Moose's Tooth

The Hams and Eggs Couloir is the most popular route. So popular that many of the rappel stations are bolted! Most teams do not finish on the summit do to exposure, cornices and bad snow conditions. The couloir is often done in one day and involves steady ice climbing for 15 pitches.

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Mount Deborah

Mount Deborah and its neighboring peak Mount Hayes (13,832 ft.) are the highest mountains in the Alaska Range east of Denali (20,322 ft.). Deborah is a beautiful ice pyramid with three steep ridges, the most treacherous being the South Ridge, which is deeply corniced.

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Mount Foraker

Mount Foraker is the second highest summit of the Alaska Range, and the sixth highest in North America. It is located fifteen miles southwest of Denali (20,320 ft.), North America's highest peak.

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Mount Hayes

Mount Hayes is located one hundred miles east of Denali (20,322 ft.), and immediately east of beautiful Mount Deborah (12,339 ft.). Severe weather and steep ice falls provide serious challenges in both ascending and approaching Mount Hayes, though the approach is typically aided by aircraft landing.

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Mount Hunter

Mount Hunter is located immediately south of Denali (20,322 ft.), just east of the Kahiltna Glacier, which is the starting point for climbs up the West Buttress of McKinley. Hunter's native name is Begguya, which means Child (of Denali).

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Mount Huntington

Mount Huntington is a beautiful icy mountain with a classic pyramid shape. Its three sheer faces rise to a sharp pinnacle. It is located southeast of Denali, due east of Mount Hunter.

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Mount McGinnis

The closest peak to the highway (20 miles) of the Deborah-Hayes mountains. McGinnis has seen the most ascents of any of the Deborah-Hayes giants. The most popular route (popular means one or two attempts a year) is via the Northeast Ridge.

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Mount McKinley

Mount McKinley is the highest peak in North America. It is a huge snowy mass, flanked by five giant glaciers and countless icefalls. It dominates the horizon from as far south as Cook Inlet, 200 miles away, and as far north as Fairbanks, 150 miles away.

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Mount Silvertip

Beautiful Peak on the west end of the Delta Mountains in the Eastern Alaska Range. Most teams climb it from either the Jarvis Glacier or the Silvertip Glacier. Route finding is straight forward.

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Peak 8620

One to two day hike in from road. Talus and scree on Northwest ridge. Roughly 5000 feet elevation gain from base to summit.

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Silverthrone

Technical snow and glacier travel. Easiest access is a long approach from the north across tundra from the Wonder Lake camp site in Denali National Park. Cross the Muldrow glacier from McGonagall Pass and follow the Brooks glacier towards the summit.

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White Princess

One of the major summits of the prominent N-S ridge east of the Richardson Hwy in the Alaska Range. Approach via the Castner Glacier. The easiest ascent route starts around 6000 feet on the right (south), or M'Ladies branch of the glacier and ascends a prominent southerly ridge of the mountain, across from M'Ladies Peak.

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Aniakchak

Aniakchak is an enormous volcanic crater, six miles in diameter, created by the collapse of a 7,000-foot volcanic mountain. A relatively recent cone has developed inside the crater. This cone, called Vent Mountain, reaches 3,350 feet.

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Mount Katmai

Mount Katmai is a volcano with glacier-covered walls and a large crater, located near the head of the Alaska Peninsula, in Katmai National Park. It was once much higher, but a violent eruption in 1912 collapsed the mountain. Its crater today is eight miles in circumference and 3,700 feet deep, and holds a lake with a small island.

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Mount Eddy McKenny

steep and rocky.

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Peak 7510

The highest summit in the vicinity of Atigun Pass. Easiest route is basically a walk up, with a little bit of scrambling required, but all other routes are either technical rock or ice. Climbed the peak in July of 1998 with my father - Boris Dynkin, and a friend - Victor Ortenberg.

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Flattop

Most climbed peak in the Anchorage bowl. 20 minute ascent for some, three hours for others.

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Matanuska Peak (Byers Peak)

The Matanuska Peak (6119') properly known as Byer's Peak is a pleasant hike. A well established and maintained trail about 5 miles long ascends McRoberts creek. The trail is fairly steep and a challenge in snowshoes.

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Mount Goode

Mount Goode is the parent of the Knik glacier and river. It rises directly from sea level in places exceeding 1/1 and forms the west side of the Harvard Arm Fjord. The Knik Glacier at its base is readily accesible from the Knik river on a well traveled trail.

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Mount Alice

Dramatic summit directly west of the town of Seward, across Resurrection Bay. Usually done in two days: first day walk in to the base of the summit headwall, early next morning push up a snow route to the top. Very steep snow, rope and pickets necessary.

