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Sheep Mountain is a 6,223-foot peak in Alaska's southern Talkeetna Mountains, about 50 miles northeast of Palmer and roughly midway to Glennallen, with the Glenn Highway along its southern base. Recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1906, it is also known in the Ahtna language as Beznae, meaning “a type of stone,” linking the mountain to Indigenous geography and its physical character. The peak lies in a subarctic climate with long, intensely cold, snowy winters and mild summers, and its runoff feeds tributaries of the Matanuska River. The most favorable time for climbing or viewing is usually from May into June.
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