Easiest route Northeast ridge First ascent November 1944 Mountain range Alaska Range | Elevation 3,517 m Prominence 648 m Parent range Alaska Range | |
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Topo map USGS Mount McKinley A-2 Similar Mount Silverthrone, Mount Brooks, Mount Foraker |
Mount Deception is a 11,539-foot (3,517 m) mountain in the Alaska Range, in Denali National Park and Preserve. Mount Deception lies 16 miles (26 km) east-southeast Denali,overlooking Brooks Glacier. The glacier-covered mountain was named by a U.S. Army crash investigation party on November 13, 1944, who were the first to ascend the mountain while investigating an airplane crash that happened in September 1944.
Map of Mt Deception, Alaska 99743, USA
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