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Mount Crillon rises in the Fairweather Range within Glacier Bay National Park in southeastern Alaska, between Glacier Bay and the Gulf of Alaska. Named by Jean Francois de Galaup de la Perouse for Felix-Francois-Dorothee de Bretton, Comte de Crillon, it is known for dramatic relief, with its north and west faces dropping 9,000 feet in less than 4 miles. Glaciers spread from the peak in several directions, linking it to Lituya Bay, the Johns Hopkins Glacier, and the Brady Glacier icefield. Severe subarctic weather, isolation, and difficult terrain have kept it rarely climbed since its first ascent in 1934.
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