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Standing at 2640m at the central core of the alaska range, radio control tower stands as highly remote short 4 mile round trip often used as a warm up for the nearby denali.

While its first ascents are not recorded there are notable ascents such as the west face in may 2013 via the spindrift couloir by Alpinists Alan Rousseau and Aaron Kurland. In another notable ascent in 2013 by Mark Pugliese** **and his team established a highly technical 1000+ feet, 5.10+, AI3 and M7.

The standard route profile starts from the Southeast Fork Kahiltna Glacier which then transitions onto nothern snow slopes to gain the east ridge which is an airy knifes edge facing mount hunter and leads up the heavily corniced summit ridge. (Second photo is west face route by Aaron Kur­land and Alan Rousseau)

Pretty cool!

Located in the Chugach range and standing at 7287 feet. Spirit mountain is a rarely summited peak steeped in oral indigenous history and 19th century military exploration.

After alot of research i struggled to find any publications from alpine clubs about any first ascents or route information let alone any photos (The photo above is the only one i found pertaining to spirit). However it has an interesting history with the indigenous, when the first explorers came to map the interior alaskan ranges, Lieutenant Henry T. Allen of the US army spoke to a local chief who described the mountain as billowing plumes of smoke and fire, suggesting that the mountain may have been volcanic at one point.

Given that there is little information it cannot be assumed that the mountain was not summited, as its very likely these early explorers or the local indigenous found a way to the summit far before any modern mountaineering teams decided to attempt it.

Pretty cool!

Mount hess is an extremely remote alaska peak that is rarely summited, standing at 11940ft at the crest of the hayes range, about 90 miles south of fairbank.

Its mountaineering history is one that is unique with a mystery that remains unsolved to this day. Its first major attempts were in 1949 and 1950 where the the east face and the northwest faces were attempted but both stopped due to rock.

The peak was finally conquered in the spring of 1951 by Alston Paige, Dick Holdren, Ed Huizer, Howard Bowman, and Elton Thayer. However after this ascent the peak remained virtually entirely untouched until may 1976 when Steven Hackett, Thomas Hillis, and Daniel L. Osborne established a base camp at the base of the north east ridge.

However a mystery that remains on the mountain from the AAC describes that during that 1976 expedition Hacket Hills and Osbourne discovered an old weathered ice ace and a rope trailing down towards the abyss. As no recorded former teams used that ridge, the orgin of the rope and axe are unknown.

Pretty cool!

Came across this peak as the subject of the ACCs general mountaineering camp in the trident group in the selkirk mountains

at 3201 meters neptune peak is the tallest peak in the windy range and was first climbed by a harvard mountaineering club (HMC) in the summer of 1951.

Due to its highly remote nature most expeditions are either a multiday wilderness bushwacking trek or a helicopter flight, its route is characterized by glacier travel, rock scrambling and an exposed summit ridge. Its is commonly tackled via the south/southeast ridge.

Pretty cool!