Front Range Highpoints
The Front Range of Chugach State Park consists of the peaks encircled by a line traveling along Turnagain Arm, Indian Creek, Indian Creek Pass, the South Fork of Ship Creek, Ship Creek, Knik Arm, Cook Inlet, and Turnagain Arm. The peaks below are not all "true summits" that have at least 500 feet of vertical relief between themselves the next higher summit. This list contains: the 12 commonly recognized 5,000' peaks, all the true peaks with 500 feet of prominence, and several officially or unofficially named peaks that aren't true peaks but are enjoyable destinations (denoted by ^ symbol afer the peak name). Thirty peaks in all to give you a taste of the Chugach State Park.
| No. | Peak | Elevation in feet* |
| 1 | Mount Williwaw |
5445 |
| 2 | Temptation Peak |
5384 |
| 3 | East Tanaina Peak |
5358 |
| 4 | West Tanaina Peak^ |
5266 |
| 5 | The Ramp | 5240 |
| 6 | Tikishla Peak^ |
5230 |
| 7 | O'Malley Peak^ | 5182 |
| 8 | Koktoya Peak |
5148 |
| 9 | Hidden Peak^ |
5105 |
| 10 | North Suicide Peak |
5065 |
| 11 | Avalanche Mountain |
5050 |
| 12 | South Suicide Peak |
5005 |
| 13 | Ptarmigan Peak |
4950 |
| 14 | Mount Elliott |
4710 |
| 15 | Knoya Peak^ |
4669 |
| 16 | Homicide Peak |
4660 |
| 17 | The Wedge | 4660 |
| 18 | Flaketop Peak | 4510 |
| 19 | Wolverine Peak | 4491 |
| 20 | Kanchee Peak^ | 4393 |
| 21 | Indianhouse Mountain | 4350 |
| 22 | McHugh Peak |
4311 |
| 23 | False Peak (west of O'Malley)^ | 4250 |
| 24 | Ship Creek Hill*** |
3845 |
| 25 | Rusty Point^ |
3563 |
| 26 | Rainbow Peak | 3543 |
| 27 | Flattop Mountain^ | 3510 |
| 28 | Snow Hawk Mountain*** | 3245 |
| 29 | Near Point^ | 3050 |
| 30 | Blueberry Knoll^ | 2625 |
* Some of the elevations are estimates and could be off by +/- 50' depending on map contour intervals.
^ Denotes peaks that are not true summits. All but Rusty Point are officially named peaks.
*** These unoffically named summits have 500' of prominence but they are on JBER military land not Chugach State Park.
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Many thanks to: Wayne Todd, Tim Silvers, Ross Noffsinger, Steve Gruhn, Carrie Wang, Billy Finley and many others who provided information, ideas and photos. And thanks to Willy Hersman who created, managed and hosted the first MCA website, without which this site's development would have been so much more difficult. Current website donated by Couloir Graphics.