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Snowden Mountain is a 6,420-foot peak in Alaska’s Brooks Range on the east side of the Dietrich River valley, about 100 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Visible from the Dalton Highway, it rises dramatically, with the summit standing about 4,700 feet above the river within two miles. The mountain lies in the Snowden Mountain Area of Critical Environmental Concern, a rugged landscape protected for Dall sheep habitat on the southern slope of the Brooks Range. Its name derives from nearby Snowden Creek, named in 1939 by Robert Marshall for his friend and hunting partner Nutirwik, also known as Harry Snowden.
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Wiseman, Alaska · United States