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Denali (Mount McKinley) 20,310 feet
Soaring high at 20,310 feet is Denali (formerly named Mt. McKinley after an Ohio Senator who never visited Alaska). The mountain was renamed Denali in 2015. Equally impressive are its nearby cousins: Mt. Foraker (17,400), and Mt. Hunter (14,573). These three dominate the skyline for hundreds of miles.
You can get up close and personal with the “Roof of North More...
Mounts Deborah & Hess
These mountains lie in the central Alaska Range, roughly 120 miles east of Denali (Mt. McKinley). To the east of the Parks Highway and north of the Denali Highway (the gravel highway that connects Cantwell to Paxson), they are relatively inaccessible and seldom climbed.
In this video, we follow pilot Jim of Denali Air into the range and a mountain kindgom equally More...
Mount Wrangell Volcano
This 14,163 ft volcano last erupted March, 1930. Its most recent activity was September, 2003.
Mount Redoubt Volcano
This 10,197 ft volcano last erupted March, 2009. Fly over Redoubt Volcano with Natron Air on their Glacier Volcano tour!
Mount Spurr Volcano
This 11,070 ft volcano last erupted September, 1992. Its most recent activity was July, 2004.
Mount Russell (11,670 feet)
36 miles west of Denali (Mt. McKinley), Mt. Russell is one of the major peaks of the Alaska Range—and one of the most dramatic. To give a sense for its size and steepness, it rises over a vertical mile above the Chedotlothna Glacier to the northwest in less than two miles. It rises two miles above the Yentna Glacier to the south in only 8 miles.
Overshadowed by its More...
Mount Marathon
Behind the town of Seward is a mountain whose first peak rises 3022 feet. Formerly Lowell Mountain, it is now called Mt Marathon.
Penguin Peak Flyover
It’s impossible to drive Turnagain Arm without noticing the massive green mountains on both sides of the Inlet. The hulking mountain which dominates this stretch of road between Bird and Girdwood is Penguin Peak.
In early Spring, avalanches thunder down its slopes. Most years, the deposits are deep enough to shut down the highway for hours, frustrating motorists. In More...