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Castle Mountain is a remote peak on the southeastern edge of Alaska’s Wrangell Mountains, within Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve near Skolai Pass. Though moderate in elevation by Alaskan standards at 8,620 feet, it stands out for its dramatic local relief, especially where its south face rises about 4,000 feet above the end of the Russell Glacier in less than a mile. Its runoff drains both east toward the White River and west through Skolai Creek to the Nizina River. Reported by the United States Geological Survey in 1914, it bears a descriptive name and lies in a harsh subarctic climate of heavy precipitation, long severe winters, and brief favorable viewing and climbing conditions in May and June.
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Chisana, Alaska · United States
