At an elevation of 6,398 feet, the peak itself isn’t visible until about three miles up the Pioneer Ridge Trail. A magnificent summit that looms over the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Pioneer Peak is one of the more accessible 6,000-foot-plus peaks in the Chugach Mountains. The name was given in 1939 in honor of the pioneers of the Matanuska agricultural colony of the mid-1930s.
