Scott Peak

Scott Peak is an 8,828 ft glaciated mountain summit located in Denali National Park and Preserve, on the crest of the Alaska Range, in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is situated 9 mi southeast of the Eielson Visitor Center, at the head of the Sunset Glacier, and 33.5 mi northeast of Denali. This mountain was named in 1953 by Reynold E. Isto of the U.S. Geological Survey and Bradford Washburn to honor Lieutenant Gordon D. Scott, a surveyor for the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey who was killed in a plane crash during mapping operations of this area. Scott Peak is set ten miles south of where the crash occurred near the Stony Creek Bridge area of the park road on June 11, 1953. Established climbing routes on Scott Peak include the Northeast Face, Northwest Face, and the Sunset Glacier. The first ascent of this peak was made in 1953 by Bradford Washburn. ()