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Lions Head Mountain
Lions Head Mountain
	Lions Head Mountain, south aspect
Highest point
Elevation	5,400+ ft (1,650+ m)
Prominence	1,200 ft (370 m)
Parent peak	Phoebe (5,552 ft)
Isolation	1.6 mi (2.6 km)
Coordinates	58°52′40″N 135°03′50″W / 58.87778°N 135.06389°W
Geography
	Lions Head Mountain Location of Lions Head Mountain in Alaska
Country	United States
State	Alaska
Borough	Juneau
Protected area	Tongass National Forest
Parent range	Coast Mountains; Boundary Ranges; Kakuhan Range
Topo map	USGS Juneau D-4
Geology
Age of rock	Triassic
Type of rock	metabasalt, greenstone
Climbing
Easiest route	class 5.0

Lions Head Mountain is a 5,400+ ft (1,650+ m) mountain summit located in the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains, in the U.S. state of Alaska. The peak is situated in the Kakuhan Range, 46 mi (74 km) northwest of Juneau, and 3 mi (5 km) east of Lynn Canal, on land managed by Tongass National Forest. Although modest in elevation, relief is significant since Lions Head Mountain rises 5,400 feet above the Berners River Valley in less than three miles. The peak's descriptive name was applied in 1867 by George Davidson, geographer with the United States Coast Survey, because its serrated profile resembles a lion couchant.^[5]^[6] This name was published in the 1869 Coast Pilot, and officially adopted in 1929 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.^[5]

Climate edit

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Lions Head Mountain has a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and cool summers.^[7] Weather systems coming off the Gulf of Alaska are forced upwards by the Coast Mountains (orographic lift), causing heavy precipitation in the form of rainfall and snowfall. Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. This climate supports glaciers on the north side of this mountain. The months May through July offer the most favorable weather for viewing or climbing Lions Head Mountain.

Gallery edit

Lion Couchant

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c "Lions Head Mountain, Alaska". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Lions Head Mountain - 5,450' Alaska". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
^ "Lions Head Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
^ Arthur Ford and David Brew, Geologic Studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1992. US Government Printing Office, 1993, page 202.
^ ^a ^b "Lions Head Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
^ Dictionary of Alaska Place Names, Donald J. Orth author, United States Government Printing Office (1967), page 579.
^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.