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Higher Spire is a 6,135-foot mountain in Alaska’s Talkeetna Mountains, north of Palmer in the Hatcher Pass Management Area. Rising steeply above Snowbird Glacier and near Lower Spire, it has about 2,300 feet of relief above Lower Reed Lake in less than a mile. Its south side drains through Reed Creek to the Little Susitna River, while its north side drains to Bartholf Creek and the Kashwitna River. In a subarctic climate of long snowy winters and short cool summers, the mountain supports the Snowbird Glacier. Known in publications since at least 1969, Higher Spire is chiefly valued today as a rugged climbing and backcountry destination.
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