Information About

Shoehorn Mountain

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 36' 10.001" N,
134 ° 18' 9" W

Region

Juneau

Nearest City

Juneau

Parent

Coast Mountains

Elevation

4987 ft (1520.04 m)

Shoehorn Mountain in Detail.

About

NW of Cambridge Basin, on Taku Glacier, 1.6 mi. W of Juncture Peak and 21 mi. NE of Juneau, Coast Mts.

History

Local name published in 1960 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). "Shoehorn Peak" was the name proposed by members of the Juneau Icefield Research Project in 1964.

Topo Maps

Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau C-1 (1960), Juneau C-1 (1960), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau C-1 SW (2017),

Places Near Shoehorn Mountain

Basins:

Icy Basin, Lower Basin, Middle Basin, Upper Basin, Washington Basin,

Cliffs:

Two Echo Cliffs,

Glaciers:

Dead Branch Norris Glacier, Death Valley Branch Norris Glacier, Echo Glacier, Gilkey Glacier, Juneau Icefield, Leaking Glacier, Lemon Creek Glacier, Matthes Glacier, Middle Branch Norris Glacier, Norris Glacier, North Branch Norris Glacier, Nugget Creek Glacier, Southwest Branch Taku Glacier, Split Thumb Icefall, Taku Glacier,

Lakes:

Glory Lake, Loon Lakes, Oona Lake,

Mine:

Nugget Creek Mine,

Mountains:

Amherst Peak, Mount Blachnitzky, Bullard Mountain, Carpet Peak, Cathedral Peak, Centurian Peak, The Citadel, Dipyramid, The Dukes, Echo Mountain, Elephant Promontory, Emperor Peak, Exploration Peak, Floprock Peak, Flower Tower, Glacier Grub Tower, Glacier King, Guardian Mountain, Juncture Peak, Knowl, Little Matterhorn, Mammary Peak, Mount Moore, Norris Mountain, North Nugget Spire, Nugget Mountain, Princess Peak, Rhino Peak, Shoehorn Mountain, Slanting Peak, The Snow Towers, Snowdrift Peak, Snowpatch Crag, Snowpatch Craig, Spencer Peak, Split Thumb, Stronghold Peak, Taku Towers, Thoroughfare Mountain, Triangle Peak, Tricouni Peak, The Tusk, Vantage Peak, Mount Wrather,

Mountain Passes:

Echo Pass, Echo Pass, Igloo Pass,

Peaks:

Gorgon Spire,

Mountain Ranges:

Taku Range,

Ridges:

Berners Peaks, Governors Ridge, Heintzleman Ridge, Mendenhall Towers, Norris-Taku Ridge, Nugget Towers, Picket Gate Crags, Sol Thumb, Spirit Range, The Wall,

Streams:

Canyon Creek, Canyon Creek, Fall Creek, Goat Creek, Vista Creek,

Routes:

Nugget Creek Trail,

Valleys:

Avalanche Canyon, Death Valley,