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Mount Barrille is a 7,650 ft (2,330 m) mountain summit located in the Alaska Range, in Denali National Park and Preserve, in the U.S. state of Alaska.It is situated 2,650 feet above the Ruth Glacier at the gateway to the Don Sheldon Amphitheater, or The Great Gorge, depending on direction of travel.
Mount Johnson is an 8,400+ ft (2,560+ m) mountain summit located in the Alaska Range, in Denali National Park and Preserve, in Alaska, United States.It is situated on the west side of the Ruth Gorge, 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Denali and six miles (9.7 km) south-southwest of The Moose's Tooth.
Mount Frances is set 7.43 mi (12 km) southwest of Denali, 3.47 mi (6 km) northwest of Mount Hunter, and 1.3 mi (2 km) northwest of Radio Control Tower. Access to the area is via air taxi from Talkeetna. The mountain's name honors Frances Randall (1925-1984), the first Denali Base Camp manager for nine climbing seasons (1974-1983). [3]
Mount Laurens is located 65 miles (105 km) northwest of Talkeetna in Denali National Park and the Alaska Range. It is set 10.56 mi (17 km) south-southwest of Mount Foraker and 24.23 mi (39 km) southwest of Denali. [1] Topographic relief is significant as the east face rises over 4,500 feet (1,372 meters) in 0.75 mile (1.2 km).
This is one of the tallest rock walls in the world, and the face has seen many world-class climbs. Mount Dickey was first climbed on April 19, 1955, by David Fisher and the famous explorer, climber and cartographer Bradford Washburn, via the West Face, which is still the most popular route today. The route begins at a point in the Ruth Gorge ...
Denali is a granitic pluton, mostly pink quartz monzonite, lifted by tectonic pressure from the subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the North American Plate; at the same time, the sedimentary material above and around the mountain was stripped away by erosion.
Scott Peak is an 8,828 ft (2,690 m) glaciated mountain summit located in Denali National Park and Preserve, on the crest of the Alaska Range, in the U.S. state of Alaska. [3] It is situated 9 mi (14 km) southeast of the Eielson Visitor Center, at the head of the Sunset Glacier , and 33.5 mi (54 km) northeast of Denali .
Mount Foraker is a 17,400-foot (5,304 m) mountain in the central Alaska Range, in Denali National Park, 14 mi (23 km) southwest of Denali.It is the second highest peak in the Alaska Range, and the third highest peak in the United States.