Aello Peak

Aello Peak is the highest peak of a mountain group called The Twaharpies, just west of Mount Bona in the Saint Elias Mountains of Alaska. While not highly significant in terms of prominence or isolation (it is just 5 miles (8 km) west of the summit of Mount Bona), it has a tremendous south face. From the summit, this face drops 7,000 feet (2,130 m) in just over 1 mile (1.6 km), and 8,500 feet (2,590 m) in less than 2.5 miles (4.0 km). In terms of vertical relief and steepness, this is one of the major faces in North America.

Aello Peak
Severozápadní část pohoří svatého Eliáše
Highest point
Elevation	14,445 ft (4,403 m) NGVD 29[1]
Prominence	1,445 ft (440 m)[1]
Coordinates	61°21′55″N 141°53′55″W[2]
Geography
Aello Peak Location in Alaska
Location	Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, U.S.
Parent range	Saint Elias Mountains
Topo map	USGS McCarthy B-3
Climbing
First ascent	1967 by Benton, Boulton, Hagihara, Matsumoto, McBee, Ono, Randall, Staley
Easiest route	Snow and glacier climb

The Twaharpies also include two other named summits, Ocypete Peak and Celeno Peak, to the southwest of Aello Peak. Other summits of the Mount Bona massif include University Peak, also a peak with huge, steep relief, and Mount Churchill, a higher but much gentler peak.

References

1. "Aello Peak, Alaska". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2011-05-26.
2. "Aello Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-05-26.

• American Alpine Club Library

External links

• "Aello Peak" (map). ACME Mapper. Retrieved 2011-05-26.
• "American-Japanese Joint Expedition of 1967". The Adventures of Norman Benton.