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Sheep Mountain is a 1,953-metre summit in Yukon’s Saint Elias Mountains within Kluane National Park, rising steeply above Kluane Lake as a prominent landmark along the Alaska Highway. Also known as Thechàl Dhâl, a Southern Tutchone name meaning “Skin Scraper Mountain,” it reflects Indigenous hide-preparation traditions and the area’s earlier use as a favored sheep-hunting ground. The mountain is closely associated with Dall sheep habitat and remains one of the park’s defining natural features. A popular eleven-kilometre loop climbs to the summit, which offers broad views of the Slims River valley and nearby peaks. Its runoff drains east into Kluane Lake.
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