Fifty Years of Alaskan Statehood is located in the Fairweather Range of the Saint Elias Mountains.

[1] It is set within Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve and is situated six miles (9.7 km) northwest of Mount Bertha.

The first ascent of the summit was made on May 2, 2009, by Paul Knott and Guy McKinnon, who also named this peak.

[2] The mountain's toponym has not been officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, and it will remain unofficial as long as the USGS policy of not adopting new toponyms in designated wilderness areas remains in effect.

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