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Mount Crosson
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Highest point
Elevation 12,352 ft (3,765 m)
Prominence 1,600 ft (490 m)
Geography
Mount Crosson is located in Alaska
Mount Crosson
Mount Crosson
Location in Alaska
Location Denali Borough, Alaska, United States
Parent range Alaska Range
Topo map USGS Mount McKinley A-3
Climbing
Easiest route Southeast ridge

Mount Crosson is a 12,352-foot (3,765 m) mountain in the Alaska Range, in Denali National Park and Preserve. Mount Crosson lies to the northeast of Mount Foraker, overlooking Kahiltna Glacier. The mountain was named in 1949 by mountaineer Bradford Washburn for bush pilot Joseph Crosson.

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