Mount Wilbur (Alaska) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Mount Wilbur
Mts Orville and Wilbur
Highest point
Elevation	10,821 ft (3,298 m)
Prominence	3,963 ft (1,208 m)
Geography
Mount Wilbur Location in Alaska
Parent range	Fairweather Range, Saint Elias Mountains
Topo map	USGS Mount Fairweather C-4 Quadrangle
Climbing
First ascent	1975 by D. Jones, C. Gerhardt, C. McKibben
Easiest route	snow/ice climb

Mount Wilbur is a high peak of the Fairweather Range, the southernmost part of the Saint Elias Mountains. It lies approximately 14 miles (22 km) southeast of Mount Fairweather and 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Mount Crillon. It is included in Glacier Bay National Park. The peak is the higher of a pair of peaks, Mounts Wilbur and Orville, named after the Wright Brothers.

Though not a particularly high peak in absolute terms, Mount Wilbur does stand quite high above local terrain, due to its proximity to the ocean: the summit is only 7.5 miles from tidewater at the head of Lituya Bay to the southwest.