Scott Peak

Scott Peak is an 8,828-foot glaciated summit in Denali National Park and Preserve in the Alaska Range, near the head of the Sunset Glacier and northeast of Denali. Named in 1953 by Reynold E. “Pete” Isto of the U.S. Geological Survey and Bradford Washburn, it honors Lieutenant Gordon D. Scott of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, who died in a plane crash during mapping work in this part of Alaska. Its severe subarctic climate sustains glaciers on its slopes, and its runoff drains toward both the Tanana and Chulitna river systems. Bradford Washburn made the first ascent in 1953.

Cantwell, Alaska · United States