{{Short description|Summit in Alaska, United States}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Sable Mountain | image = The Denali Park Road travels up through several alpine passes (a60ac117-9243-457c-a116-0a484e1783fc).jpg | image_caption = Southwest aspect | elevation_ft = 5994 | elevation_ref =<ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis|id=1408942|name=Sable Mountain|access-date=2024-03-27}}</ref> | prominence_ft = 2200. | prominence_ref =<ref name="listsofjohn">{{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/163547|title=Sable Mountain - 6,050' AK|website=listsofjohn.com|accessdate=2024-03-27}}</ref> | isolation_mi = 6.39 | isolation_ref =<ref name=peakbagger>{{cite peakbagger|pid=235|name=Sable Mountain|access-date=2024-03-27}}</ref> | parent_peak = Peak 6756<ref name="listsofjohn"/> | range = Alaska Range | map = USA Alaska | map_caption = Location in Alaska | map_size = 270 | label_position = left | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 8 | mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Sable Mountain | part_type = Protected area | part = Denali National Park | country = United States | state = Alaska | region = Denali | region_type = Borough | coordinates = {{coord|63.5722597|N|149.7081224|W|type:mountain_region:US-AK_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref =<ref name="gnis"/> | topo = USGS ''Healy C-6'' | first_ascent = | easiest_route = Sable Mountain Trail<ref>Dow Scoggins, ''Discovering Denali'', 2004, Universe, {{ISBN|9780595297375}}, p. 119.</ref> }}
'''Sable Mountain''' is a {{convert|5994|ft|-1|abbr=on|}} summit in Alaska, United States.
==Description== Sable Mountain is located in the Alaska Range and in Denali National Park and Preserve. It is situated {{convert|3.43|mi|km}} southwest of Igloo Mountain at Sable Pass near mile 40 of the Park Road which traverses the mountain's southern slope.<ref name=peakbagger/> Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains west to the Toklat River and east to the Teklanika River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises {{convert|2000|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} above Tattler Creek in one mile (1.6 km). The mountain's name was shown on a 1916 U.S. Geological Survey document and the toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.<ref name=Orth>''Dictionary of Alaska Place Names'', Donald J. Orth, United States Government Printing Office (1967), page 823.</ref>
==Climate== Based on the Köppen climate classification, Sable Mountain is located in a tundra climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.<ref name=Peel>{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 | issn = 1027-5606}}</ref> Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °F with wind chill factors below −30 °F. The months May through June offer the most favorable weather for climbing or viewing.<ref>[https://www.alpineinstitute.com/articles/faqs/denali-faq/#:~:text=1.-,What%20do%20you%20recommend%20as%20the%20best%20month%20to%20climb,combination%20of%20weather%20and%20conditions. ''Denali FAQ'', American Alpine Institute], alpineinstitute.com, Retrieved 2024-03-27.</ref>
==Gallery== <div style="max-width: 450px;"> <gallery mode=slideshow> File:Sable Mountain.jpg|West aspect of Sable in the distance File:Denali and Upper Big Creek From Air (6919179604).jpg|East aspect of Sable Mountain (left) and upper Big Creek with Denali in upper right. </gallery> </div>
==See also== *List of mountains and mountain ranges of Denali National Park and Preserve *Geology of Alaska
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * Weather: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5873132/United%20States/Alaska/Denali/Sable%20Mountain Sable Mountain] * National Park Service site: [https://www.nps.gov/dena/index.htm Denali National Park & Preserve]
{{Portal bar|Mountains|Geography|Alaska}} {{Geographic Location 2 | Center = Sable Mountain | North = Big Creek | Northeast = Igloo Mountain | East = Cathedral Mountain | Southeast = Sable Pass | South = Park Road | Southwest = East Fork Toklat River | West = Polychrome Mountain | Northwest = East Fork Toklat River }}
Category:Alaska Range Category:Mountains of Denali Borough, Alaska Category:Mountains of Denali National Park and Preserve Category:One-thousanders of the United States