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 […]
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‘Mount Redoubt’
Mount Redoubt on the Kenai Peninsula Alaska. One of Alaska’s most recently active volcanoes, Mount Redoubt has been known to provoke debris avalanches down to the shores of Cook Inlet and sprinkle ash as far away as Denali National Park. This dramatic peak lies amid one of the state’s plentiful scenic regions, a place […]