| Face Mountain | |
|---|---|
 Southeast aspect of Face Mountain | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 5,052 ft (1,540 m)[1] |
| Prominence | 580 ft (180 m)[2] |
| Isolation | 1.36 mi (2.19 km)[2] |
| Coordinates | 59°28′40″N 135°25′45″W / 59.47778°N 135.42917°W[1] |
| Geography | |
  Face Mountain Location of Face Mountain in Alaska | |
| Location | Tongass National Forest Skagway Borough Alaska, United States |
| Parent range | Coast Mountains Boundary Ranges |
| Topo map | USGS Skagway B-2 |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | Scrambling[3] |
Face Mountain is a 5,052 ft (1,540 m) mountain summit located in the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains, in the U.S. state of Alaska. The peak is situated 4.2 mi (7 km) west-northwest of Skagway, and 4.3 mi (7 km) north of Mount Harding, on land managed by Tongass National Forest. Although modest in elevation, relief is significant since Face Mountain rises above tidewater of Taiya Inlet in less than 2.5 miles (4 kilometres). This geographic feature was named "Parsons Peak" in 1897 by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, and has had variant names "Gnome Mountain", and "The Sphinx" used locally to describe a face in the rock.[1][4] The mountain's present name and summit location was officially adopted in 1985 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, however USGS maps still show the old name, Parsons Peak, as the summit.[1] Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of Taiya Inlet.
