Mount Hunter

This gallery features photos of Mount Hunter and some of its finest climbing routes.

Alpenglow on Mount Hunter.
Forrest Murphy belays from atop a massive cornice on Mount Hunter's south ridge route. In the foreground is the "Happy Cowboy" traverse, named for the need to straddle the unstable ridge, as one would a horse, for progr
The north face of Mount Hunter.
Evening light illuminates Mount Hunter's north face, with distant thunderstorms dissipating over the Susitna Valley.

The north buttress of Mount Hunter, one of Alaska's, and world's, most prized alpine ice and mixed climbs. There are several routes that have been completed, but the most iconic and classic is the "Moonflower", which takes a line more or less straight up the middle of the buttress.
The north buttress of Mount Hunter. A climber is just barely visible approaching the wall on the lower left.
A windy morning on Mount Hunter's north buttress.
Joe Puryear on steep ice on Mount Hunter's north buttress.
Joe Puryear climbing "The Prow" on the north buttress of Mount Hunter.