Information About

Mount Blackburn

Mount Blackburn

Quick Facts

Region:

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City:

McCarthy

Elevation:

15964 ft (4865.83 m)

Fatalities:

2

About

at head of Kennicott Glacier, 26 mi. NW of McCarthy, Wrangell Mts.

History of Mount Blackburn

Named in 1885 by Lieutenant Allen (1887, p1. 59), USA, for Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn, 1838 1918, State and U. S. Congressman and U. S. Senator from Kentucky. Its first ascent was by Dora Keen and G. W. Handy on May 19, 1912 (Farguhar, 1959, p. 213).

Fatalities

May 21, 1988

2 people died

mountaineering

Found on the following Topo Maps

McCarthy (1951), McCarthy (1951), McCarthy (1951), McCarthy (1951), McCarthy C-7 (1959), McCarthy C-7 (1959), McCarthy C-7 (1959), McCarthy (1960), McCarthy (1960), McCarthy (1960), McCarthy (1960), McCarthy (1960), McCarthy (1960), McCarthy (1960), McCarthy C-7 (1995), McCarthy C-7 NE (2017),

Places Near Mount Blackburn

Glaciers:

Kuskulana Glacier, Lakina Glacier,

Mountains:

Atna Peaks, Mount Blackburn, Castle Peak, Jury Peak, Rime Peak,

Mountain Passes:

Kuskulana Pass, Mountaineers Pass,

Mountain Ranges:

Wrangell Mountains,

Streams:

Mount Blackburn Gallery

Pictures of, from, or near Mount Blackburn.