Mount Glenn is a elevation glaciated summit located northwest of Valdez in the Chugach Mountains of the U.S. state of Alaska. This remote mountain north of Prince William Sound, set on land managed by Chugach National Forest, is situated west-southwest of Mount Witherspoon, and west of Mount Einstein. It is part of the Dora Keen Range, which is a 25-miles-long divide separating Harvard Glacier from Yale Glacier. The mountain's name was applied in 1911 by Lawrence Martin, and officially adopted in 1930 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to honor Edwin Forbes Glenn (1857–1926), an Army officer who explored this College Fjord area in 1898.Dictionary of Alaska Place Names, Donald J. Orth author, United States Government Printing Office (1967), page 14 The Glenn Highway is also named for this same person.James W. Phillips, Alaska Yukon Place Names, University of Washington Press (1973)
Climate Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Glenn is located in a subarctic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. Weather systems coming off the Gulf of Alaska are forced upwards by the Chugach Mountains (orographic lift), causing heavy precipitation in the form of rainfall and snowfall. Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. This climate supports the Harvard and Yale Glaciers surrounding this mountain. The months May through June offer the most favorable weather for climbing or viewing.
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See also
List of mountain peaks of Alaska Geography of Alaska Mount Castner
References
External links Weather: Mount Glenn National Weather Service Forecast