It was called "Mt. Beautemps" by La Perouse (1786, atlas), "Mte. Buen-tiempo" by Galiano (1802, map 3), "Gor[a]-Khoroshy-pogody" on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1378 in 1847, and "G[ora] Fayerveder" by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 7), Imperial Russian Navy. It was called "Schönwetterberg" by Constantin Grewingk in 1850 and "Schönwetter Berg" by Justus Perthes in 1882.
Fairweather was first climbed in 1931 by Allen Carpé and Terris Moore.