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Mount Kimball
Mount Kimball is located in Alaska
Mount Kimball
Mount Kimball
Location in Alaska
Highest point
Elevation 10,300+ ft (3,139+ m)
Prominence 7,424 ft (2,263 m)
Listing
  • North America prominent peak 56th
Geography
Location Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, U.S.
Parent range Delta Mountains, Alaska Range
Topo map USGS Mount Hayes A-2
Climbing
First ascent June 13, 1969 by Tom Kensler, Mike Sallee, Dan Osborne, Grace Hoeman
Easiest route Southwest Ridge: glacier/snow/ice/rock climb (Alaska Grade 2+)

Mount Kimball is the highest mountain in the section of the eastern Alaska Range between Isabel Pass (traversed by the Richardson Highway) and Mentasta Pass (traversed by the Glenn Highway), about 30 miles from Paxson. It is one of the twenty most topographically prominent peaks in Alaska.

Mount Kimball is a relatively difficult climb for a peak with low absolute elevation, due to difficult ridge terrain, and it rebuffed eight climbing attempts by experienced Alaskan mountaineers before its first ascent in 1969. Due to its remoteness, difficulty, and low stature compared to other major Alaskan summits, the peak is not often climbed.

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