Mount McGhan
Mount McGhan is a mountain summit in Alaska, United States.Description
Mount McGhan is located on the Kenai Peninsula on land managed by Chugach National Forest. It is set north of the city of Seward in the Kenai Mountains. Although modest in elevation, topographic relief is significant as the summit rises above Crescent Lake in one mile, and above Kenai Lake in. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into these two lakes which are part of the Kenai River drainage basin. The mountain was named in 1988 after Bruce McGhan at the request of his widow, Debra McGhan, with the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly supporting the proposal to honor her late husband who died in an industrial accident.Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount McGhan is located in a subpolar oceanic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. Weather systems coming off the Gulf of Alaska are forced upwards by the Kenai Mountains, causing heavy precipitation in the form of rainfall and snowfall. Winter temperatures can drop below 0 °F with wind chill factors below −10 °F.