Dutsen Alabaster

Alabaster Peak babban koli ne  wanda ke da nisan mil 35 (56) km) gabas da Palmer, a arewacin Chugach Mountains na Alaska . Wannan kololuwar kwarin Matanuska an saita tsakiyar hanya tsakanin Anchorage da Glennallen, kuma ana iya gani daga babbar hanyar Glenn . Yana da nisan mil 15 (24 km) yamma da Matanuska Glacier da  kudu da Maɗaukaki Peak .  Ruwan hazo daga tsaunin yana gangarowa zuwa cikin Coal, Monument, and Gravel creeks, wadanda suke gabar kogin Matanuska . Taimakon Topographic yana da mahimmanci yayin da taron ya tashi  tare da gangaren yamma a cikin mil ɗaya (1.6) km). An yi hawan farko na taron ne a ranar 4 ga Yuli, 1970, ta Robert Spurr, Bob Pelz, da Royce Purinton ta hanyar Spectrum Glacier da North Ridge.   Hukumar {asashen Amirka ba ta kar~e ta a hukumance a kan sunan wannan dutsen ba, don haka an yi masa alamar "8065" a taswirar USGS.

 Yanayi 
Dangane da rarrabuwar yanayi na Köppen, Alabaster Peak yana cikin yankin yanayin yanayi mai tsayi da tsayi, sanyi, lokacin sanyi, da lokacin rani mai laushi.  Tsarin yanayin da ke fitowa daga Gulf of Alaska ana tilasta su zuwa sama ta tsaunin Chugach ( ɗaga orographic ), yana haifar da hazo mai yawa ta hanyar ruwan sama da dusar ƙanƙara. Yanayin hunturu na iya faɗuwa ƙasa da 0 °F tare da abubuwan sanyin iska ƙasa -10 °F. Wannan yanayin yana tallafawa ƙananan glaciers da ba a bayyana sunayensu ba da filayen dusar ƙanƙara a kan gangara. Watanni Mayu zuwa Yuni suna ba da mafi kyawun yanayi don hawa ko kallo.

 Gallery 

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Shafuka masu fassarorin da ba'a duba ba