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Mount Yukla is a 7,569-foot peak in the western Chugach Mountains about 25 miles east of Anchorage, the highest summit in the Eagle River drainage and the fourth-highest in Chugach State Park. Its runoff reaches Knik Arm through the Eagle River system, and its summit rises dramatically above the river in a short distance. The name comes from the Denaʼina language, in which Yukla or Yuklahina meant Eagle River; it was applied to the mountain after a 1963 proposal and officially adopted in 1964. The first recorded ascent came on July 15, 1964. Heavy precipitation from Gulf moisture supports the Icicle Glacier on its east and north slopes.
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Anchorage, Alaska · United States
