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Granite Peak is a 6,729-foot (2,051 m) elevation summit located 16 mi (26 km) northeast of Palmer in the southern Talkeetna Mountains of the U.S. state of Alaska. This landmark of the Matanuska Valley is set midway between Palmer and Chickaloon , with the Glenn Highway traversing the southern base of this mountain.
In July 2022, she set on her expedition to summit Nanga Parbat, [11] [12] Broad Peak, and K2, by summitting K2 she became the youngest woman to climb the world’s second-highest peak on 28 July 2022. [13] [14] [15] On 9 October 2024, Brownlee became the first British woman to climb all of the eight-thousanders. [16] [17] [18] [19]
Granite Peak, at an elevation of 12,807 feet (3,904 m) above sea level, [1] is the highest natural point in the U.S. state of Montana, and the tenth-highest state high point in the nation. [3] It lies within the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness in Park County , very near the borders of Stillwater County and Carbon County .
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John Long (born 1953) US, rock climber and writer; author of How to Rock Climb series; Erhard Loretan (1959–2011) Switzerland, 14 8,000m-plus summits (1982–1995) Alex Lowe (1958–1999) US, climbed Great Trango Tower, Rakekniven in Antarctica and Sail Peak on Baffin Island; died on Shishapangma
Granite Mountain is composed of Paleoproterozoic biotite granodiorite to granite that is known by geologist as the Mint Wash Granodiorite. [5] [6] The Mint Wash Granodiorite consists of medium to coarse-grained, weakly to strongly porphyritic granite with phenocrysts of gray to pink potassium feldspar up to 3 cm (1.2 in) in length and as much as eight percent biotite that is less than 8 mm (0. ...
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