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Mount Gerdine is a remote, heavily glaciated peak in Alaska's Tordrillo Mountains, ranking as the range's second-highest mountain and the state's 201st-highest summit. Its steep rise, especially on the west face, gives it a notably abrupt profile. The mountain was named for Thomas Golding Gerdine, a U.S. Geological Survey topographic engineer who worked in Alaska and was credited with several first ascents elsewhere in the region; the name was officially adopted in 1931. The summit was first climbed on May 5, 1963. Its tundra climate, heavy snowfall, and surrounding glaciers, including Hayes Glacier and the Trimble Glacier branches, define its stark alpine setting.
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Skwentna, Alaska · United States
