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Gunsight Mountain is a 6,441-foot summit in Alaska’s Talkeetna Mountains, northeast of Palmer, along the Glenn Highway at the east end of Sheep Mountain. Its English name comes from a deep notch in the summit ridge resembling a gunsight, a local descriptive name reported by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1952. In the Ahtna language it is called Siz'aani, meaning “Heart.” The mountain stands in a subarctic climate with long, very cold, snowy winters and mild summers, and its runoff flows into tributaries of the Matanuska River. May and June are usually the best months for climbing or viewing.
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