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Ptarmigan Peak, a 5,053-foot mountain in the Chugach Mountains near Anchorage, Alaska, is known for sharply contrasting routes. Its north face is extremely steep and sometimes attracts mountaineers, while most hikers reach the summit by the gentler southern side, often via the west ridge from Ptarmigan Pass. The mountain is also used for winter ski mountaineering. It is especially remembered for a 1997 accident on the north face during a University of Alaska Anchorage expedition with two instructors and twelve students, when fourteen people fell about 1,000 feet, leaving two dead and eleven seriously injured.
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Anchorage, Alaska · United States
