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Mount Grace is a remote glaciated peak in Alaska’s Chugach Mountains on Chugach National Forest land, east of Anchorage and linked by a high ridge to nearby Mount Goode. Its name honors Anchorage physician and mountaineer Dr. Grace Hoeman, who climbed more than 120 Alaska peaks and made 20 first ascents, including solo climbs. In 1970 she led an all-women expedition to Denali’s summit by the West Buttress route. She died in an avalanche on Eklutna Glacier in 1971, two years after her husband and frequent climbing partner, Vin Hoeman, was killed in an avalanche in Nepal. The mountain is also notable for severe subarctic weather and surrounding icefields.
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