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Phoenix Peak

Sharp peak visible behind Race Point and Marathon Mountain while coming into Seward from the north. Standard ascent involves hiking up to the head of the Japanese Creek Valley, camping, and making an early summit push up the steep, snow covered face. Technical snow cimbing (rope and pickets) is involved.

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Truuli Peak

Highest point of the Kenai Mountains.

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Mount Bear

One of the 20 highest peaks in North America. Easy climb with skis from the north.

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Mount Cook (Boundary Peak 182)

Mount Cook is a high peak on the Yukon Territory-Alaska border, in the Saint Elias Mountains of North America. It is approximately 15 miles southwest of Mount Vancouver and 35 miles east-southeast of Mount Saint Elias. It forms one of the corners of the jagged border, which is defined to run in straight lines between the major peaks.

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Mount Fairweather

Mount Fairweather, towering just fourteen miles from the Pacific Ocean, is the dominant peak in the Fairweather Range, and is the highest and northernmost summit in Glacier Bay National Park. It is a broad mountain with a sharp icy summit, and contrary to the implications of its name, is subject to some of the world's worst weather. Its huge Fairweather Glacier flows beautifully from the...

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Mount Logan

Mount Logan is the highest peak in Canada and the second highest peak in North America. Height aside, Logan is one of the most massive mountains in the world. Its many cliff faces, well over 10,000 feet, rise to an immense ten-mile summit crest of high peaks and saddles.

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Mount Lucania

Mount Luciania is the third highest peak in the Saint Elias Range, and the highest in a cluster of high peaks in the northern part of the range. It has its place in mountaineering history, having been the world's first mountain to be approached with the aid of a high elevation aircraft landing. This was not, however, a graceful success, as the plane which dropped off Washburn and Bates at 8,500...

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Mount Saint Elias

Mount Saint Elias is a huge, beautiful pyramid, located just 35 miles from sea. It is the second highest peak in the United States, behind Mount McKinley (20,322 ft.). It was the first of the giant Alaskan mountains to be discovered, and the first to be climbed (after eight attempts), and was long believed to be the highest mountain in North America.

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Castle Peak

This mountain is clearly recognizable by its name, from the Pipeline Highway. It sits in the Atigun Valley, immediately east of Pump Station 4, on the north side of Atigun Pass. It is an easy 2 hour walk from the road; curve around the south side of the mountain, and summit it from behind.

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Mount Blackburn

Mount Blackburn is the highest peak in the Wrangell range. It towers in relative isolation near the center of the range, while most of the other high peaks are clustered well to its southeast or northwest. Mount Blackburn is one of the few major mountains that was first ascended by a woman, Dora Keen, who battled snowstorms throughout much of her team's 33-day ascent.

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Mount Sanford

Mount Sanford is an ice-covered volcano. It is the farthest north and most visible mountain of the Wrangell Range, its icy dome towering south of the Tok Cut-Off Highway. Mount McKinley (20,322 ft.

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Mount Wrangell

Mount Wrangell is an ice-covered volcano, having last erupted in 1907. It rises due south of another famous Wrangell volcano, Mount Sanford. The summit today is used for research by the U.

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Bald Knob

Bald Knob is the second-highest point in West Virginia and is accessible by hiking or by the Cass Scenic Railroad. The summit is dominated by the West Virginia Red Spruce and Mountain Ash.

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Blue Knob

Blue Knob mountain is a spur on the Allegheny Front in Pennsylvania. It is 3,136 feet above sea level and rises over 2,000 ft. above the valleys to the south and east.

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Dans Mountain

Dans Mountain is the Allegheny Front in Maryland. Although not the highest point in the State, it is probably the most impressive in stature. Dans Mountain rises over 2200 ft.

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Mount Davis

Mt. Davis is Pennsylvania's highest summit and the highpoint on the thirty mile long Negro Mountain ridge. Located in the Forbes State Forest, the area offers hiking trails and an observation tower at the highpoint. The views from the tower are of the surounding mounatins and forests of the high Allegheny Plateau.

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Andrews Bald

Andrews Bald, elevation 5860 feet, is not rough or rugged but round and smooth! Because there aren't many trees on the summit, views are spectacular. You can see Fontana Lake and all kinds of mountain ranges in North Carolina. A perfect place for a picnic! A moderate, rocky 2-mile trail (4 miles roundtrip) takes you to the views.

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Apple Orchard Mountain

Apple Orchard Mountain is the highest point on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia, as well as being the most topographically prominent mountain in the state. The summit is essentially bald, with an FAA radar on top. This radar makes the mountain recognizable from miles away.

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Beech Mountain

Beech Mountain (5505') is a major ski attraction in the southeast. Highway 184 heads up the mountain, with a lot of switchbacks. There are restaurants, shops, resorts, and many places to stay on top of Beech Mountain.

