Polar Bear Peak

Polar Bear Peak is a 6,614-foot mountain in Alaska’s Chugach State Park, at the head of the South Fork Eagle River in the Chugach Mountains. Named in 1963 by members of the Mountaineering Club of Alaska, it took its name from a snow patch on its north face that resembles a polar bear skin. Above roughly 1,000 feet, the mountain is largely alpine, with exposed rock, sparse vegetation, lichens, and lasting snowpack including year-round snowfields and glaciers. Despite its harsh terrain, it supports alpine wildlife such as rock ptarmigan, Dall sheep, mountain goats, high-elevation insects, and occasional hawks or eagles overhead.

Anchorage, Alaska · United States