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Mount Brooks is an 11,890-foot peak in the central Alaska Range within Denali National Park and Preserve, rising on a ridge that extends northeast from the main Denali massif between Brooks and Traleika glaciers, with Muldrow Glacier to the north. Partly ice-covered, it was named in 1912 for Alfred Hulse Brooks, chief geologist for Alaska with the United States Geological Survey, and the name was formally adopted in 1947. The first recorded ascent came on July 5, 1952, when Thayer Scudder, Winslow Briggs, J. S. Humphreys, and David Bernays reached the summit. Its tundra climate of severe winters and short mild summers helps sustain the surrounding glaciers.
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