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Mount Fairweather
- Prominence
- 3,951 m12,963 ft
- Isolation
- at least 200 km
- Tonight
- -14°FClear · Wind 15–20 mph NE
Mount Fairweather is a 4,671 m (15,325 ft) mountain in the Fairweather Range, Alaska, United States.
All facts
- Elevation
- 4,671 m · 15,325 ft
- Range
- Fairweather Range
- Region
- Alaska, United States
- Protected area
- Glacier Bay National Park
- Spanish name
- Monte Fairweather
- Coordinates
- 58.9063° N, 137.5260° W
Mount Fairweather 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 19.8 × 19.8 km
Mount Fairweather terrain and contours
200 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.
Mount Fairweather elevation profile
West → east through the summit
Mount Fairweather weather
Today · Clear · -14 / -5°F (-26 / -21°C) · Wind 15 mph N
Mount Fairweather forecast for the summit, about 4,188 m.
- Today-14°-5°–15 mph N
- Sat-8°0°–10–20 mph NE
- Sun-10°-1°5%10–15 mph NW
- Mon-5°0°12%10–15 mph NW
- Tue-4°7°–15–20 mph NW
- Wed-7°6°–10–15 mph N
- Thu-6°2°16%10 mph NW
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 22:59 UTC.
Slope
Share of the 19.8 × 19.8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 41.2% of the 392 km² view
- Relief in view
- 4,365 m low point 302 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 Mount Fairweather sits
- Range
- American Cordillera467North American Cordillera271Pacific Coast Ranges119Saint Elias Mountains14
- Region
- Alaska30United States932Canada331North America1,313
Nearby places
Mount Quincy AdamsPeak · 4,150 m↑4.3 km E
Johns Hopkins Glacier↑19 km SE
Lamplugh Glacier↑37 km ESE
Chilkoot Pass1,067 m↑158 km NE
Mendenhall Glacier↑178 km ESE
More in the Saint Elias Mountains 6
Mount Fairweather downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 4,667 m at the summit; the official height is 4,671 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 4,671 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 4,667 m | -4 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 4,656 m | -15 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 2026-09-02)
- 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)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- 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 NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia