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Mountain Peaks in Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska

8 mountain peaks in Yakutat City and Borough. Every location page has sunrise and sunset azimuths, a monthly golden hour table, Milky Way windows and nearby spots.

Top mountain peaks

Mount FairweatherMountain Peak
Mount FairweatherYakutat City and Borough · 4,620 m
Mount Saint EliasMountain Peak
Mount Saint EliasYakutat City and Borough · 5,489 m
Mount HubbardMountain Peak
Mount HubbardYakutat City and Borough · 4,525 m
Mount CookMountain Peak
Mount CookYakutat City and Borough · 4,058 m
Mount VancouverMountain Peak
Mount VancouverYakutat City and Borough
Mount AlverstoneMountain Peak
Mount AlverstoneYakutat City and Borough · 4,276 m
Mount AugustaMountain Peak
Mount AugustaYakutat City and Borough · 4,201 m
Mount MillerMountain Peak
Mount MillerYakutat City and Borough · 2,650 m

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How to photograph mountain peaks

Summits catch first and last light — alpenglow can turn rock pink or orange minutes before sunrise and after sunset while valleys stay in shadow.

  • Photograph the peak from a lake, meadow or ridge at sunrise when the face that looks east lights up first.
  • Long lenses compress ridgelines; shoot the peak from several miles away to make it look massive.
  • Afternoon thunderstorms are common in summer at high elevations — plan summit hikes for early morning.
  • Snow on the summit holds detail best when you expose for the highlights and lift shadows later.
  • Alpenglow lasts only a few minutes; set up and focus beforehand.

Season: Early summer keeps snow on the peaks with green valleys below; autumn adds aspen or larch color in many ranges.