Aello Peak

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Aello Peak
Elevation	14,445 feet (4,403 m)
Location	Alaska, USA
Range	Saint Elias Range
Prominence	1,495 ft (456 m)
Coordinates	61°21′53″N, 141°54′24″W
Topo map	USGS McCarthy B-2 Quadrangle
First ascent	1967 by Benton, Boulton, Hagihara, Matsumoto, McBee, Ono, Randall, Staley
Easiest route	snow/glacier climb

Aello Peak is the highest peak of a mountain group called The Twaharpies, just west of Mount Bona in the Saint Elias Range of Alaska. While not highly significant in terms of prominence or isolation (it is just 5 miles/8 km west of the summit of Mount Bona), it has a tremendous south face. From the summit, this face drops 7000 feet (2135 m) in just over a mile (1.6 km), and 8500 feet (2590m) in less than 2.5 miles (4 km). In terms of vertical relief and steepness, this is one of the major faces in North America.

The Twaharpies also include two other named summits, Ocypete Peak and Celeno Peak, to the southwest of Aello Peak. Other summits of the Mount Bona massif include University Peak, also a peak with huge, steep relief, and Mount Churchill, a higher but much gentler peak.