McGinnis Peak

McGinnis Peak is an 11,400-foot glaciated mountain in the eastern Alaska Range at the head of McGinnis Glacier, within the Hayes Range. A prominent feature of a heavily glaciated landscape, it rises near Mount Hayes and Mount Moffit and dominates the skyline from the Richardson Highway. Its runoff feeds tributaries of the Tanana River basin, and its subarctic climate brings long, severe winters that sustain surrounding icefields and glaciers. Every established climbing route is technical. First climbed in 1964 by Larry Muir and Tom Knott on the West Ridge, it later saw notable ascents on several other routes. In 2002, the Denali earthquake triggered enormous rockslides from the peak.

Fort Greely, Alaska · United States