Heney Peak

Heney Peak is a 3,156-foot-elevation (962-meter) mountain summit in Alaska, United States.

[2] Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains west to Orca Inlet via Heney and Hartney creeks, whereas the east slope drains to Mountain Slough, then the Gulf of Alaska shortly thereafter.

Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 3,150 feet (960 m) above Mountain Slough in 1.5 miles (2.4 km).

The mountain was named in 1927 by the U.S. Forest Service for Michael James Heney (1864–1910),[5] builder of the nearby Copper River and Northwestern Railway.

[6] 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.