Cathedral Peak

Cathedral Peak is a summit in the Taku Range of the Juneau Icefield in southeastern Alaska, on a ridge beside the Taku Glacier within Tongass National Forest. Rising to just over 6,500 feet, it stands in a stark glacial landscape shaped by ice and heavy precipitation. Members of the Juneau Icefield Research Project gave the peak its name in 1964, and the U.S. Board on Geographic Names officially adopted it the next year. The mountain lies in a subpolar oceanic climate with long, cold, snowy winters, cool summers, and weather from the Gulf of Alaska that brings heavy rain, snowfall, and severe wind chill.

Juneau, Alaska · United States