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Chugach Mountains

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 10' 0.001" N,
145 ° 19' 59.999" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Anchorage

Elevation

4049 ft (1234.14 m)

Fatalities

7

Tributaries

Don Glacier, Scorpion Glacier, Gandil Mountain, 2 Bowls, 3 Bowls, Austrian Bowl, Ball Field, Black Lake Chute, Binge Bowl, Cotton Grass, Death Bowls, Dog Bowl, French Bowl, German Bowl, Hugh's Bowl, Italian Bowl, Koch, Leighow Moon, Mercury, North Bowl, O'Malley Gully, Solstice Gully, Swiss Bowl, Tiki Cruiser, Windboard Love, Wolverine Chutes, Abercrombie Mountain, Mount Alyeska, Andy Simons Mountain, Aspero Peak, Audubon Mountain, Baleful Peak, Barnes Mountain, Bashful Peak, Bellicose Peak, Bence Mountain, Benign Peak, Billygoat Mountain, Bird Peak, Blackcliff Mountain, Blueberry Hill, Bold Peak, Brontosaurus Mountain, Mount Brookfield, Camp Mountain, Camp Robber Peak, Carbon Mountain, Mount Cardozo, Mount Cashman, Claw Peak, Columbia Peak, Cooper Mountain, Cordova Peak, Cranberry Peak, Crow Peak, Crown Peak, Mount Defiant, Denmark Peak, Mount Dimond, Doughton Peak, Dowling Peak, Duktoth Mountain, Dyke Mountain, East Twin Peak, Mount Einstein, Ellamar Mountain, Mount Elusive, Eshamy Peak, Mount Evans, Mount Fafnir, Finland Peak, Flandreau Mountain, Flat Top Peak, Mount Francis, Garrett Peak, Mount Gilbert Lewis, Gilpatrick Mountain, Goodlata Peak, Mount Haley, Hanagita Peak, Hibbs Peak, Highland Mountain, Hogsback, Iceworm Peak, Indianhouse Mountain, The Island, Jewel Mountain, Mount Kate, Kings Mountain, Kinnikinnick Mountain, Knik Mountain, Mount Langmuir, Lindita Peak, Lingon Mountain, Mount Logan, Lone Baldy, Mount Luther Kelly, Madean Peak, Mount Magnificent, Mount Mahlo, Mount Marcus Baker, Mayer Peak, Maynard Mountain, McHugh Peak, McKinley Peak, Meteorite Mountain, Mount Michelson, The Mitre, Moonlight Mountain, Mount Hogan, Nagoon Mountain, Norway Peak, Notch Mountain, O-Malley Peak, Organ Mountain, Mount Ourand, Pandora Peak, Peril Peak, Phoenix Peak, Pigot Benchmark, Pilot Peak, Pin Peaks, Pioneer Peak, Polar Bear Peak, Pontoon, Mount Powder Top, Ragged Mountain, Raggedtop Mountain, The Ramp, Rendezvous Peak, Rice Mountain, Rook Mountain, Mount Rumble, Saddle Peak, Mount Schrader, Mount Sergeant Robinson, Sharkstooth Mountain, Sharp Peak, Mount Shasta, Mount Shouplina, Mount Siegfried, Sleeping Sister Mountain, Snyder Mountain, South Yuyanq’ Ch’ex, Spirit Mountain, Stuck Mountain, Summit Mountain, Sunlight Mountain, Sunny Peak, Sweden Peak, Tanaina Peak, Tazcol Peak, Tazlina Tower, Temptation Peak, Terrace Mountain, Mount Thor, Townsend Peak, Tripod Hill, Unakwik Peak, Mount Valhalla, Wedding Knoll, West Twin Peak, Wests Peak, Whiteout Peak, Mount Wickersham, Mount Williwaw, Wolverine Peak, Crow Pass, Devils Pass, Indian Creek Pass, Johnson Creek Summit, Kimball Pass, Marshall Pass, Moraine Pass, Powerline Pass, Snow River Pass, Thompson Pass, Peak 3, A1, Adelie Point, Antarctic View Peak, Awesome Peak, Bear Mountain, Bearberry Point, Bees Heaven Peak, Berg Peak, Big Timber Peak, Bleak Peak, Booty Peak, Bounty Peak, Bramble Knoll, Bright Peak, Bronto, Bunting Peak, California Peak, Camels Hump, Castle Rocks, Chinstrap Peak, Cracked Ice, Crag, Crested Peak, Devils Club Peak, Devils Mistress, Dorothita, East Groundhog Peak, East Kiliak Peak, El Tercero, Falls Peak, Finch Peak, Fishs Breath, Flaketop Peak, Freuchen, Frontier Peak, Gentoo Peak, Gleason Creek Ridge, Goat Rock, Gold Star Peak, Hale-Bopp Peak, Halibut Head, Hat Trick Mountain, Highbush Peak, Homicide Peak, Hope Mountain, Ice Cream Cone Mountain, Icicle Peak, Insignificant Peak, Inspector Peak, Kelleys Knob, Longspur Peak, Lowbush Peak, Lowell Peak, Merlin Mountain, Middle Raven Peak, Mile High Peak, Mismapped Mountain, Mount Rachel Carson, Mountaineers Peak, Mystery Mountain, Nantina Point, Nest Peak, North Avalanche Mountain, North Raven Peak, Pass Out Peak, Passage Peak, Peak C-6, Peak Two, Penguin Peak, Pepper Peak, Peters Peak, Pico España, Pipit Peak, Pleasant Mountain, Polar Peak, Portage Peak, RFS, Rhinestone Cowgirl, Rosy Peak, Saghala Point, Salt Peak, Shaker Peak, Shrike Mountain, Sina Benchmark, Snow Dome, South Pioneer Peak, South Powerline Peak, South Raina Peak, South Raven Peak, Sparrow Peak, Spirit Walker, Stairway, Stegosaurus, Stone Mountain, The Engine, The Gorgemeister, The Tender, Transcendence Peak, Vertigo Peak, Vigesimal Peak, West Groundhog Peak, West Kiliak Peak, Whistlers Mother, Yellow Cedar Peak, Yudikench Peak, Zwaccpunik Peak, De Long Mountains, Don Miller Hills, Granite Range, Grindle Hills, Guyot Hills, Heney Range, Kenai Mountains, Cunningham Ridge, Divider Mountain, Dora Keen Range, Kushtaka Ridge, Thompson Ridge, Tokun Ridge, Abe's Trail, Flattop Mountain Trail,

