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Donoho Peak is a 6,696-foot mountain in Alaska’s Wrangell Mountains within Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, near the junction of the Kennicott and Root glaciers. The peak and its northward ridge divide Gates Glacier from Root Glacier, making it a prominent landmark in a well-known glacier corridor. Climbers often reach it from Kennecott by crossing Root Glacier and ascending a gully on the south side, though bears and severe subarctic conditions can make travel hazardous. The mountain also preserves ruins of the Regal Mine on its south slope and exposes a striking geologic cross-section, including an overturned syncline that forms a gray zigzag on its east face.
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