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Mount Laurens is a glaciated summit in Alaska’s Alaska Range within Denali National Park, rising in a stark, ice-shaped landscape near Denali and Mount Foraker. Its most striking feature is an east face that gains more than 4,500 feet in less than a mile, above terrain marked by severe relief and harsh tundra climate. Heavy snowfall and extreme cold help feed the Yentna Glacier and Lacuna Glacier on either side. First climbed solo in 1997 by Thomas Bubendorfer, who named it for his son Laurens, the mountain saw its second ascent in 2013. Its remoteness, steepness, and weather make it a demanding mountaineering goal.
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Petersville, Alaska · United States
