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Mount Marathon, officially Marathon Mountain, is a 4,826-foot peak in southern Alaska's Kenai Mountains, rising immediately west of Seward within Chugach National Forest above Resurrection Bay. It is known most widely as the namesake of Seward's Mount Marathon Race, held each Fourth of July. The mountain stands in a distinctly subarctic setting marked by long, cold, snowy winters, mild summers, and temperatures that can drop below minus 20 degrees Celsius, with wind chill below minus 30 degrees Celsius. Its lower slopes carry spruce and hemlock forest, and late spring to early summer is generally the best time for viewing.
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Lowell Point, Alaska · United States
