Information About

Mount Hunter

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Mount Hunter on The Map

Location

62 ° 57' 2.999" N,
151 ° 5' 21.998" W

Region

Matanuska-Susitna

Nearest City

Talkeetna

Routes

Deprivation, Moonflower Buttress,

Elevation

14573 ft (4441.85 m)

Mount Hunter in Detail.

About

near head of Tokositna Glacier, 10 mi. S of Denali Pass, in Denali National Park; Alaska Range

History

In 1903, Robert Dunn, reporter of the "New York Commercial Advertiser," with F. A. Cook, named a high mountain "Mount Hunter," in honor of his aunt Anna Falconnet Hunter, 1885-1941, who financed his trip. R.W. Porter, USGS, in 1906, mistakenly applied the name to this peak, about 9 miles northwest of the one named by Dunn. Cook, in 1905, may have named this mountain "Mount Disston" for his friend Henry Disston. See Mount Huntington. Some members of Cook's 1906 party referred to this mountain as "Little McKinley" and the prospectors in the Yentna district to the south called it "Mount Roosevelt" for Theodore Roosevelt. The first ascent of Mount Hunter was July 5, 1954, by Fred Beckey, Heinrich Harrer, and Henry Meybohm (Farquhar, 1959, p. 222, 223).

Mount Hunter Gallery

Pictures of, from, or near Mount Hunter.

Topo Maps

Talkeetna (1950), Talkeetna (1950), Talkeetna (1951), Talkeetna (1958), Talkeetna (1958), Talkeetna (1958), Talkeetna (1958), Talkeetna (1958), Talkeetna D-3 (1958), Talkeetna D-3 (1958), Talkeetna D-3 (1958), Talkeetna D-3 (1958), Talkeetna D-3 NE (2014),
Places Near Mount Hunter
Basins:

Thayer Basin,

Cliffs:

Wickersham Wall,

Crags:

Cat Scratch,

Glaciers:

East Fork Kahiltna Glacier, Great Icefall, Harper Glacier, Harper Icefall, Jeffery Glacier, Kahiltna Glacier, Kanikula Glacier, Northeast Fork Kahiltna Glacier, Peters Basin, Pika Glacier, Southeast Fork Kahiltna Glacier, Tluna Icefall, Traleika Icefall, West Fork Ruth Glacier,

Locales:

11K Camp, The Autobahn, Camp 1, Denali Base Camp, Heartbreak Hill, Motorcycle Hill, Ski Hill, Squirrel Hill, Windy Corner,

Mountains:

Archdeacons Tower, Browne Tower, Mount Capps, Carter Horn, Churchill Peaks, Mount Crosson, Dragon Spine, Dragons Head, Farthing Horn, Mount Goldie, Mount Hunter, Mount Huntington, Jeffery Dome, Jeffery Point, Kahiltna Dome, Kahiltna Peaks, Mount Koven, Denali, North Peak, Peak 6835, Peters Dome, Scimitar, South Peak - Denali, Mount Stevens,

Mountain Passes:

Denali Pass, Kahiltna Notch, Kahiltna Pass, Karstens Col, One Shot Gap, Parker Pass, Peters Pass, Ruth Gap, Windy Corner,

Peaks:

Avalanche Spire, Radio Control Tower,

Ridges:

Annie's Ridge, East Buttress, Flatiron, Karstens Ridge, Pioneer Ridge, South Buttress, Southeast Spur, Taylor Spur, Thunder Mountain, West Buttress,

Routes:

Deprivation, Moonflower Buttress,