Magpie Peak, Alaska

The exposed and chossy summit ridge of Magpie. Nothing is attached, so tread cautiously. Photo by Brendan Lee. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 712 ft/217 m   Optimistic Prominence: 812 ft/247 m   Key Col: 5100 ft/1554 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 0.91 mi/1.46 km    Isolation Limit Point: 61.0508, -149.1575 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Crow Peak  (NNE)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Alaska-Yukon Ranges Range3: South-Central Alaska Range4: Chugach Mountains Range5: Western Chugach Mountains
Drainage Basins	Cook Inlet Gulf of Alaska Pacific Ocean
Ownership	Land: Chugach State Park
Topo Map	Anchorage A-6 I61148a8 1:63,360
Data Source	1:62,500 Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

Typical late summer conditions in the SE Gully. We intentionally climbed this route during an August dry-spell to reduce the natural rockfall hazard. In my opinion, the hazard from natural rockfall can be reduced, but never eliminated. Human triggered rockfall will be a factor, hence one person climbing in this photo, while the other person stays in a safe zone. Photo by Brendan Lee. Click here for larger-size photo.

Southern face of Magpie Peak from neighboring Raggedtop. The SE gully route takes the snow couloir that runs from ridge to pocket glacier. Route highlighted in additional photos below. (2017-06-25). Photo by Brendan Lee. Click here for larger-size photo.

High tech Microsoft Paint visualization of the SE gully route (2017-06-25). Photo by Brendan Lee. Click here for larger-size photo.

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