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The Chugach Mountains of southern Alaska are the northernmost of the several mountain ranges that make up the Pacific Coast Ranges of the western edge of North America. The range is about 250 miles (402 km) long and 60 miles (97 km) wide, and extends from the Knik and Turnagain Arms of the Cook Inlet on the west to Bering Glacier, Tana Glacier ...
Chugach State Park. Coordinates: 61°03′07″N 149°47′49″W. Bashful Peak, at 8,005 feet (2,440 meters), is the tallest mountain in Chugach State Park. Aerial view of a glacier in Chugach State Park. Chugach State Park covers 495,204 acres (2,004 square kilometers) [1] covering a hilly region immediately east of Anchorage, in south ...
Birds Eye Peak is a 4,970-foot-elevation (1,515-meter) mountain summit in the U.S. state of Alaska. This mountain is located 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Anchorage in the Chugach Mountains and Chugach State Park. [3] Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains north to Knik Arm via Ship Creek and south to Turnagain Arm via Bird Creek.
Mount Yukla is located 25 miles (40 km) east of Anchorage in the western Chugach Mountains. [ 1] It ranks as the highest peak in the Eagle River drainage, [ 4] and fourth-highest peak within Chugach State Park. [ 5][ 6] Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains to Knik Arm via the Eagle River. Although modest in elevation, topographic ...
Vista Peak is located 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Anchorage in the western Chugach Mountains and within Chugach State Park. [ 3] Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains to Knik Arm via Peters Creek and Eagle River. Although modest in elevation, relief is significant as the summit rises approximately 3,400 feet (1,036 m) above Peters ...
Mount Grace is a remote 10,540-foot (3,213 m) glaciated mountain summit located in the Chugach Mountains, in the U.S. state of Alaska.The unofficially named peak is situated 63 mi (101 km) east of Anchorage, 6 mi (10 km) north of College Fjord, 3.35 mi (5 km) east of Mount Goode, and 9.37 mi (15 km) southwest of Mount Marcus Baker, on land managed by Chugach National Forest.
Polar Bear Peak is a 6,614-foot (2,016 m) mountain in the U.S. state of Alaska, located in Chugach State Park. Situated in the Chugach Mountains, it lies at the head of South Fork Eagle River, 5 mi (8.0 km) ESE of Eagle Lake, and 22 miles (35 km) ESE of downtown Anchorage. The peak was named in 1963 by members of the Mountaineering Club of ...
Boggs Peak is a 4,518-foot (1,377 m) mountain summit located in the Chugach Mountains, in Anchorage Municipality in the U.S. state of Alaska.The peak is situated in Chugach National Forest, 4 mi (6 km) north of Portage Lake, 6 mi (10 km) northwest of Whittier, Alaska, and 1.24 mi (2 km) northeast of Begich Peak, which is its nearest higher peak.