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Devils Thumb
- Prominence
- 1,024 m3,359 ft
- Isolation
- 9.6 km
- Tonight
- -18°CClear · Wind 15 km/h E
Devils Thumb is a 2,767 m (9,077 ft) mountain in the Boundary Ranges, Alaska, Canada.
All facts
- Elevation
- 2,767 m · 9,077 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Kates Needle (3,053 m)
- Range
- Boundary Ranges
- Region
- Alaska, Canada
- Coordinates
- 57.0910° N, 132.3673° W
Devils Thumb 3D map
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Devils Thumb terrain and contours
100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Devils Thumb elevation profile
West → east through the summit
Devils Thumb weather
Today · Fog · -18 / -16°C (0 / 3°F) · Wind 15 km/h E
Devils Thumb forecast for the summit, about 2,767 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 534 m.
- Today-18°-16°–15 km/h EBase -5 / -3°
- Sat-18°-15°–15 km/h EBase -4 / -1°
- Sun-15°-11°–11 km/h EBase -2 / 2°
- Mon-16°-12°0.1 mm9 km/h EBase -3 / 2°
- Tue-17°-14°–22 km/h NEBase -4 / -1°
- Wed-18°-17°–13 km/h EBase -5 / -3°
- Thu-16°-14°–5 km/h SEBase -2 / 0°
- Fri-12°-10°26.9 mm7 km/h SEBase 1 / 4°
- Sat-15°-9°2.7 mm10 km/h SBase -2 / 5°
- Sun-15°-12°20.0 mm11 km/h SEBase -2 / 2°
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.
Slope
Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 39.7% of the 64 km² view
- Relief in view
- 2,107 m low point 534 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Where Devils Thumb sits
- Range
- American Cordillera467North American Cordillera271Pacific Coast Ranges119Coast Mountains30Boundary Ranges5
- Region
- Alaska30United States932Canada331North America1,313
Nearby places
LeConte Glacier↑15 km SSE
Hoodoo MountainPeak · 1,850 m↑74 km ESE
Mendenhall Lake↑199 km NW
Devils PawPeak · 2,616 m↑203 km NNW
Mendenhall Glacier↑204 km NW
More in the Boundary Ranges 1
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How accurate is this?
126 m low This 3D map reads 2,641 m at the summit; the official height is 2,767 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 145 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 2,767 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 2,641 m | -126 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 2,621 m | -145 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-15)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)