Nature
Capital Mountain in Alaska rises 7,730 feet and is not just a mountain but an andesitic shield volcano, broad in form and built by andesitic lava rather than a sharply peaked summit. It lies in a subarctic climate with long, intensely cold, snowy winters and short, cool summers. Moist weather moving inland from the Gulf of Alaska is forced upward by the Wrangell Mountains, bringing heavy rain and snow. Winter temperatures can drop below -10 degrees Fahrenheit, with wind chills below -20 degrees Fahrenheit. The mountain’s importance is chiefly geographic and geologic within Alaska’s rugged volcanic landscape.
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Slana, Alaska · United States