Bellicose Peak is located 28 miles (45 km) east of Anchorage in the western Chugach Mountains.

[7][8] Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains to Knik Arm via Peters Creek and the Eklutna River.

The first ascent of the summit was made on August 20, 1963, by John Bousman and his brother, William, via the southwest ridge.

[9] They so named the peak because, in a personified sense, it appears belligerent due to the difficulty encountered while climbing it.

[10] Weather systems coming off the Gulf of Alaska are forced upwards by the Chugach Mountains (orographic lift), causing heavy precipitation in the form of rainfall and snowfall.