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Blood Mountain

Some people believe that the name comes from a bloody battle between the Cherokee and Creek Indians, long before white man settled in the area. Another belief is that it is derived from the color of the lichen and rhododendron growing on the summit. The ascent ( 1,330 ft.

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Brasstown Bald

Brasstown Bald (4784') is the highest mountain in Georgia. When the weather cooperates, the view from the observation deck atop the summit is awesome - you can see many lakes and the north Georgia mountains, North Carolina, and Tennessee. Take the Highway 180 Spur Road for three paved, steep miles to the parking lot, which is huge.

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Buffalo Mountain

Buffalo Mnt Park in Johnson City TN has over 15 miles of hiking trails in a 700 acre biosphere preserve. Several trails in the park lead to the Tip Top summit area (3300 ft) and traverse the ridge to white rocks, with views into VA and NC. The park closes at dark.

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Clingman's Dome

Clingman's Dome is the highest peak in Tennessee. It rises in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, and is the most frequently visited of all United States highpoints, hosting nearly ten million people annually. The trail to the summit is a short hike up a paved trail from the parking lot.

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Grandfather Mountain

Grandfather Mountain, elevation 5964 feet above sea level, is the highest peak in the Blue Ridge Mountains, a part of the Appalachian Mountain chain. It has a rugged profile, with rocks more than a billion years old, and towers over the Blue Ridge Parkway near Blowing Rock and Boone, North Carolina. Grandfather Mountain is a Southern Highlands attraction.

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Hump Mountain

Hump Mountain (5587') lies along the Appalachian Trail in North Carolina near the village of Elk Park. This mountain is a bald - no trees to block the awesome views.

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Jane Bald

Jane Bald (5807') is about 0.8 mile from Carvers Gap on the North Carolina / Tennessee state line. You have to hike up Round Bald (5826'), a 300-foot ascent, first though - in 0.

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Kennedy Peak

Kennedy Peak is prominant point along the eastern ridge of Massanutten Mountain, located in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. The peak rises approximately 1800 feet about the meandering Shenandoah river and has spectacular views into the Shenandoah river valley and to Shenandoah National Park, 10 miles to the east. Kennedy peak is accessed from a spur trail of the Massanutten Mountain East Trail.

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Looking Glass Rock

Although a 3.1 mi. hiking trail leads to the summit-- and is well worth time-- it is technical rock climbing for which Looking Glass is best known. The South Face is a moderate trad paradise with two-pitch routes in the 5.

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Mount Jefferson

Mt Jefferson (4683') is a large mountain which towers 1600 feet over the towns of Jefferson and West Jefferson, and the New River. A well-designed paved road heads up the mountain through Mt Jefferson State Park, with at least 3 scenic overlooks. These overlooks also offer an opportunity for picnics, since there are grills and tables.

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Mount LeConte

This is the third highest peak within the Great Smokey Mountains National Park, and the highest that is accessible only on foot. There is a very rustic lodge at the summit, but reservations are required months (sometimes years) in advance to stay there. There are also crew quarters with the lodge, and supplies must either be helicoptered in or carried up via lama.

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Mount Mitchell

Mount Mitchell is the highest point in the Appalachian Mountains. New Hampshire's Mount Washington (6,288 ft.) had long been believed to be the highest point, but in 1835 Elisha Mitchell, a professor of science at the University of North Carolina, made barometric measurements in North Carolina's Black Mountain Range that were the first to indicate otherwise.

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Mount Pisgah

Mount Pisgah is a beautiful high point in the Southern Appalachians, gray granite bedrock covered with red oak and flowering shrubs such as rhododendron,laurel and many wildflowers. There is a 271 foot television tower on the summit, property of WLOS TV, Asheville, N.C. There is a wooden platform at the summit, affording excellent & breathtaking 360 degree views of the North Carolina mountains.

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Mount Rogers

Highest point in the state of Virginia. The mountain is a gentle climb to the spruce-covered summit. The trail to the summit is a 1/2 mile spur leading off from the Appalachian Trail.

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Old Rag Mountain

Old Rag is one of the highest peaks in the Northern Virgina section of the Blue Ridge. Unlike most of the peaks in the Blue Ridge, Old Rag has a bald summit that allows spectactular views of neighboring Blue Ridge peaks, as well as the beautiful valleys below. The first part of the Ridge Trail consists of switchbacks through the woods, but the final portion is a fun scramble through boulders,...

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Pilot Mountain

Pilot Mountain is the first mountain that greets many heading northwest towards the Appalachian range in NC (especially those travelling by car along US Highway 52 North). Although it is not a particularly big or tall mountain even by Appalachian standards, it is still quite an impressive peak worthy of welcoming and guiding thousands every day into the higher country. The Pilot is awkward in...

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