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Mount Johnson is an 8,400-foot summit in Alaska's Ruth Gorge area of Denali National Park and Preserve, notable less for its overall height than for its imposing north face of more than 4,000 feet of near-sheer granite. That wall has made it a major climbing objective, with routes such as Escalator and Stairway to Heaven. The first ascent came in 1979 by Gary Bocarde, Charlie Head, John Lee, and Jon Thomas via the south ridge. Its name dates to Frederick Cook's 1906 Ruth Gorge explorations and honors Emory Richard Johnson, a Philadelphia geographical society president. The mountain also lies in a harsh alpine climate with severe winters and a short favorable season in May and June.
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