Mt Hunter  Photos:  Recent | Best | Popular Elevation:  14,573' Page Views:  12,503. Good page?    Administrators:  Jared LaVacque, Tom Erickson Submitted By:  Kevin Zagorda on Jul 26, 2008 Make this area a Favorite What's New   Print a Mini-Guide with routes Add Route  Add Photo  Add Comment  Add Event  Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue 37° | 14° 39° | 16° 48° | 19° 59° | 25° 63° | 27°

Panorama of the Alaska Range showing Foraker, Hunt...

Description 

Not nearly as popular or crowded as the West Butt, the lower altitude and steep rock and ice aspects make this an Alpinist's dream. Summit rate is <40% due to weather and deep snow conditions on the upper mountain. Also no permits or advanced registration required!

Getting There 

Highly dependent on the intended route. Most popular are the North Face routes and West Ridge which are both a short ski from the KIA. The Northeast face is reached from the Tokositna or one of the eastern forks of the Kahiltna . Alpinist 9 features the mountain with photos of route outlines.

The Classics

Featured Route For Mt Hunter

Mt Hunter West Ridge via Northwest Basin WI3 Steep Snow  AK : Denali National Park : Mt Hunter

Follow directions from KIA (below) and cache the sleds on the Glacier at the foot of the Northwest Basin (ABC on the route pic). The route winds through the crevasse field at the foot of the Northwest Basin, there is objective hazard from the seracs on either side of the basin. Careful routefinding is needed to avoid the icefall zones while navigating around the crevasses. This is highest risk of rock or icefall on the entire route. Avalanche risk is a different story on the many traverses a...[more]   Browse More Classics in AK

Photos of Mt Hunter Slideshow

Add Photo

Mt Hunter Northern Buttress from the KIA. For per...	The two summits of Hunter from 16,500' on Denali's...	Carl Tobin & Joe Terravecchia on the Moonflower 3r...
Carl Tobin. 1997 Moonflower posedown.	Tamara's traverse. Moonflower buttress. Photo: C...	View from Huntington Harvard Rt. towards Mt.Hunter