Rosebud Summit

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Rosebud Summit
Highest point
Elevation 3,640 ft (1,110 m)
Coordinates 65°14′21.77″N145°49′38.40″W / 65.2393806°N 145.8273333°W / 65.2393806; -145.8273333 Coordinates: 65°14′21.77″N145°49′38.40″W / 65.2393806°N 145.8273333°W / 65.2393806; -145.8273333
Geography
Location Southwest of Central, Alaska, Fairbanks North Star Borough / Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
Parent range White Mountains

Rosebud Summit is a 3,640 feet (1,109 m) peak that constitutes the northeasternmost point in the Rosebud Ridge of the White Mountains in central Alaska. [1] The mountain is traversed by the trail of the annual Yukon Quest 1,000-mile sled dog race. It lends its name to nearby Rosebud Creek. [2]

White Mountains (Alaska) Mountain Range in Alaska, USA

The White Mountains is a 71-mile (115 km) mountain range in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. It lies between Beaver Creek and Preacher Creek, and was named by prospectors for its composition of white limestone. The range reaches a maximum elevation of 3,176 feet (968 m). Some of the range is located in the White Mountains National Recreation Area, a 1-million-acre (4,000 km2) wilderness just 30 miles (48 km) north of Fairbanks. The White Mountains and Ray Mountains together constitute the Yukon-Tanana Uplands, an area of low mountain ranges and high ground in Interior Alaska.

Alaska State of the United States of America

Alaska is a U.S. state in the northwest extremity of North America, just across the Bering Strait from Asia. The Canadian province of British Columbia and territory of Yukon border the state to the east, its most extreme western part is Attu Island, and it has a maritime border with Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. To the north are the Chukchi and Beaufort seas—southern parts of the Arctic Ocean. The Pacific Ocean lies to the south and southwest. It is the largest state in the United States by area and the seventh largest subnational division in the world. In addition, it is the 3rd least populous and the most sparsely populated of the 50 United States; nevertheless, it is by far the most populous territory located mostly north of the 60th parallel in North America: its population—estimated at 738,432 by the United States Census Bureau in 2015— is more than quadruple the combined populations of Northern Canada and Greenland. Approximately half of Alaska's residents live within the Anchorage metropolitan area. Alaska's economy is dominated by the fishing, natural gas, and oil industries, resources which it has in abundance. Military bases and tourism are also a significant part of the economy.

Yukon Quest Sled dog race from Alaska to Yukon

The Yukon Quest 1,000-mile International Sled Dog Race, or simply Yukon Quest, is a sled dog race run every February between Fairbanks, Alaska, and Whitehorse, Yukon. Because of the harsh winter conditions, difficult trail, and the limited support that competitors are allowed, it is considered the "most difficult sled dog race in the world", or even the "toughest race in the world".

Notes

  1. Saari, Matias. "Quest mushers to bypass snow-sparse Rosebud Summit", Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. February 8, 2008. Accessed March 15, 2009.
  2. Geographic Names Information System. "Rosebud Creek", U.S. Geological Survey. Accessed March 15, 2009.

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