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McHugh Peak is a 4,308-foot mountain in Alaska’s western Chugach Mountains, within Chugach State Park southeast of Anchorage near Turnagain Arm. Its runoff feeds McHugh, Potter, and Rabbit Creeks, and the peak is a known hiking destination reached by a ridge trail and a final scramble to the summit tor. The mountain stands in a distinctly subarctic setting with long snowy winters, mild summers, and severe cold intensified by wind chill. Its English name derives from McHugh Creek, recorded in 1912, while the peak name was reported in 1942 and officially adopted in 1969. In Dena’ina it is Q'isqa Dghelaya, meaning Banjo Snowshoe Mountain.
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Anchorage, Alaska · United States