Chugach Mountains in Detail.

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About

The Chugach Mountains are a coastal range that extend from Knik Arm and Turnagain Arm on the west to Bering Glacier, Tana Glacier, and Tana River on the east; they are bounded on north by Matanuska, Copper, and Chitina Rivers. The range is approximately 9512. 250 miles long by 60 miles wide.

The As they line the southcentral coast of Alaska on the northwest side of the Gulf of Alaska the Chugach Mountains receive an average of around 150 inches of precipitation annually. However places in the range like Thompson Pass receive an average of 550 inches of snow each winter. Making the Chugach Mountains some of the best skiing/snowboarding on the planet.

The tallest mountain in the Chugach is Mount Marcus Baker at the head of Kink Glacier, with an elevation of 13,100 ft.

History

Alutiiq/Aleut tribal name recorded by the Russians and written by them "Chugatz" and "Tchougatskoi"; in 1898 Captain W. R. Abercrombie, USA, spelled the name "Chugatch" and applied it to the mountains.

Fatalities

On February 2, 2024, 1 person died while skiing. Read More

On March 27, 2021, 1 person died while skiing. Read More

On March 7, 2021, 5 people died while flying, skiing. Read More

Chugach Mountains Gallery

Pictures of, from, or near Chugach Mountains.

Topo Maps

Valdez (1952), Valdez (1952), Valdez (1952), Valdez (1952), Valdez A-4 (1953), Valdez A-4 (1953), Valdez A-4 (1953), Valdez (1960), Valdez (1960), Valdez (1960), Valdez (1960), Valdez (1960), Valdez (1960), Valdez A-4 (1994), Valdez A-4 NW (2016),
Related Places
Abe's Trail, Flattop Mountain Trail,
Places Near Chugach Mountains
Cities:

Tiekel,

Glaciers:

Cleave Creek Glacier, Glacier G214486E61259N, Glacier G214552E61248N, Glacier G214560E61231N, Glacier G214575E61240N, Glacier G214627E61131N, Glacier G214638E61142N, Glacier G214716E61218N, Glacier G214732E61226N, Glacier G214744E61225N, Glacier G214747E61188N, Glacier G214858E61201N, Glacier G214859E61214N, Glacier G214875E61208N, Marshall Glacier, Pencil Glacier, Schwan Glacier, Tasnuna Glacier, Woodworth Glacier, Woodworth Glacier,

Routes:

Plastic Jesus, Plow Truck,

Locales:

43 Mile Chute, Aftermath, Cauliflowers, Crudbusters, Deep Crudbusters, Diamond, Disney World, Gun Barrels, Iguana Backs, Little Diamond, Lizard Head, Promise Land, Repeater Couloirs, Seal, Spaghetti Chutes, Stairway, Three Pigs, Three Towers,

Mountains:

Mount Billy Mitchell, Mount Dimond, Mount Dimond, Mount Jimmy Doolittle, Rice Mountain, Mount Tiekel,

Mountain Passes:

Marshall Pass,

Peaks:

Elephant, Elephant Crud, Happiness, Purple Nurple, Pyramid, Stairway, Super Bowl, The Tusk, Total Crud, Wilbur's,

Mountain Ranges:

Chugach Mountains,

Ridges:

40.5 Wall, Hippy Ridge,

Rivers:

Tsina River,

Streams:

Boulder Creek, Glacier Creek, Mill Creek, Small Creek, Squaw Creek, Stuart Creek,

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Anchorage's Peak III: Urban Skiing at Its Best
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Anchorage's Peak III: Urban Skiing at Its Best

The Chugach front range contains many tantalizing looking ski lines. However, many of them are rarely in skiable condition. During some years, snowfall is light. Other years, howling winds or rain clean the snow away as soon as it falls. When everything does come together in the front range, there are endless exciting lines to be had. I feel extremely fortunate to have skied off the summit of The Ramp, Harp Mountain, and several other front range peaks.

by Allison Sayer