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Mount Harding is a 5,321-foot peak in southeastern Alaska's Boundary Ranges near Skagway and Taiya Inlet, notable less for its absolute height than for its steep rise of about 5,300 feet from the inlet in under 2 miles. Its slopes drain east to Taiya Inlet and west to the Ferebee River, marking a sharp local divide. The Skagway Alpine Club named it in 1924 for President Warren G. Harding after his July 11, 1923, visit to Skagway, the only visit there by a U.S. president. The name became official in 1986, and the mountain's subarctic climate sustains nearby glaciers.
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Lutak, Alaska · United States